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Climate Crisis·20 November 2021

Groundtruthed - George Monbiot

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Climate·15 May 2023

We are faced with a climate emergency. Can art help?

We have a climate emergency. Regardless of where one stands on this issue – this is our ‘inconvenient truth’ . Yet the power to reach people has never been greater. Close to 3.2 billion people today are online, about 2 billion are from…

ON Network · 11 min read

United Nations·20 August 2024

World Humanitarian Day

2023 was the deadliest year on record for humanitarian workers. 2024 could be even worse. These facts lay bare a glaring truth: the world is failing humanitarian workers and, by extension, the people they serve.

UNITED NATIONS · 4 min read

Arts & Culture·15 January 2026

An Unfinished Cinema Abbas Kiarostami

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·12 November 2021

Artists must confront the climate crisis – we must write as if these are the last days

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ON Network · 6 min read

Climate·10 June 2026

Voices for Today Feature: Palestine Advocate Vanessa Redgrave

We, this people, on a small and lonely planet Traveling through casual space Past aloof stars, across the way of indifferent suns To a destination where all signs tell us It is possible and imperative that we learn A brave and startling…

ON Network · 3 min read

Humanitarian·23 June 2025

Reset, reform, or repeat? Humanitarianism’s reboot searches for the right script

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·22 July 2022

The Good Web

Over the past two decades, social media has moved from a space of aspiration for people who study social change, to a space of profound anxiety. If we believe news headlines, social media is responsible for many of the major scourges of…

ON Network · 14 min read

Humanitarian·6 June 2022

Russians in exile express their anger and shame

A woman holding a placard reading 'I'm Russian, I stand with Ukraine' takes part with others in a protest of Russians living in Switzerland against the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Zurich, Switzerland, on Wednesday, May 4, 2022.…

ON Network · 7 min read

Story·27 September 2026

Bonnie Greer’s driving, passionate, urgent search for our common humanity

The New World founder on the great journalist, broadcaster and playwright who has died after a short illness

The New World · 3 min read

Dwelling·5 June 2026

It’s no surprise Trump has met his match in Pope Leo - Jonathan Freedland

Pope Leo XIV leads the mass in the Malabo Stadium in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on 23 April 2026. Photograph: Luca Zennaro/EPA

THE GUARDIAN · 6 min read

Education·30 June 2025

UN expert Elisa Morgera calls out world’s ‘carbon tunnel vision'

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

Uncategorized·12 May 2025

Pope Leo urges release of imprisoned journalists in first news conference

Pope Leo has just finished his news conference in Vatican City, during which he emphasised the importance of careful communication 'in favour of peace'.

BBC · 1 min read

Arts & Culture·6 November 2023

The fight for quiet in a world full of noise pollution

It took a thunderstorm for Gordon Hempton to truly appreciate quiet. After a visit home to Seattle, Washington in 1980, the then-27-year-old graduate student found himself tiring of the 3,000km+ slog back to his university in Madison,…

ON Network · 19 min read

Arts & Culture·14 May 2023

UN NEWS: Freedom of the press under attack worldwide

File photo of UN Secretary-General António Guterres (on screen) holding a virtual press conference.

ON Network · 5 min read

Arts & Culture·15 November 2022

Amid our fear, we’re rediscovering utopian hopes of a connected world

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ON Network · 5 min read

Arts & Culture·8 March 2021

Wise women: 6 ancient female philosophers you should know about

Michel Corneille the Younger: Aspasia surrounded by Greek philosophers. Wikimedia Commons

ON Network · 5 min read

Economics·13 January 2021

Big Tech’s attention economy can be reformed. Here’s how.

This week a violent mob mounted the biggest attack on the Capitol, the seat of American democracy, in more than 200 years, driven by the false belief that the presidential election had been stolen. The chief author of that claim was…

ON Network · 10 min read

Charities·18 August 2020

Javed Khan: How can big charities uplift the voices of smaller BAME-led organisations?

We need to join hands and stand together during the difficult times to come: collaborating and learning from each other

ON Network · 4 min read

Education·28 July 2019

"If We Don't Protect Nature We Can't Protect Ourselves" Harrison Ford | Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion Published on Jul 26, 2019 We are facing an emergency resulting from our toxic economic and political system. The way we relate to each other and to nature is destroying Earth’s capacity to sustain life. Unending economic growth and profits drawn from a planet with limited resour

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Systems Change·29 April 2026

Civil society demands action from governments at first fossil fuel-free conference in Colombia

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 Year in a Field : Earth Day Featured Story

“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

Systems Change·19 April 2026

Global Progressive Mobilisation brought together global leaders to stand up for democracy

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

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Climate·3 December 2025

Jason Hickel on Degrowth: A response to Branko Milanovic

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·16 November 2025

Petricor - Un Nuevo Internacionalismo

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

Humanitarian·17 September 2025

Global Sumud Flotilla - A Letter

We are a coalition of everyday people—organizers, humanitarians, doctors, artists, clergy, lawyers, and seafarers—who believe in human dignity and the power of nonviolent action.

ON Network · 1 min read

Economics·18 July 2025

Reorganizing Production to Serve Life, Not Profit

Analysis of Capitalism - Globalization - Socio-ecological Transformation - Democratic Socialism

ROSA LUXEMBURG STIFTUNG · 23 min read

Charities·19 January 2025

Human Rights Watch - World Report 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·21 October 2024

The latest UN biodiversity summit opens in Colombia; here’s what’s at stake

Unsplash/James Wainscoat ; Close-up of a hummingbird near flower.

UN News - Global perspective Human stories · 5 min read

Arts & Culture·15 October 2024

Museums and Societal Collapse: The Museum as Lifeboat

Claire Bown: I note with interest that you say you felt ‘obligated’ to write this book. What inspired you to address the theme of societal collapse in the context of museums? Was there a specific event or realisation that prompted you to…

THINKING MUSEUM · 6 min read

Climate·30 December 2023

5 Global Issues Io Watch In 2024

A young protester onstage calling for the end of fossil fuels at the closing of the Global Climate Action High-Level Event during the UN Climate Change Conference, COP 28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Photo: COP28/Anthony Fleyhan

ON Network · 18 min read

Education·20 January 2023

Davos, Switzerland 18 January 2023 Secretary-General's remarks at the World Economic Forum

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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Arts & Culture·9 August 2021

Leaving no one behind Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract

There are over 476 million indigenous peoples living in 90 countries across the world, accounting for 6.2 per cent of the global population. Indigenous peoples are the holders of a vast diversity of unique cultures, traditions, languages…

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·24 April 2021

Leaders Summit on Climate spurs emissions targets

The announcement was made during the Leaders Summit on Climate convened on Earth Day by President Biden, who immediately rejoined the Paris Agreement upon assuming office in January and set a course for the United States to reach net-zero…

ON Network · 2 min read

Climate·25 March 2021

‘Our biggest challenge? Lack of imagination’: the scientists turning the desert green

The Loess plateau, in China, in 2007, left, and transformed into green valleys and productive farmland in 2019. Composite: Rex/Shutterstock/Xinhua/Alamy

ON Network · 18 min read

Arts & Culture·20 March 2021

‘The Fastest Way to Make a Populist Into a Humanist Is to Listen’

Olafur Eliasson beside his art installation titled Moss Wall at Tate Modern in London on July 9, 2019. Photo Judith Burrows/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.

ON Network · 8 min read

Climate·24 February 2021

Rescue plan for nature: How to fix the biodiversity crisis - New Scientist

WE HAVE repeatedly been pressing the snooze button on the issue, but covid-19 has provided perhaps the final wake-up call. “2021 must be the year to reconcile humanity with nature,” said António Guterres, the UN secretary general, in an…

ON Network · 13 min read

Arts & Culture·24 January 2021

With powerful poem, Amanda Gorman sets the tone for Biden’s presidency

Poet Amanda Gorman reads The Hill We Climb during Joseph Biden's Presidential Inauguration at the US Capitol in Washington, DC Photo: AP/Patrick Semansky, Pool

ON Network · 5 min read

Education·24 October 2020

In new strategy, Wellcome Trust will take on global health challenges

With an endowment worth £28 billion, the Wellcome Trust is taking on goal-oriented global health challenges. ARCAID IMAGES/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO

ON Network · 3 min read

Economics·12 June 2020

UN GENEVA: COVID-19 and inequalities: ‘We must rededicate to the 2030 Agenda’

In the post-COVID-19, the world now faces a “steeper hill” in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder warned Tuesday during an online panel discussion focusing on…

ON Network · 2 min read

Education·4 May 2020

After Covid-19, it's in everyone's interest to help the world's poorest countries

After Covid-19, it's in everyone's interest to help the world's poorest countries Mark Lowcock Without $90bn in aid we will see soaring conflict, poverty, hunger and global instability. But a relief package is viable Mark Lowcock is the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergen

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Uncategorized·26 January 2020

Green World: The role of citizens’ assemblies

As the UK’s Climate Assembly prepares to meet for the first time in Birmingham this weekend (24-26 January), Caroline Lucas explains why citizens’ assemblies have a vital role to play in the fight against climate change.

ON Network · 3 min read

Climate·2 January 2020

Staying Alive - St Ives : Extinction Rebellion ITV News

Election fever is over and disco fever is taking its place on the streets of St. Ives on New Year’s Day. Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion armed only with Travolta’s best dance moves are calling on all political parties to…

ON Network · 2 min read

Humanitarian·16 December 2019

I Invented the World Wide Web. Here’s How We Can Fix It.

This op-ed was written by Web Foundation co-founder and inventor of the web Sir Tim Berners-Lee. It was originally published in The New York Times .

ON Network · 5 min read

Climate·28 July 2019

Giant Extinction Symbols appear around the world

Following the appearance of the Extinction Symbol crop circle at WOMAD, giant Extinction Symbols, in a variety of mediums, appeared over the weekend in five other countries around the world, demonstrating the global reach of Extinction…

ON Network · 3 min read

Science & Tech·5 May 2019

Nature’s Dangerous Decline ‘Unprecedented’; Species Extinction Rates ‘Accelerating’

Nature is declining globally at rates unprecedented in human history — and the rate of species extinctions is accelerating, with grave impacts on people around the world now likely, warns a landmark new report from the Intergovernmental…

ON Network · 24 min read

New Museum·15 February 2019

A personal and professional perspective on the school ‘climate strike’

At 11 o’clock this morning thousands of school students in the UK walked out of their lessons to demand increased action on climate change.

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