June 08, 2023
Africa: We Need to Talk About Deep Blue Carbon
The focus of carbon capture and storage has long been on coastal ecosystems like mangroves and seagrasses. If the world wants to meet its looming climate targets, then it's time to… Read more »
June 12, 2023
Africa: Citizen Science Is Key in Helping to Tackle the Threat of Invasive Alien Species
Prof. Helen Roy, Prof. Peter Stoett, and Prof. Anibal Pauchard - Co-Chairs of the IPBES Invasive Alien Species Assessment Read more »
June 08, 2023
Africa: Will Big Powers Condone a UN Role in Artificial Intelligence?
The UN is hustling to play a role - perhaps even a leading role - in the revolution of Artificial Intelligence. To some degree this is perfectly natural. Read more »
June 07, 2023
Africa: Guess Who Is the Worst Enemy of the Oceans (And Everywhere Else)?
The good news: oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth's surface, contain 97% of the world's water, represent 99% of the living space on the Planet by volume, and are a major… Read more »
June 06, 2023
Africa: Does Artificial Intelligence Need a Regulatory UN Watchdog?
The frighteningly rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have triggered the question: is there a UN role for monitoring and regulating it? Read more »
June 07, 2023
Africa: AI Genie Is Out of the Bottle - UN Should Take the Challenge to Make It Work for the Good of Humanity
Ambassador Anwarul K. Chowdhury is Former Under-Secretary-General and High Representative of the United Nations and Founder of the Global Movement for The Culture of Peace. Read more »
June 05, 2023
Africa: Climate Disasters Have Major Consequences for Informal Economies
In the Pacific Islands and many developing and emerging countries worldwide, the informal economy far outsizes the formal one, playing a vital role in the survival of urban and… Read more »
Africa: World Environment Day - Solutions for Plastic Pollution
By Lara Van Lith and Akilah Davitt: It's time to get together and celebrate the environment! June 5th is the 50th World Environment Day, where each year, the significance of… Read more »
Africa: Close Inequalities to End Aids & Prepare for Future Pandemics
By Winnie Byanyima and Sir Michael Marmot Read more »
May 31, 2023
Africa: Girls Redrawing the Future of Artificial Intelligence
A few weeks ago we celebrated the Girls in ICT Day and I am wondering how can we keep moving the digital equality needle so that more women out of the 259 million that are… Read more »
May 30, 2023
Africa: Urgency for a Global Fund for Media & Journalism
There have been an array of proposals to sustain journalism around the world- from tax incentives and subsidies to the idea of allocating 1% of governments' GDP to a drastically… Read more »
Africa: Waiting Game for Nigerian Students Awaiting Evacuation From Sudan
Seven weeks after the bloody conflict in Khartoum, Sudan started, and 41 days after the Nigerian government began the evacuation of residents studying there, students are still… Read more »
May 25, 2023
Africa: Climate Change Gets Its Day in Court
As a matter of global justice, the climate crisis has rightfully made its way to the world's highest court. Read more »
May 29, 2023
Africa: Carbon Tax - A Surprisingly Simple Contribution to Fighting #AfricaClimateCrisis
Reducing carbon emissions is critical for combating climate change. And one effective way to do this is through the use of carbon taxes. Read more »
May 25, 2023
Africa: Population Denialism Is Reminiscent of Climate Denialism
A new study estimates that global heating will push billions of people outside the comfortable range of temperature and weather in which we have evolved. Read more »
May 23, 2023
Africa: Is There a UN Role in Artificial Intelligence Chatbot?
When the UN displayed a female robot back in February 2019, it was a peek into the future: a fast-paced, cutting-edge digital technology where humans may one day be replaced with… Read more »
May 24, 2023
Africa: How Wagner Group, Mercenaries With a Wider Agenda, Impact Civil Society
The Wagner Group, a shadowy mercenary group that has been operating for many years in African countries such as Sudan, Mali, the Central African Republic, and other mainly… Read more »
May 23, 2023
Africa: The Lead-Free Water Pledge - Steps Towards a Future of Lead-Free Drinking Water
By Ahmed Rachid El-Khattabi and Aaron Salzburg Read more »
Africa: Protecting Children in War - No More Time to Wait
In 2021 alone, almost 24,000 grave violations of children's rights in war were documented by the United Nations - these included killing and maiming, sexual violence, use and… Read more »
Africa: Governments Are Changing Fisheries Management for the Better, but More Action Is Still Needed
Global fisheries are worth more than US$140 billion each year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. But this hefty sum does not capture… Read more »
May 22, 2023
Africa: G7 Has Failed the Global South
"G7 countries have failed the Global South here in Hiroshima. They failed to cancel debts, and they failed to find what is really required to end the huge increase in hunger… Read more »
May 19, 2023
Africa: In Praise of Competitive UN Elections
Next month's United Nations Security Council elections show why competition is important. Read more »
May 18, 2023
Africa: Nothing Beats Bushmeat, Not Even the Risk of Disease
Meat from wild animals is relished across Africa and widely traded, but scientists are warning that eating bush meat is a potential health risk, especially in the wake of pandemics… Read more »
Africa: Europe Sells 90% of Its Used Clothes, Textiles Waste to Africa and Asia
Once the money-making businesses have turned Asia and Africa into their low-cost factories, to produce and market at higher prices their clothes and footwear, obtaining more… Read more »
Africa: Human Rights & Sovereign Debt Restructurings - a Proposal for an Optimal Outcome
Zambia defaulted on its debt in November 2021 but has not yet reached an agreement with its creditors. Its president recently warned that this situation is hurting its citizens and… Read more »