Global Challenges
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Inside New York Climate Week 2026
Nik Gowing asseses the impact on the ground at New York Climate Week 2026, sharing his insights from the sessions…
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Why Nepal Glacier Catastrophe Has Terrifying Lessons For Our Way Of Life
The catastrophic glacier failure due to ice melt on the Nepal-Tibet border is a metaphor for the proliferation of unthinkables…
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The Brutal “Rupture” We Must Confront After Mark Carney’s Davos Warning
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered one of the most devastating speeches Davos has heard in years. He questioned every…
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The Mindset Shift Needed… for the Pinball Crisis
Decisions by governments, businesses and institutions are increasingly made too late. Or they miss the mark altogether. Here we explain…
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Humanity’s Pinball Crisis
We re-label what we all face as the Pinball Crisis. Acute change is challenging orthodoxy. It happens with a speed,…
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Blunt Warning to All of Us After New Data Confirms 2025 as the Hottest Year Ever Recorded
Rachel Kyte, the UK’s Special Representative for Climate, warns why everyone must defy the skeptics to plan and prepare for…
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Unthinkable: Inside East Germany the Night the Berlin Wall Fell
It’s thirty-six years since November 9, 1989. The unthinkable happened. East Germany suddenly imploded and within minutes the Berlin Wall…
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Trump and Ukraine: Brutal Opportunism
The recent events at the White House showcased an unexpected diplomatic success following a challenging Alaska summit between Trump and…
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The World We Had Has Gone
From inside the high-level Chatham House Conference, the message was clear. Global leaders, strategists, and security experts all agreed: the…
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From Awareness to Action: Why Nature Risk Must Be a Core Financial Priority
from the Nature Finance Forum in Paris. The message from global financial leaders is clear: nature risk is now systemic…
