Access to clean and safe sanitation is a basic human right, but there are still 2.5 billion people around the world who do not have the...
On this day 150 years ago, US president Abraham Lincoln made his now-famous Gettysburg Address, in which he announced that the American civil war would bring...
Signatories to the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) will decide on Friday whether international discussions are required to debate a pre-emptive ban on fully autonomous...
Authorities in Russia are to bring more charges against many of the Greenpeace activists currently being detained in the country. The 28 protesters and two journalists...
The impact of climate change on developing countries is a matter of urgent concern for the developed world, too, Ilaria Bertini writes. As many international bodies...
Many palm oil companies that promise to act sustainably have failed to do so, and so continue to destroy rainforests and displace local communities, according to...
The level of engagement between sustainability functions in businesses and important internal and external stakeholders is low, according to a survey. Low levels of engagement can...
Russian authorities have dropped charges of piracy against 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists, and have accused them of hooliganism instead, according to officials. The ‘Arctic...
Six months ago, over 1,000 people died when a garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed. Many western brands, whose apparel was manufactured in the factory, were subsequently...
It is six months since one of the world’s worst factory disasters occurred in Bangladesh, killing nearly 1,200 people and affecting thousands more. But what can...
A joint investigation by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International has condemned the use of drones in US attacks on Pakistan and Yemen, claiming it amounts...
Almost 40 charities, campaign groups, academics, thinktanks and online networks have joined together in a diverse coalition united against the lobbying bill. The alliance includes well-known...
A new report into Ministry of Defence litigations has been condemned by some lawyers, who claim that the findings and recommendations are unfair. The report, The Fog of Law, was...
Eleven Nobel peace prize winners have written to Russian president Vladimir Putin, asking him to drop charges against the 28 Greenpeace activists and two journalists currently...
If the World Bank does not abandon its focus on “dirty” energy projects, governments should move global energy finance away from the organisation, according to a...