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Today, medication to prevent HIV takes the form of a daily pill, which is not convenient for everyone. However, new tools such as injections and implants are currently in development – and the first tests look promising.
After years of talks, the U.N. has taken a major step toward an international treaty to preserve the biodiversity of the high seas to combat climate change, overfishing and plastic pollution.
Working in exile and – discreetly – from inside Burundi, a network of women is trying to find ways to bring peace back to their country. Their leader, Marie Louise Baricako, talks about securing a seat at peace talks and how rape is used as a weapon to silence women.
Climate change is causing water managers to think long term about their resources. Several western agencies are planning a century in advance, but that’s not without its headaches.
Artist Barbara Kemigisa knows the dangers of not sticking to an antiretroviral drug regime. And she’s spreading the message with sculptures made of empty pill bottles, some of them her own.
Mia Bennett National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow, University of California
If you thought that all Indigenous peoples were uniformly opposed to oil drilling, think again. The Arctic Slope Regional Corporation sees offshore exploration as a way to create wealth for its communities, writes Mia Bennett at Cryopolitics.
Some 31,000 Syrians have returned to the war-torn country from abroad this year and many are struggling to survive in a country they call home.
In recent weeks, nearly 2 percent of the imperiled North Atlantic right whale population has perished, while humpback whales continue to die in unusual numbers.
Some 31,000 Syrians have returned to the war-torn country from abroad this year and many are struggling to survive in a country they call home.
Ted Kowalski Senior Environment Program Officer, Walton Family Foundation
Innovative projects are key to improving the resilience of water supplies in the basin’s seven states, writes Ted Kowalski of the Walton Family Foundation’s Colorado River basin initiative.
A groundbreaking study reveals that plastic production has grown exponentially since 1950 and will continue to accumulate in the ocean at an ever-increasing rate unless a strategy is established to curb the crisis.
In war-torn South Sudan, Girl Guides learn peace-building skills – such as asking the adults around them to put away their weapons – and are counseled on how to support victims of rape.
Valerie Cleland Masters Student, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington
World Policy: Arctic nations should follow through on their commitments to prepare for an oil spill in icy waters, writes Valerie Cleland, a masters student in the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington.
Elisabeth Holland Directs The Pacific Center for Environment and Sustainable Development, University of the South Pacific
Fiji climate scientist Elisabeth Holland says the proceeds of tax on fossil fuel emissions could be used to help vulnerable island states adapt to climate change and restore coastal ecosystems.
The Inland Oceans Coalition has a unique mission: To emphasize the land-to-sea connection and get people to preserve the ocean – even if they live nowhere near it.
Australian researchers collaborated with Microsoft cofounder Paul G. Allen’s Vulcan to create algorithms that crunch big data to detect suspicious fishing activity and alert local authorities.
HAKAI: Clashes between polar bears and people are on the rise as Arctic sea ice declines. A new digital database aims to track these encounters and could help prevent future attacks.
Haid Haid Syrian Researcher
Due to U.S.-led military operations to counter its finances, the so-called Islamic State is not only changing its military tactics but also adapting its economic practices, writes Chatham House fellow Haid Haid.
Kurdish political officials in Syria are taking an increasingly anti-Iranian and pro-Saudi Arabia stance amid the rising tensions between Washington, Tehran and their proxies, and the rift between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, writes journalist Wladimir van Wilgenburg.
Jeff Orlowski, director of a new documentary that filmed the real-time death of coral reefs from rising temperatures, talks about how to depoliticize ocean issues to reach a broad audience.
Representatives from all eight Arctic countries recently gathered in Harstad, Norway, to reflect on the varying definitions and aims of Indigenous art in the North.
After India’s Supreme Court rejected a Mumbai woman’s plea to be granted an abortion beyond the legal cutoff, she gave birth to a severely disabled baby. The case has reignited calls for the adoption of long-proposed changes to this law.
Two decades of research compiled by the Council on Foreign Relations demonstrates that including more women in labor markets will strengthen the global economy.
Under the shadow of Donald Trump’s proposed funding cuts, governments and NGOs have renewed their commitment to make family planning available to 120 million more women and girls by 2020.
Under the auspices of the International Maritime Organization, countries are looking at ways to limit the use of thick, viscous heavy fuel oils in Arctic waters.
Frederic C. Hof Director, Atlantic Council's Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East
The recently announced cease-fire in southwestern Syria should not be dismissed as a replica of the 2016 internationally-brokered pause in fighting that failed, according to the Atlantic Council’s Frederic C. Hof.
Ulla Müller President and CEO, EngenderHealth
As the United States pulls out of the global family planning movement, new space is opening to reconsider how we provide family planning to women and girls worldwide, and what equality really means.
Gerald Knaus Founding Director, European Stability Initiative
The E.U. can help Italy deliver fast, fair asylum decisions and return people who don’t qualify for refugee status, says policy expert Gerald Knaus. Along with incentives for African nations to accept returnees, he argues it can provide a breakthrough on the sea route.
The United States’ major aquariums pledge to go plastic-free by 2020, showing one way to eliminate plastic from the industrial supply chain before it reaches the ocean.
The Syrian Youth Empowerment initiative guides high-school students in Syria through the U.S. college application process. Its cofounder George Batah explains the importance of Syrians winning scholarships to study in the U.S.
Liz Crosson Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
As the state works to build a long-term framework for conservation and efficiency, Los Angeles is setting its own course, writes Liz Crosson, the deputy chief sustainability officer for Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti.
Neil Hauer Senior Intelligence Analyst, SecDev Group in Ottawa
There is growing common ground between Russia and former Assad opponent Turkey on enforcing a de-escalation zone in the northern rebel enclave of Idlib province, writes intelligence analyst Neil Hauer.
The Syrian Youth Empowerment initiative guides high-school students in Syria through the U.S. college application process. Its cofounder George Batah explains the importance of Syrians winning scholarships to study in the U.S.
It’s hard to think of a better way to experience Canada Day than to drive along a highway that permanently etched the Canadian state into the northern wilderness, writes Mia Bennett at Cryopolitics.
After an anti-YPG Kurdish commander claimed that he was arrested by Turkish forces and his troops disarmed, concerns are rising over Turkish policy in Syria in the border region.
Ortrun Merkle PhD Fellow, United Nations University
Diego Salama Communications Officer, United Nations University
Due to U.S. pressure, the U.N. General Assembly has voted to cut $600 million from the U.N. Peacekeeping budget. The impact on women and girls must be addressed, or the cuts could cause serious harm, say Ortrun Merkle and Diego Salama of United Nations University.
Samuel Hall Research Team Independent Think Tank
Ashley Hamer Journalist and Photographer reporting on East Africa
As world leaders meet for the G20 meeting in Hamburg, researchers at Samuel Hall make the case for urgent legal reform and investment to protect climate refugees and help them be more resilient in the face of disaster.
The epicenter of the state’s drinking water catastrophe is in the San Joaquin Valley, where 200,000 people have struggled to obtain clean, safe water for decades.
As hundreds of thousands of Afghans are coerced into returning to Afghanistan from Pakistan, journalist Umer Ali examines the online hatred that has helped poison attitudes to refugees.
Rob Huebert Associate Professor, the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary
Justin Trudeau’s Liberals have framed the security threats in the Arctic posed by Russia in the starkest terms seen in more than 30 years, says Rob Huebert, a fellow with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute.
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