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​Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP30), in Belem, Brazil, on November 7, 2025.
Analysis

Q+A: Climate tries for a comeback at COP30

When it comes to global warming, the hottest ticket in the world right now is for the COP30 conference, which runs for the next week in Brazil. But with world leaders putting climate lower on the agenda, what can the conference achieve?

Preventing conflicts before they start, with María Fernanda Espinosa
Paris Peace Forum

Preventing conflicts before they start, with María Fernanda Espinosa

As calls for UN reform grow louder, Executive Director of GWL Voices and former General Assembly President María Fernanda Espinosa warns that global peace efforts remain too reactive and that true reform begins with prevention.

Trump's climate "scam" talk at the UN was just that–talk
The Debrief

Trump's climate "scam" talk at the UN was just that–talk

He has changed the climate conversation. But not what's being done about it.

A school of fish swim above a staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) coral colony as it grows on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Cairns, Australia October 25, 2019.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Great Barrier Reef suffers worst coral damage, US cuts mRNA vaccine funding, South Korea opens visa-free tourism for Chinese visitors, & More

View of Tehran at sunset on February 26th, 2025.
Hard Numbers

Hard Numbers: Iranian water shortages prompt public holiday, Trump admin to burn contraceptives, Ozzy leaves the stage for the last time, & More

Graphic Truth: Billion-dollar disasters have become more common
Graphic Truth

Graphic Truth: Billion-dollar disasters have become more common

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to attend the G7 Leaders' Summit at Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada.
Analysis

The G7: Now G6 + 1?

The G7 is no longer setting the table; it’s struggling to hold the cutlery. Once a pillar of the post-war world order, the group today is split between the US and the rest, casting about for common ground.

​A migrant carries his child after crossing the Darien Gap in Lajas Blancas, Darien Province, Panama, on September 26, 2024.
Viewpoint

The migration issue will only get worse

More and more people will seek a new homeland over the next few decades, which will pose a major challenge to political leaders. However, politicians have shown little interest in dealing with this challenge in a sensible fashion.

​Traders work on the New York Stock Exchange floor as screens broadcast a news conference by US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell following the Fed rate announcement on May 7, 2025.
News

Hard Numbers: Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady, US Navy jets skid into the sea, The one-percent impact on the climate, Feathery “mass cannibalism” in South Africa

​Climate change activists hang a sign on Tower Bridge during a demonstration against the climate crisis, in central London, Britain, April 8, 2022.
What We're Watching

Climate change, Trump tariffs, India rice rules