News and insight

We regularly publish news, interviews, podcasts and opinion from our experts and our partners from across the world. We also organise a range of events and frequently send out email newsletters on key issues.

Woman pumping water using from a well in Zambia.

Insight

Drought unmasks structural failures and systemic inequalities in Mazyopa informal settlement

Marcelle Mardon and Melanie Chirwa
25 August 2026

Podcast

Living with urban drought: Make Change Happen podcast episode 39

25 August 2026

A long-range photo of a landscape showing tiered levels that denote mining in front of mountains.

Insight

Energy-defence-AI convergence spurs demand for critical minerals

Josefina Lehnen and Lorenzo Cotula
12 August 2026

A rickshaw puller in Dhaka pauses by the roadside to drink water before continuing his route.

News

Bangladeshi workers beset by extreme heat, study finds

12 August 2026

Women farmers in a field, collecting and tending to crops.

Insight

Why nature finance and gender data are central to achieving the world’s biodiversity goals

Nicola Sorsby and Karen Wong Pérez
06 August 2026

The Sistema Agroflorestal Dendê - or palm oil agroforestry system in Tomé-Açu managed by Cooperativa Agrícola Mista de Tomé-Açu.

Insight

Trailblazing in Tomé Açu: inspiring a global agroforestry transition in northern Brazil

Duncan J Macqueen
03 August 2026

A woman farmer ploughs a barren-looking field.

Insight

Getting back on track: turning global biodiversity promises into fair and locally-led action by 2030

Nicola Sorsby and Barbara Lassen
27 July 2026

A builder labours in the sun in India. Outdoor workers lose weeks of work every year due to extreme heat

News

Extreme heat costing Indian workers billions in lost wages

20 July 2026

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