Format: Explainers

Socioeconomic Inclusion

Ending poverty will cost trillions – how do we pay?

A major conference on funding for development (FFD4) is billed as a once-in-a-decade chance to build a fairer, greener future

Emma Batha

Published June 26, 2025

Socioeconomic Inclusion

US state ban on transgender care wins Supreme Court backing

The Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors

Lucy Middleton

Updated June 19, 2025

Green Cities

U.S. Supreme Court curbs NEPA consideration of climate impacts

U.S. federal agencies now do not need to consider indirect environmental effects of regulated projects say Supreme Court justices

Carey L. Biron

Published June 17, 2025

Digital Rights

Indonesia may ban LGBTQ+ content online. What would the impact be?

Activists say a ban on LGBTQ+ digital content could lead to job losses and additional obstacles accessing specialised health services

Enrique Anarte Lazo

Published June 17, 2025

Nature

What is bottom trawling and how does it harm oceans?

Britain plans to extend a bottom trawling ban as governments ratify global oceans treaty

Beatrice Tridimas

Updated June 13, 2025

Socioeconomic Inclusion

How can LGBTQ+ Filipinos protect their rights?

The Philippines lacks a national LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination law, but local laws and guidebooks offer some protection

Mariejo Ramos

Published June 12, 2025

Big Tech

Starlink internet enters new countries, faces new competitors

Musk's satellite internet service is coming to South Asia, but its soaring power may be checked by growing competition

Md. Tahmid Zami

Updated June 09, 2025

Ai

As AI fuels growth of data centres, critics fight back

Communities are campaigning against the arrival of AI-powered data centres that they say bring negative environmental impacts

Diana Baptista

Published June 09, 2025

Socioeconomic Inclusion

Could the EU ban ‘conversion therapy’?

Controversial "gay cure" practices are already outlawed in some EU countries but bloc-wide ban faces obstacles

Joanna Gill

Published May 28, 2025

Socioeconomic Inclusion

What is a safe third country for migrants?

European governments want to make it easier to send asylum seekers to "safe third countries" as part of overhaul of migration laws

Beatrice Tridimas

Updated May 21, 2025