Albanian General Elections 2025: Out with the Old, In with the Same? Published: 18 February 2025 overview On May 11, 2025, Albania will hold parliamentary elections, the first since officially opening EU accession negotiations. While some significant changes mark this election—most notably, diaspora voting and partial candidate list openness—major systemic factors remain unchanged. The Socialist Party (SP), in power since 2013, appears poised for an unprecedented fourth mandate.
Western Anatolia: Agroecological Knowledge Systems in Practice Published: 25 February 2025 Background Knowledge about how to farm is never static, it shifts with changing realities. In the Anatolian village of Karagömlek, rural depopulation and industrial inputs reshape local farming. This article explores, why Agroecology offers a critical perspective for the future. By Simon Popay
"It's essential for me that the audience grasps the true scale of Sudan's crisis." Published: 19 February 2025 Interview In April 2023, war broke out in Sudan and is still raging - also in the capital Khartoum. A Sudanese film team captured the lives of five residents before and during the war. Their film is now showing at the Berlinale. Clara Müller spoke to them.
Indigenous Perspectives: The Living Forest Published: 18 February 2025 Initiative Rights of nature require intercultural dialogue. Indigenous peoples actively advocate for them, but their worldviews and structures often differ from existing legal systems. By Jenny García Ruales
Albanian General Elections 2025: Out with the Old, In with the Same? Published: 18 February 2025 overview On May 11, 2025, Albania will hold parliamentary elections, the first since officially opening EU accession negotiations. While some significant changes mark this election—most notably, diaspora voting and partial candidate list openness—major systemic factors remain unchanged. The Socialist Party (SP), in power since 2013, appears poised for an unprecedented fourth mandate.
“Green” fertilizer in Africa: no substitute for an agroecological transition Published: 12 February 2025 Background Instead of replacing chemical fertilizers with “green” nitrogen fertilizers, African countries should reform their fertilizer policies. Dependence on fossil nitrogen fertilizers should be reduced and the transition to agroecology strengthened. By Lena Luig, Ikenna Donald Ofoegbu, Harun Warui and Keren Ben-Zeev
Climate Smart-mining: A New Spin on a Familiar Trouble Published: 12 February 2025 Article Climate-smart mining appears to be a better alternative to traditional mining, known for its destructive nature. By hyphenating ‘climate’ with smart mining, it is a repackaged tool to attract the mineral-rich but developing countries. By Maya Quirino
Criticality and the Securitization of Southeast Asia’s Indigenous Mineral Resources Published: 12 February 2025 Article Southeast Asia’s geographical location is blessed with abundant natural resources – minerals, forests, and wildlife. For hundreds of years, these resources have been a source of livelihood and even life for Indigenous peoples, as well as local communities. However, the capitalist perspective of development is rapidly encroaching on the mineral-rich lands of these peoples. By Maya Quirino
IPCC Open letter: CDR and CCUS Methdology Report Published: 10 February 2025 Open letter Civil society open letter to the IPCC raising concerns around the planned Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and Carbon Capture Use & Storage (CCUS) and how it may legitimise unproven technologies and overreliance on CDR and CCUS.