Beware Trump’s ceasefire deal absent meaningful UN action to halt Israel’s genocide
Article / 10th October 2025The U.S. ’20-point Gaza plan’ has succeeded in upstaging calls at the UN General Assembly for concrete, UN-led measures to force Israel to end its criminal genocide in Gaza and illegal occupation of Palestine, writes Nicolas J. S. Davies.
UN at 80: A mixed legacy of highs and lows
Article / 23rd September 2025As the UN commemorates its 80th anniversary, at a high-level meeting of 138 world political leaders, one lingering question remains: is there any reason for a celebration – judging by the UN’s mostly failed political performances over the last eight decades?
The United Nations turns 80: A miracle it has lasted so long
Article / 17th September 2025At eighty, the United Nations is bogged down by structural limitations and political divisions that render it powerless to act decisively – nowhere more clearly than in the Gaza genocide, writes Vijay Prashad for IPS.
Uneven ground: Inequality and planetary health
Article / 22nd August 2025How do we promote human wellbeing while also safeguarding our planet? To achieve both, we have no option but to drastically reduce inequality, argues Kate Pickett.
Inequality worsens planetary heating
Article / 12th August 2025The accumulation of still growing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in an increasingly unequal world is accelerating planetary heating. It is also worsening disparities, especially between the rich and others, both nationally and internationally.