The United States came in 41st worldwide on the UN’s 2022 sustainable development index, down nine spots from last year. A political historian explains the country’s dismal scores.
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Creating employment and fighting corruption are two of the subjects discussed in the wide ranging discussion.
Pacific island nations are working to secure their people and infrastructure from cyber attacks.
Quantum leaders are curious, adaptable and tolerant of ambiguity and uncertainty.
Current trends suggest that powerful nations are defining the rules of resource use in space and satellite access in ways that will make it hard for developing nations to ever catch up.
While the developed world is making rapid technological progress, the developing world is underrepresented in the AI revolution.
The decolonisation of science is an essential step for the academic community in Indonesia to find their voice.
The risk from heat waves is about more than intensity – being able to cool off is essential, and that’s hard to find in many low-income areas of the world.
With the World Trade Organization’s 12th Ministerial Conference – arguably its most important ever – happening next week, attempts to keep it ‘on life support’ may be counterproductive.
The world promised progress at the Glasgow climate conference. Now it has to turn those promises into reality. A former senior UN official describes what to watch for in the coming year.
The press releases sound promising, but the negotiations have a long way to go. Here’s what’s ahead at the midpoint of the COP26 climate talks.
Climate justice is about both where emissions come from and who suffers the consequences.
The world isn’t on track to avoid dangerous climate change, and this year’s climate conference, COP26, is crucial, a former senior UN official writes.
Women and girls in low-income countries are disproportionately likely to be affected by the plastic waste that’s flooding our planet.
Allegations that World Bank officials manipulated country rankings in its much-used ease of doing business index highlight a deeper problem with these types of rankings.
Inequality within developing countries continues to rise.
Climate change models predict tuna will leave the waters of Pacific Island nations, meaning they will lose a crucial revenue source.
After the acrimony of the Trump years, we can expect a very different feel to the latest G7 summit.
Paying out for vital services has a serious impact on mental health.
Fair global agreements, home-grown vaccines and sharing extra doses with poorer nations are all needed if we’re to ever emerge from this pandemic.
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