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Lead story · Climate
“By the end of 2025, renewables accounted for 49% of global installed power capacity, and comprised 85.6% of annual global power additions, largely due to significant growth in solar and wind power,” said Francesco La Camera,…
Climate·3 September 2026
As Greenpeace International explains in its policy briefing, a just transition is more than simply swapping coal, oil and gas for renewables. It is an opportunity to transform energy, transport, industrial and other systems so they are more secure and affordable, reduce inequality, protect ecosystems and shift power from elites and multi-billion-dollar corporations to people.
GREENPEACE · 8 min read
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
Climate·29 October 2022
The 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to be held in Egypt from 6 to 18 November 2022, seeks renewed solidarity between countries to deliver on the landmark Paris Agreement, for…
ON Network · 1 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
Climate·28 November 2022
I thank our hosts – the Egyptian government and COP27 President Sameh Shoukry – for their hospitality.
ON Network · 4 min read
Systems Change·15 November 2024
FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: Our 2023-2025 strategy Three transitions, one opportunity to transform for a just and regenerative future A more sustainable future in which people and the planet can thrive is within our grasp. Creating it will mean e
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Climate·5 January 2023
Four years of consecutive droughts have left families in southern Madagascar helpless and unable to feed themselves. Access to water remains difficult for the region of Androy. Photo: Safidy Andrianantenaina
ON Network · 15 min read
Climate·4 January 2023
The impacts of colonial powers and policies. Soaring public debt. A rise in gender-based violence. Record hunger, yet again. Here are some of the issues likely to drive humanitarian needs over the next year – and some ideas on what…
ON Network · 26 min read
Systems Change·17 February 2026
‘Capitalism cares about our species’ prospects as much as a wolf cares about the lamb’s.’ Photograph: Minerva Studio/Alamy ON SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN Thu 12 Feb 2026 13.00 GMT We can move beyond the capitalist model and save the climate – h
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Climate·29 January 2026
Unconstrained by traditional political boundaries, water can overcome fragmentation and ignite cooperation by aligning national security with international priorities, according to the report.
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 3 min read
Economics·18 July 2025
Analysis of Capitalism - Globalization - Socio-ecological Transformation - Democratic Socialism
ROSA LUXEMBURG STIFTUNG · 23 min read
United Nations·24 May 2026
© Unsplash/Juniper Photon Fossil fuels emit air pollutants that are harmful to both the environment and public health.
UN NEWS · 2 min read
Climate·26 April 2026
The President-designate of the 2026 UN Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 31) announced the Turkish Presidency’s intention to find “common ground to build a safer world and a more secure global economy for humanity as climate impacts…
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 2 min read
Economics·9 May 2025
The September 2024 UN Summit of the Future (SoF) stressed the need to address well-known shortcomings of gross domestic product (GDP) as an indicator of wealth by developing a framework for measuring sustainable development progress that…
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 5 min read
Climate·12 November 2024
Azerbaijan will host the 29th UN climate negotiations, called COP29 for short. One of the key elements of this COP is finance. With all that needs doing to reach our climate goals of limiting global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees…
WORLD WILDLIFE FUND · 5 min read
Education·29 April 2024
As the most representative international organization and the utmost expression of multilateralism, the United Nations is the main instrument to address multifaceted and complex global challenges through collective action.
ON Network · 4 min read
Arts & Culture·19 March 2024
PHOTO: © Iranian Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO)
ON Network · 3 min read
New Museum·23 February 2024
The community-centered approach of the Federal Art Project can be an inspiration in a time when the current system must be rethought.
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Education·20 January 2023
Davos, Switzerland 18 January 2023 Secretary-General's remarks at the World Economic Forum Excellencies, dear friends, Thank you very much for your welcome and thank you, dear President Schwab, for your kind words. It is very good to be back in Davos, and once again in person. Your theme perfectly s
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Climate·18 January 2023
Published on January 18, 2023 19:43. Updated on January 18, 2023 22:25.
ON Network · 9 min read
Climate·11 January 2023
As expected, 2022 was a significant year for governing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and other global environmental frameworks. Negotiations delivered a set of four biodiversity goals to be achieved by 2050 and 23…
ON Network · 6 min read
United Nations·29 July 2026
Sudanese refugee Hawa Ahmat Adam, 18, at her secondary school in the Farchana refugee camp in eastern Chad. © UNHCR/Ala Kheir
UNHCR · 1 min read
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·10 February 2024
Addressing the UN General Assembly (UNGA), UN Secretary-General António Guterres briefed Member States on his priorities for 2024. The Secretary-General highlighted “peace in all its dimensions” as his top goal for the year.
ON Network · 4 min read
Climate·8 December 2023
UN climate chief Simon Stiell has said that the current draft of the text is “a grab bag of wish lists and heavy on posturing.” As such: “All governments must give their negotiators clear marching orders. We need highest ambition , not…
ON Network · 3 min read
Climate·28 July 2026
ON SOURCE: SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB The Court Has Spoken. So Has the Assembly. What’s Next? by Aditi Shetye , Mariana Campos , and Jule Schnakenberg , Global Secretariat, World’s Youth for Climate Justice STORY HIGHLIGHTS The plenary debate on…
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 11 min read
Climate·26 June 2026
More than a decade after world nations agreed on a set of goals to guide global sustainable development, progress remains “significantly off track,” according to a new analysis.
EARTH.ORG · 4 min read
Systems Change·10 June 2026
Illustration: Eleanor Shakespeare/The Guardian Opinion/ Poverty ON SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN Wed 10 Jun 2026 10.00 CEST We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way Olivier De Schutter , Joseph Stigli
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Arts & Culture·15 February 2026
The Phoenix is the redevelopment of a 7.9 hectare brownfield site within the South Downs National Park, brought forward by Human Nature , a campaigning development company, working with some of the UK’s leading architects, designers and…
PLEASE VISIT HERE TO READ THE FULL STORY ON THE PHOENIX INTERACTIVE WEBSITE · 1 min read
Climate·8 December 2025
(A shorter version of the following statement was published in The Observer Letters section on 24/5/2020. An e-petition is being set up on the final demand of a Citizens’ Assembly. If you would like to sign the petition please drop me a…
ON Network · 12 min read
Climate·10 November 2025
Leaders pose for a family photo during the U.N Climate Change Conference COP 30. Photo by Hermes Caruzo/COP30
COP30 CALL OF BELEM · 2 min read
United Nations·5 November 2025
The vast Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) – filled with delegations, students, civil society groups and policymakers from around the world – reflected the scale of the moment.
UN News Global perspective Human stories · 3 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
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
Climate·9 October 2024
The High-level Week of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) concluded with 190 speakers, including 113 Heads of State and Government and more than 40 ministers and other high-level officials, having addressed the UNGA during…
SDG KNOWLEDGE HUB · 2 min read
Systems Change·1 October 2024
Day One is '#YouthLead for the Future: We believe in the promise of a better world for all '. The Secretary-General of the United Nations is convening the Summit of the Future Action Days on 20 and 21 September 2024 to generate additional o
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Climate·1 April 2024
Published on 18 September 2020, 05:30. Updated on 18 September 2020, 15:32.
ON Network · 4 min read
Climate·13 December 2023
UN Climate Change News, 13 December 2023 – The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed today with an agreement that signals the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era by laying the ground for a swift, just and…
ON Network · 6 min read
Climate·12 December 2023
The 21-page text, prepared by the COP28 presidency, United Arab Emirates, makes no mention of fossil fuel ‘phasedown’ or ‘phaseout’, which UN Secretary-General António Guterres said earlier on Monday was one of the keys to the conference’s…
ON Network · 3 min read
Arts & Culture·3 December 2023
In an area with less than 32% female literacy, the ability for girls to attend school means new opportunities for the next generation in a rural area with high poverty. Over 400 girls are registered to the school , which will serve…
ON Network · 2 min read
Arts & Culture·3 November 2023
Curators: Hoor Al Qasimi, president and director of Sharjah Art Foundation & Julia Morandeira Arrizabalaga, director of KADIST Paris
ON Network · 2 min read
Education·15 November 2022
You don’t need me to tell you that we are living in a really troubled world.
ON Network · 4 min read
Sustainability·21 September 2022
In his Our Common Agenda , the UN Secretary-General called on Member States to give “serious consideration” to the idea of an “annual civil society caucus in conjunction with the General Assembly’s high-level week.” Fortunately, such a…
ON Network · 4 min read
Climate·26 May 2022
“Nothing undermines development like a disaster,” notes Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Head of UNDRR, in her vision statement for the UN agency with the mandate to…
ON Network · 6 min read
Climate·12 May 2022
Delegates at the 15th meeting of the World Forestry Congress (XV WFC) called for immediate action to protect forests, forestry, and forest stakeholders as providers of nature-based solutions to climate change, biodiversity loss, land…
ON Network · 3 min read
Humanitarian·23 June 2025
The principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee – leaders of UN agencies joined by a few NGO representatives and other observers – will meet on 17 June in Geneva to chart the next steps for what has been dubbed the “humanitarian…
THE NEW HUMANITARIAN · 10 min read
Arts & Culture·20 March 2025
Resiliencia Tlacuache, 2019. © Naomi Rincón Gallardo. Photo: Claudia López Terroso.
E-FLUX · 3 min read
Feed · 03/05/2026
Unintended consequence of US president’s actions will be boon for China, the leading renewables manufacturer
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Feed · 20/04/2026
The US attack on Iran has made the need for renewable energy inarguable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Feed · 07/10/2025
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds
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Feed · 27/07/2024
Feed · 14/07/2024
In an appeal to the new government, the Arts Council England chair proposes the missions needed to achieve renewal
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Feed · 20/09/2023
Despite the meteoric rise of wind and solar, fossil energy sources have met most new demand in fast-growing economies.
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Feed · 16/03/2023
Renewables will cover almost all of global electricity demand growth out to 2025, becoming the world’s top source of electricity within three years.
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Feed · 22/01/2023
World Economic Forum shared a post on Instagram: "Political will is a renewable resource, says the former US Vice President. Watch the full session from #wef23 by tapping on the link in our bio. @algore". Follow their account to see 7222 posts.
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Feed · 20/01/2023
For a couple of days this month, wind power supplied over half the UK’s electricity. You wouldn’t know it, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
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Feed · 05/01/2023
More electricity in Great Britain last year came from renewable sources than from fossil fuels.
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Feed · 14/12/2022
https://vimeo.com/747494135 Because solar panels are yesterday’s news... The beauty of wind is that it isn’t really tied to the time of day the way the sun is. You could easily generate wind energy at night as you could in the daytime. The only barrier so far has been the fact that setting up your own
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Feed · 13/11/2022
Climate justice activists at Cop27 demand community-based renewable projects that work for the people, not corporations
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Feed · 12/10/2022
Greece was entirely powered by renewables for the first time in its history last week, according to the country’s transmission operator
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Feed · 24/07/2022
The move would allow the president to push his renewable energy agenda, which is stalled in Congress.
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Feed · 07/01/2022
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