The bottled water industry can undermine progress of projects aimed at creating safe-water systems for all, by redirecting attention to a less reliable, less affordable option.
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In the Global South, opinions on the Ukraine war are mixed. One main reason for this: developing countries have more pressing issues to deal with.
The treatment of Ukrainian refugees exposes a humanitarian double standard that has channelled vital funding away from equally deserving crises.
White saviourism is simultaneously a state of mind and a concrete unequal power structure between the Global North and the Global South.
After years of censorship, opposition parties have to – all at once – rejoin public debates, reorganise and remotivate demoralised supporters.
Look for significant progress in 2023 in two key areas, writes a veteran of international climate policy.
In order to meet its 2030 biodiversity targets, Canada is heavily relying on Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, which could do more harm than good for First Nations, Inuit and Métis.
Black Panther and its sequel are more than just good movies: they can be used as teaching tools.
Child sponsorship is often billed as a significant way of improving children’s lives. However, sponsorship is based on narratives that fail to address the role of rich countries in global poverty.
Does the Global North have a moral responsibility to protect and compensate those in the Global South that disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change devastation?
China is seen as Africa’s saviour and friend in the film - which is still full of racist stereotypes.
Armed conflicts today involve slavery in many different forms, from forced marriage to child soldiers.
A major lesson from the COVID-19 pandemic is the need to decolonize transnational governance so that the world is better able to handle both future and current global crises.
Trade regulation by rich countries against pests and disease is gradually making its way into the less developed nations. On top of safer foods, new research shows this could also bring sustainable growth.
Climate change is changing wave patterns and strength. Bigger waves combined with sea level rise will hit coasts hard – but only in some countries.
Richer nations are increasingly looking to offshore their immigration processing and further their own economic and political interests at the same time.
Not all nations have joined in a united front against Russia’s invasion. The conflict and talk of a new Cold War could reignite the nonaligned movement.
By linking different issues together, organisations show the importance of approaching information disorder as a complex problem requiring various responses.
Crisis is a given for resource-poor households globally, but — in the absence of supportive policies — so are these careful strategies of self-provisioning and mutual aid.
The decolonisation of science is an essential step for the academic community in Indonesia to find their voice.
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer in Urban Development & Transformation, University of Manchester
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Senior Researcher and Global Development Ethics Advisor, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ecology and evolutionary biology, University of Toronto
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Professor and Chair, Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of African Literature, University of the Witwatersrand
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Researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science
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NRF Accredited & Senior Researcher; Lead Coordinator of the South-South Educational Collaboration & Knowlede Interchange Initiative, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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CIGI chair in Gloal Migration and Development, Professor of Geography and Enviromental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Post doctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of the Politics of Development, University of Oxford
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Assistant Professor of Media and Communication, University of Missouri-Columbia
