Format: Opinion

Climate Risks

Time to fix broken food systems – Sierra Leone president

Countries must accelerate delivery of sustainable and healthy food systems, writes Julius Maada Bio

Julius Maada Bio

Published March 18, 2024

Climate Justice

The criminalisation of climate activists must stop now

Climate activists will keep pushing on – but they don’t deserve the treatment they’re getting.

Andrew Firmin | CIVICUS

Published March 15, 2024

Socioeconomic Inclusion

Haiti’s gang violence disproportionately hurts women and girls

The world must intervene to end suffering of Haiti’s women and girls

Angeline Annesteus

Published March 15, 2024

Socioeconomic Inclusion

Gender discrimination in finance holds back women – and investment

We need more women in senior roles in finance to build inclusive institutions and allocate capital more rationally and fairly

Sanda Ojiambo

Published March 08, 2024

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AI might kill the ‘starchitect’ – but make real estate more sustainable

New forms of AI can help us solve one of the biggest challenges the real estate sector faces - climate change

Alessandro Melis

Published February 29, 2024

Big Tech

Will the US Supreme Court make it harder to remove online hate speech?

The case will examine whether Florida and Texas can pass laws preventing social media companies from moderating content posted by users

Barbora Bukovská

Published February 26, 2024

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Political cheap fakes are a blind spot for platforms in the Global South

Cheap fakes pose a prevalent risk in the Global South that is being ignored by platforms amid the AI hype

Sabhanaz Rashid Diya

Published February 15, 2024

Climate Justice

Will rich nations step away from fossil fuels, as they promised?

Activist pressure – not just a COP28 agreement – is what’s needed to move wealthy nations on from coal, oil and gas

Mitzi Jonelle Tan, Andreas Sieber

Published February 14, 2024

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At tech companies, let’s share the reins

Large Language Models and other AI systems will only reach their full potential when a broader set of people build them

Kathy Pham

Published February 01, 2024

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When inventors get an AI assist, who gets the patent?

Why it's critical for the humans behind AI prompts to receive full credit, as inventors, for the work

Rama Elluru, Andrei Iancu

Published January 31, 2024