The virus that shut down the world: The yawning gulf between rich and poor
Inequality between the rich and poor worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic and poverty increased, for the first time in decades. In part two of...
Data-driven Cities Have Better Responses to COVID-19
As a second wave of COVID-19 causes further economic and social disruption worldwide, data-driven cities, powered by smart infrastructure and solutions, are using data...
Cooperation in culture is a priority for the BRICS alliance: Interview with Alena Peryshkina
In this interview, Alena Peryshkina, Co-Chair of the BRICS Civil Forum, Director of the AIDS Infoshare Foundation, Co-Chair of the BRICS and G20 CSOs...
Climate Change in Vanuatu: Problems Ensue
Authors: Harsh Mahaseth and Shubham Sharma*
Vanuatu announced its intention to seek legal action against corporations and governments who have benefited from products which had...
2021: A Platform for Human Fraternity
As 2020 comes to a close, we find ourselves looking back at one of the most turbulent years in recent memory. The global pandemic...
Culture in crisis: Arts fighting to survive COVID-19 impact
The culture sector, which employs over 30 million people globally, has been hit much harder than expected by the coronavirus pandemic and its fallout,...
The Deep Abyss of History
As we put pen to paper transmitting thoughts and ideas to others without face-to-face interaction, do we ever wonder that it is a fairly...
Five years on, the Paris Climate Accord needs political will more than ever
December 12, 2020 marked five years since the signing of the historic Paris Climate Agreement, or the Paris Accord. A total of 196 countries...
The COVID-19 Recovery Offers Opportunities to Address Climate Crisis
On 12 December 2015, virtually all countries adopted the Paris Agreement, pledging to keep the rise in global average temperatures this century to well...
Revitalizing a Global Fight Climate Change Together
Authors: Xu Guoying & Zhao Qingtong
Since the 1960s, the effects of global climate change have alarmed the peoples over the world. It includes unprecedented...