Billions Still Lack Access to Safe Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Warns...
Despite notable progress over the past decade, billions of people worldwide continue to lack access to essential water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services, exposing...
World Water Week: water as life’s connector
Marine biologist Emily Cunningham MBE has witnessed first-hand the devastating impact of climate change on our planet’s marine ecosystems. With World Water Week 2025...
Famine declared for the first time in Gaza
The UN confirmed on Friday that famine is underway in the Gaza Governorate and is expected to spread to Deir Al-Balah and Khan Younès...
Climate: tropicalisation of the North Sea
Did you know that marine ecosystems provide vital functions, such as producing oxygen and storing excess heat and CO₂? Climate change is increasingly affecting...
Human rights: which book is a must-read?
Which novel about human rights would you recommend? It could be on women's rights, children's rights, decolonisation, freedom of expression, dystopia, reconciliation after conflict......
The planet – and humans – suffocated by plastic
We swim in it, walk on it, ingest it, and even suspect that we breathe it: plastic is suffocating the planet and living beings....
Baby Friendly: UNICEF’s programme to increase UK breastfeeding rates
The United Kingdom has some of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world, with eight out of ten women stopping breastfeeding before they...
Climate: Historic ICJ opinion on the obligations of States
This marks a significant turning point for international law, with substantial political implications. In a highly anticipated advisory opinion, delivered unanimously on July 23,...
The AI Generation: Youth in the Artificial Intelligence Era
In an era where the digital world is increasingly integral to everyday life, digital literacy has become a life skill, essential for education, employment,...
30 Years After Srebrenica: Why Memory Still Matters
A Tragedy in Europe
Between 1992 and 1995, Bosnia and Herzegovina endured one of the darkest chapters in Europe’s post-war history, a brutal war marked...
Committing to the responsible use of artificial intelligence in the international...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become widely used in professional or personal life, and it is transforming both public and private sectors, ranging from healthcare,...
UK companies making waves for the planet
This month’s UN ocean summit in Nice saw more than 170 countries adopt a political declaration promising urgent action to protect the ocean. Time...
Women in diplomacy: Mary Robinson’s ongoing global legacy
Mary Robinson, Ireland’s first-ever woman president and former UN Human Rights Chief, is a passionate, vocal advocate for the role women should play in...
The Whiskey War: How Denmark and Canada Used Diplomacy to Solve...
Did you know that Denmark and Canada were involved in a light-hearted territorial dispute that lasted nearly 50 years? From 1973 to 2022, these...
Afghanistan in crisis: the role of the international community
An estimated 23 million Afghans, more than half the population, now require life-saving assistance. Decades of conflict, economic collapse, climate shocks, and a breakdown...