300 years needed to reach full gender equality
UN chief stresses the importance of having women's contribution in technology and innovation.
Eight billion people, one humanity
Unless we bridge the yawning chasm between the global haves and have-nots, we are setting ourselves up for an 8-billion-strong world filled with tensions and mistrust.
Our burning world needs a renewables revolution
Nero was famously accused of fiddling while Rome burned. Today, some leaders are doing worse.
The War in Ukraine: A silent assault on the developing world
For the people of Ukraine, the Russian invasion is a waking nightmare—a humanitarian disaster on a terrifying scale. But the war is also fast becoming a matter of life and death for vulnerable people around the world.
Threat of nuclear war: Not a thing of the past
We live in worrying times. The climate crisis, stark inequalities, bloody conflicts and human rights abuses, and the personal and economic devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have put our world under greater stress than it has faced in my lifetime.
‘A crisis with a woman’s face’
As the world marks International Women’s Day in the midst of a global pandemic, one stark fact is clear: the Covid-19 crisis has a woman’s face.
Time to end the nuclear menace
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when humanity learned of the devastation a single nuclear bomb can unleash.
A global wake-up call for leaders
From Covid-19 to climate disruption, from racial injustice to rising inequalities, we are a world in turmoil.
March 8, 2023
300 years needed to reach full gender equality
UN chief stresses the importance of having women's contribution in technology and innovation.
November 15, 2022
Eight billion people, one humanity
Unless we bridge the yawning chasm between the global haves and have-nots, we are setting ourselves up for an 8-billion-strong world filled with tensions and mistrust.
June 28, 2022
Our burning world needs a renewables revolution
Nero was famously accused of fiddling while Rome burned. Today, some leaders are doing worse.
April 14, 2022
The War in Ukraine: A silent assault on the developing world
For the people of Ukraine, the Russian invasion is a waking nightmare—a humanitarian disaster on a terrifying scale. But the war is also fast becoming a matter of life and death for vulnerable people around the world.
January 2, 2022
Threat of nuclear war: Not a thing of the past
We live in worrying times. The climate crisis, stark inequalities, bloody conflicts and human rights abuses, and the personal and economic devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have put our world under greater stress than it has faced in my lifetime.
March 8, 2021
‘A crisis with a woman’s face’
As the world marks International Women’s Day in the midst of a global pandemic, one stark fact is clear: the Covid-19 crisis has a woman’s face.
August 7, 2020
Time to end the nuclear menace
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when humanity learned of the devastation a single nuclear bomb can unleash.
July 3, 2020
A global wake-up call for leaders
From Covid-19 to climate disruption, from racial injustice to rising inequalities, we are a world in turmoil.
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