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The Hope Forum 2026
Highlights from The Hope Forum 2026: Archipelagos of Hope. Video courtesy of ART 2030.


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Lead story · Arts & Culture
Highlights from The Hope Forum 2026: Archipelagos of Hope. Video courtesy of ART 2030.

Climate·23 January 2025
Addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA), UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefed Member States on his priorities for 2025. He highlighted conflicts, inequalities, the climate crisis, and technology among the “ills” spreading from…
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 5 min read

Climate·29 December 2025
Published on 05 March 2021, 05:57. Updated on 05 March 2021, 11:00.
ON Network · 7 min read

Climate·3 December 2025
In late 2017, Branko Milanovic wrote a blog post titled “ The illusion of degrowth in a poor and unequal world .” He penned it, he says, following a conversation he had with a proponent of degrowth, which was me. I wrote a response, which…
JASON HICKEL · 62 min read

Arts & Culture·1 December 2025
by Rebecca Gordon and Naomi White • November 2025 • Journal article
BURLINGTON CONTEMPORARY · 34 min read

Arts & Culture·3 October 2025
Thread is a socio-cultural center with a residency program to allow local and international artists to live and work in Sinthian, a rural village in Tambacounda, the southeastern region of Senegal. It houses two artists’ dwellings, as well…
ON Network · 6 min read

Arts & Culture·19 April 2025
Mustafa covers his face with his hand, his body shaking with fear and cold. His other hand is in a cast and sling - an injury sustained during a recent beating he suffered at the hands of police at the border between Bosnia-Herzegovina and…
ON Network · 9 min read

Education·19 August 2026
ON SOURCE: FORUM FOR THE FUTURE The Polycrisis Calls for Polysolutions Written by Mareyah Bhatti from Forum for the Future. Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of attending the Food Planet Prize event in Båstad, Sweden. It was a great opportunity to celebrate ambitious food system work from acros
FORUM FOR THE FUTURE · 1 min read

Systems Change·19 April 2026
ON SOURCE: Global Progressive Mobilisation Global Progressive Mobilisation brought together global leaders to stand up for democracy “The future has called upon you, and you have answered that call”. The Secretary General of the PSOE
13 min read

Climate·1 October 2025
Boats, part of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, sail off Koufonisi islet, Greece, on 26 September 2025.
THE NEW HUMANITARIAN · 10 min read

Arts & Culture·15 June 2025
We need storytellers who can translate devastation into empathy and urgency.
ON Network · 6 min read

United Nations·31 December 2024
UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the Summit of the Future high-level event at United Nations Headquarters in September 2024.
UN NEWS · 2 min read

Dwelling·11 June 2026
Astrid Puentes Riaño, United Nations special rapporteur on the right to a healthy environment at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, 6 March 2026. (UN Human Rights Council/Anastasiia Lavrenteva)
GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 7 min read

Arts & Culture·16 March 2026
Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance, where we have too much of what we don't need and too little of what we truly do. This hollow pursuit, achieved at the expense of both people and the planet, has forced us to confront…
ABUNDANCE · 2 min read

Systems Change·19 January 2026
A climate justice protest at the World Economic Forum in Davos, where participating corporations were accused of fuelling crises and profiting from them. Photograph: Dpa/Alamy Global development ON SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN About this content K
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Arts & Culture·15 January 2026
We are pleased to share Abbas Kiarostami’s “An Unfinished Cinema” (1995), a lucid statement on cinema and spectatorship.
E-FLUX · 4 min read

Climate·6 October 2025
Seba Calfuqueo, Tray Tray Ko, video, 6’13, 2022, film still, photo by: Sebastian Melo.
ON Network · 3 min read

Dwelling·12 September 2025
The Morrab Botanical Gardens are a sub tropical garden in the heart of Penzance and home to the rare and remarkable Morrab Library. Nestled in the grounds sits a partially-derelict, former stables building...
ON Network · 2 min read

Climate·9 September 2025
Exhibition Dates: 08 – 28 September 2025: Featured across JCDecaux-owned bus shelters throughout all five boroughs of New York City. See locations here 14 – 28 September 2025: On view at the United Nations Headquarters, New York City
ART 2030 · 2 min read

Education·21 July 2025
YUDHISHTIR CHANDRA BISWAS Yudhishtir Chandra Biswas, from Bangladesh, says he has tried to change the minds of sceptical friends and relatives SOURCE: BBC NEWS Climate Climate change: The young activists changing the sceptics' minds By Marco Silva As global leaders gather at the COP28 summit in Duba
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Climate·21 July 2025
The world's biggest carbon emitters will step up co-operation on methane and support global efforts to triple renewable energy by 2030.
ON Network · 3 min read

Arts & Culture·28 June 2025
Film follows Radiohead guitarist and Israeli composer Shye Ben Tzur recording alongside Indian musicians
ON Network · 2 min read

Climate·17 March 2025
Heba Aly, coordinator of the UN Charter Reform Coalition, moderating a panel at Geneva’s human rights festival FIFDH on 8 March on the future of the UN, with Tim Slade, the director of the film The Veto on the challenges facing the…
GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 8 min read

Climate·14 March 2025
The President-designate of the 2025 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 30) has briefed Member States and Observers on Brazil’s priorities and preparations for the Conference. Elaborating on Brazil’s vision in a letter to parties, he…
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 4 min read

Climate·18 January 2025
The most read story of 2024 is about the findings of the World Happiness Report.
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 6 min read

Arts & Culture·6 August 2026
We are thrilled to announce the first in a new series of Featured Artworks. On roughly a monthy timeline we will exhibit a single work from an artist we know or have recently been introduced to. We are proud to show this wonderful work,…
ON Network · 3 min read

Systems Change·29 April 2026
Climate & Environment Climate Change News Published on April 28, 2026 10:47. / Updated on April 28, 2026 21:42. ON SOURCE: GENEVA SOLUTIONS Civil society demands action from governments at first fossil fuel-free conference in Colombia
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Climate·26 April 2026
“A silent cry about the climate crisis and a penetrating meditation on what life is. A film full of ideas that resonate deeply, told as a penetrating dream that shakes you awake.“
ON Network · 8 min read

New Museum·14 April 2026
School teacher Saber Hosseini from Bamyan, Afghanistan, cycles more than an hour to deliver books to children in remote villages in the province.
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Climate·5 March 2026
A recent conversation with Sato Ichiro, Executive Senior Research Fellow at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Ogata Research Institute, and Csaba Kőrösi, a Hungarian diplomat who served as President of the 77th session of…
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 5 min read

Climate·7 January 2026
We are currently facing the failure of a system based on infinite growth that puts profit before care for people and the planet. A system that is highly dependent on fossil fuels, natural resources extraction, overproduction and…
GREENPEACE · 3 min read

Arts & Culture·29 December 2025
By sharing progressive ideas and long-term thinking the aim of the Olive Network is to connect populations with positive change makers, rising above division to the empathy and vision of charities, the arts, science and humanities.
ON Network · 1 min read

Education·18 December 2025
Having an education is vital for an individual’s personal development. Education opens up job prospects and can help those in poverty to earn a living wage and help develop their community. For this reason, Muslim Aid has created numerous…
ON Network · 1 min read

Climate·16 November 2025
Earth, hessian, oil painting, poetry, voices of reason, ambient sound, scent and Arcadian landscape featuring an imposing structure, abstracted, broken and forgotten, based on the Berlin TV Tower, a symbol of unification.
ON Network · 3 min read

Uncategorized·13 November 2025
Johnny Barnes greeting commuters from his roundabout in Bermuda.
David Seedhouse · 6 min read

Climate·9 October 2025
On stage with the pope were a large chunk of a melting glacier from Greenland and tropical ferns. Photograph: Vatican Media/EPA
THE GUARDIAN · 2 min read

Dwelling·25 September 2025
The event brought together members of the High-Level Expert Group on Beyond GDP, appointed by the UN Secretary-General in May 2025, and other leading voices in the ‘Beyond GDP’ space.
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 5 min read

Education·23 September 2025
Above the village of Passu, a teenager checks his Facebook. Many residents here are Ismaili, followers of a moderate branch of Islam. A sign on the mountain slope commemorates the time in 1987, when the Ismaili imam, the Aga Khan, visited…
ON Network · 2 min read

Arts & Culture·18 July 2025
With war ravaging their homeland, the Orchestra of Syrian Musicians has been scattered across the globe. But five years since the violence erupted, the group are reuniting for a cathartic tour – and opening Glastonbury
ON Network · 8 min read
Education·30 June 2025
ON SOURCE: GENEVA SOLUTIONS Climate & Environment Human Rights Council Interview Published on June 29, 2025 17:44. UN rights expert Elisa Morgera calls out world’s ‘carbon tunnel vision' By Paula Dupraz-Dobias Midway between climate talks in Baku and Belém, the UN’s special rapporteur on climate acc
GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 1 min read

Arts & Culture·28 June 2025
Museums are active agents of social values. Understanding museums and their teams within a social and economic context goes far beyond any standardized political framework or performance checklist.
CIMAM · 3 min read

Education·9 June 2025
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition accused Israeli forces of abducting volunteers aboard the Madleen ship.
PALESTINE CHRONICLE · 4 min read

Arts & Culture·12 May 2025
A new book inviting artists to re-think the climate emergency
ON Network · 3 min read

Health·17 April 2025
Co-chair of the negotiations, French ambassador Anne-Claire Amprou, and the WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cheer at the conclusion of negotiations for a pandemic treaty on 16 April 2025. (WHO)
GENEVA SOLUTIONS · 5 min read

Climate·17 February 2025
The Future of Sustainability: Reimagining the Way the World Works is showcasing 30 examples of individuals and/or organisations that are fundamentally reimagining how we live and work – with game-changing potential to create a future in…
FORUM FOR THE FUTURE · 2 min read

Arts & Culture·17 February 2025
Activist Alistair Alexander works on alternatives to a techno-authoritarian future - drawing inspiration from nature as a model for resilience.
THE CITIZENS ON SUBSTACK · 10 min read

Charities·19 January 2025
ON ED: Please note, the Human Rights Watch World Report 2025 website uses image technology that we do not possess so please follow this link to their page
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH · 13 min read

United Nations·10 December 2024
Human rights can empower individuals and communities to forge a better tomorrow. By embracing and trusting the full power of human rights as the path to the world we want, we can become more peaceful, equal and sustainable.
UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS · 1 min read

Feed · 05/05/2026
As cities emptied on the eve of Russia’s full-scale invasion, artist Zhanna Kadyrova’s defiant concrete sculpture began its odyssey to this year’s festival
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Feed · 01/05/2026
At world-first Santa Marta climate meeting, delegates say it was ‘euphoric’ to finally be focusing on concrete solutions
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Feed · 27/03/2026
Roger McKenzie, NUJ Black Members’ Council co-chair, explains why NUJ members will march in solidarity and hope on 28 March.
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Feed · 27/03/2026
As the far right stir up hate all over the country, on Saturday 28 March Equity will march with thousands of people in central London to show that love, unity and hope are stronger than hate, fear and division.
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Feed · 01/03/2026
3 March 2026, London. The official launch of 'Drawing Hope: Children's art for peace', an exhibition in Friends House London from 23 February to 3 April.
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Feed · 11/01/2026
The Global Ecovillage Network‘s shared purpose is to link and support ecovillages, educate the world about them, and grow the regenerative movement – to inspire, scale and facilitate communities and people from all walks of life to become active participants in the transition to a resilient and regenerative human presence on Earth.
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Feed · 21/12/2025
The Irish singer-songwriter does what the best musicians do: perfectly crystallising their time while inspirationally taking a stand against it, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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Feed · 11/11/2025
The UK’s culture sector needs financial, political and public support to survive. Funding is not a ‘favour’. It is an investment in imagination, in our shared experience – and in inspiration and joy
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Feed · 20/09/2025
What we watch, listen to, and experience every day shapes more than our taste—it shapes our world. In The Shift , UN Live’s thought leaders explore how music, art, media, and even everyday spaces—from stadiums to dinner tables—become stages for stories that connect us, inspire empathy, and spar
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Feed · 07/07/2025
During a recent visit to Switzerland, where she gave two talks on Gaza alongside the UN expert on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, the director of Amnesty International, Agnès Callamard, says that hope must not be lost.
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Feed · 22/06/2025
London music venue Kings Place quietly cut a Lockheed Martin-sponsored event after performers began cancelling shows. Maybe there’s hope for this world after all, writes Simon Childs.
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Feed · 23/04/2025
U.N. leaders hailed Pope Francis as a champion of the environment and tireless advocate of refugees and migrants.
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Feed · 08/01/2025
Sales of fizzy drink from London hoped to raise money and send a message to big firms ‘investing in armed trade’
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Feed · 19/09/2024
Palestinians have never given up hope in our decades-old resistance to Israel’s ruthless regime of oppression
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Feed · 24/08/2024
Designed for the Hope Village, this upcoming community center in Tanzania features a mindblowing 3D-printed design. Instead of being constructed from layered concrete like typical 3D-printed projects, the walls will be built using locally sourced soil. Designed by Hassell in collaboration with the Australian-based charity foundation One Heart, the community center is part of an
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Feed · 18/07/2024
Danny Sriskandarajah hoped this would be the century of the citizen. Instead the autocrats and the billionaires are on the march. Can his new book make a difference?
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Feed · 16/05/2024
An NHS trust’s attempts to bring a crucial drug to market itself is hopeful news for patients, says Dr Catriona Crombie of the medical charity LifeArc
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Feed · 15/05/2024
Living conditions here are abysmal, but for those escaping the Rafah invasion, it’s still a place of salvation, says Eman Mohamed, a maths teacher from Gaza
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Feed · 04/05/2024
Presented by Kaiser Permanente and the World Economic Forum. Watch the event live on We Don’t Have Time
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Feed · 18/04/2024
In the heart of Rajasthan’s Bikaner district lies the village of Nokha, a place where the scorching sun dominates the landscape for the better part of the year. Here, amid a landscape where shade is a precious commodity, a beacon of hope and innovation has emerged: the Nokha Village Community Centre completed in February 2024.
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Feed · 25/03/2024
Volunteer-led rewilding projects are helping restore degraded habitats in Australian cities, providing opportunities to connect with the planet and others
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Feed · 28/01/2024
National Trust says it hopes to establish 50 hectares across three sites close to surviving pockets of rainforest
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Feed · 01/01/2024
Workplace strikes, the Gaza war protests – people are plotting their own collective path, far away from party politics. Therein lies hope, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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Feed · 09/10/2023
In this blog, to mark World Homeless Day on 10 October, we look at how the Finland city’s Housing First approach has successfully decreased street homelessness Image: Piet Theisohn Homelessness is the ultimate product of a broken housing system, but World Habitat knows that there are beacons of excellence that provide hope for everyone working […]
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Feed · 02/06/2023
Three years after it was destroyed in the Beirut port bombing, the Sursock Museum reopens as a small ray of hope for Lebanon.
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Feed · 03/01/2023
A new year always offers hope for doing better - for reaching higher and pushing further as a global community.
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Feed · 28/11/2022
This is Patti Smith shared a post on Instagram: "This is the cover of December’s @harpersbazaarus Okay. It’s exciting. I admit. The link is in my bio. Thank you everyone December 30th I will be 76. I think it will be a good age. AND..,, Happy Birthday William Blake!! A glowing grain on this glad day. @harpersbazaarus @pieter.hugo.official @chloecooperjones". Follow their account to see 1737 posts.
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Feed · 09/11/2022
Small but symbolic moves at summit where finance is critical include new loss and damage money and debt relief
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Feed · 20/10/2022
After being forced to flee, education becomes difficult to access for many refugee children.
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Feed · 11/10/2022
Every fraction of a degree of global heating avoided makes a difference. Here are some reasons for hope
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Feed · 18/09/2022
The US presidential envoy says the King can "leverage" the action needed to tackle global warming.
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Feed · 09/09/2022
11:00-11:45AM (Attendees access from 10:45AM)Against an imminent planetary breakdown, creative spaces offer unique moments where we come to unite, learn from one another, and foster partnerships for action. In this cross-sector discussion, cultural stakeholders discuss strategies and projects that incorporate collabora
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