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The once lively scene of local and national Ukrainian media is threatened by the brutal Russian invasion and occupation. War has changed the work of journalists and media business models are under threat.

The 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biodiversity took place in Montreal from the 7th to the 19th of December, 2022. The results were mixed. This article analyses the good, the bad, the ugly, as well as the way forward from CBD COP15.

The question of CO2 removals was part of the negotiations on Article 6. 4 of the Paris Climate Agreement at the UN climate conferennce COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh. Erika Lennon of the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) explains what the issues and concerns were at the conference around this topic.

How does my writing work? Mely Kiyak addresses this big question against the backdrop of Heinrich Böll's Nobel Prize lecture, in which he dealt with the unfathomable prerequisite for his own writing.

In this far-ranging interview, our office director, Nino Lejava talks to NIN Award winning author and director of the KROKODIL independent cultural center, Vladimir Arsenijević, about the historical and political foundations of Serbia's current geopolitical as well as cultural position with regard to its immediate neighbors, as well as Europe.

As central banks tighten monetary policy, dozens of climate-vulnerable, highly-indebted countries teeter on the edge of a financial abyss. To address the confluence of economic and environmental disasters ravaging the Global South, the international community must provide immediate debt relief in exchange for green investments.

The use of spyware against journalists in the EU is alarming. Saskia Bricmont explains how severe the threat is, who the perpetrators are and their intentions.

In the book "Collected Silence," Sharon Dodua Otoo has opened up new perspectives on the life and work of Heinrich Böll. In an interview, the writer now explores the now famous Nobel Prize lecture that Heinrich Böll wrote fifty years ago. A conversation about the possibility of language, poetry and other realities - beyond prevailing reason.

When Heinrich Böll was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972, the general tenor was that it was an explicitly political award. That image is wrong, and it was wrong even then.

Syrian lawyer Joumana Seif is the 2023 Anne Klein Women's Laureate. She strives for the political participation of women and the recognition of gender-based violence as a crime against humanity as well as its punishment. Kristin Helberg describes her journey from Damascus to Berlin.

Tasos Telloglou reports on the surveillance of journalists and politicians, the violation of telecommunications secrecy and his research into spyware.

Isidora Weibel Díaz reflects on protests of young Chileans and the state brutality during the riots from 2019 until 2022 and discusses the context and consequences for Chilean society.

The Syrian lawyer, women's rights and human rights activist and lawyer Joumana Seif is awarded with the Anne Klein Women's Award 2023.

Before the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) in Montreal, Member of the German Bundestag Jan-Niclas Gesenhues answered questions about the interconnection of the climate and biodiversity crisis, economic models that consider  well being, and more sustainable consumption.

Joumana Seif has been working in the human rights field since 2001 and supported the democratic movements in Syria with a focus on political prisoners. She left Syria in 2012, a year after the start of the uprising against the Assad regime.

The young man from Chiapas, originally from San Cristóbal de las Casas, is dedicated to adopting an approach founded on agroecology and peace to help young people living in extreme poverty and threatened by drugs. 

Discrimination and stigmas are emotional burdens experienced by members of the LGBT+ community, and the young activist seeks to give them attention

The legacy of this ancient culture is at risk, which is why he decided to create a photo library to prevent them from falling into oblivion.

The 2021 national strike brought together young men and women from various sectors and social movements in urban and rural areas throughout Colombia, where they mobilized to carry out social protest. The systematic violation of human rights, lack of educational opportunities, unemployment, inequality, violent state repression and poverty are reasons why thousands of young people took to the streets and roads across the country to protest.

Cristian Jesús Sulub Bacab, 21 years old, is one of the youngest municipal commissioners in Mexico; One of the first decisions he made in office was to literally allow women and children into the offices of the San Antonio Tzacalá police station in Mérida, Mexico.

The project seeks to raise awareness among minors in a country where 10 women are murdered every day.

The struggle Yolanda faces is against a systemic authoritarian system, shaped by classism, machismo, poverty, violence and discrimination. 

In claiming their rights, they have stood up against a sexist and oppressive education system. Just seeking to make universities safe spaces in Mexico.

This video portrays young men and women from various sectors and social movements in urban and rural areas throughout Colombia and shows their issues & struggle in the 2021 national strike movement.

The region has the largest network of subterranean rivers in the world; its objective is to preserve natural resources in spite of large polluting companies. Yamili Salazar Ku is a young Environmental Engineering graduate who, since 2013, has been leading the largest network of water guardians throughout the Yucatan.  She promotes environmental education, water care and human rights.  

The article describes and discusses social protest in the southwestern Colombian city Pasto within the framework of the so-called "National Strike". The situation was characterized by an unprecedented social mobilization and an alarming escalation in the use of repressive violence by the state.

Towards sustainable development needs of the Global South and dialogue on pending macro issues.