Category: Featured
From Seed to Canopy: How a GEF-Funded Smallholder Project is Restoring the Environment, Building Livelihoods
As 52-year-old Alice Onyango walks through her farm in Siaya county, Kenya, you can tell she is proud of her trees, as some…
Developing Countries Feel Squeeze from Lower Natural Resource Revenue & Falling Foreign Aid
Developing countries face major difficulties as income from natural resource extraction industries decreases and wealthier nations reduce their aid. Nontax revenue from natural…
New US Fed Policy Deepens World Stagflation
The Federal Reserve Bank’s turn to ‘reserve management’ exposes the limited policy options still available as the US seeks to protect itself against…
The Search is On for the Next U.N. Secretary General in a Turbulent World
AS THE WORLD HURTLES TO HELL (albeit in a SpaceX rather than a hand basket), it might seem of only academic interest which cipher…
Faced with a Cash Crisis, UN is Urging Senior Staff to Forgo First Class & Business Class Travel
The United Nations has had a longstanding tradition, described by some as a “privilege”, where most senior staffers are entitled to highly-expensive First…
Iran War Deepens Activist Dangers
Narges Mohammadi, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her human rights activism in Iran, has been allowed to go home. After guards found…
Scarcity of Treatment Makes Syrians More Vulnerable to Mental Health Crisis
The protracted years of conflict in Syria have inflicted profound scars that transcend physical destruction, permeating the psychological well-being of millions. There has…
Brazil’s Indigenous Communities Receive $9M in GEF Funding to Protect Lands, Traditions Under Threat
On Brazil’s northeastern coast, the Indigenous community, Tremembé da Barra do Mundaú, lives on a preserved stretch of land shaped by mangroves, dunes,…
UN General Assembly Votes for Resolution on ICJ Advisory Ruling on Climate Obligations
Member states this week (May 20) deliberated over a draft resolution on states’ obligations in respect of climate change following the advisory opinion…
Countries Unevenly Impacted by Global Economic Shocks from Mideast Conflict
The ongoing crisis in the Middle East and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continue to put immense stress and risk on…
