In Uganda’s Busoga kingdom, seven sugar mills process the sugarcane grown on roughly 110,000 hectares in the region. The growth in this activity has been significant; the territory now comprises [...]

This interview was originally held in French. The French version can be found here. Cet entretien est également disponible en français ici.  Investments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [...]

Last week, an estimated 60,000 Moroccans crossed the border into Ceuta, a Spanish city located in North Africa. The surge left more than 80 people dead, and early reporting suggested that the [...]

No matter how it finally ends, the conflict with Iran likely will drive up green technology profits for China. The war also seems certain to have a lasting energy impact on the many Global South [...]

The negative environmental impacts of the Cobre Panamá copper mine sparked massive, nationwide protests in Panama in 2023. Over 100 people were injured in the unrest,  and over 1,200 people were [...]

In April 2026, a missing herd of cows in the northeast mountains of Laos set off a confrontation between villagers and a Chinese rare earth mining company. The villagers in Houaphanh Province had [......

This article was originally published by African Arguments and has been lightly edited for style. On March 19th, the president undertook a historic two-day trip to London, the first by a Nigerian [......

In Ghana, illegal mining is commonly known as “galamsey,” derived from the phrase “gather them and sell.” It is an informal and unregulated small-scale mining activity that provides alternative [...]

Excerpted from the Environmental Security Program’s new issue brief, What Demographic Trends Mean for U.S. Policy — full brief available on the Stimson Center website. Population dynamics [...]

This article was cross-posted from The Journal of Population and Sustainability. In a special report published in Bioscience almost 4 years ago (“World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency [...]

Nearly two-thirds of citizens across seven Ouagadougou Partnership countries say women should be free to decide if and when to marry, but fewer than half believe women should have the same say [...]

This article was originally published by the Center for Global Development. This spring in Washington, DC, World Bank president Ajay Banga announced a major new initiative, “Water Forward,” with [...]

In the coming months, El Niño is expected to worsen drought, flood, heat, and storm conditions around the world. Despite its potential to amplify existing vulnerabilities and crises, there has [...]

“Only one thing now stands between the ocean and the capital it needs: the decision to act. And a delayed decision is never neutral. The cost of waiting…is paid by those who come after us,” [...]

This article was originally published on The Science Diplomat. For decades, scientists have warned that rising seas would increase the risk of coastal flooding. What has been harder to determine [...]

The world is facing compounding environmental crises from biodiversity loss to land degradation to the climate crisis. For decades, policy responses have treated these issues as separate [...]

De-risking energy is a key element of geopolitical focus in our moment. This is especially true now, as energy security, diversifying supply routes, protecting shipping lanes, and insulating [...]

The ongoing conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran imposes significant costs beyond the immense loss of life and destruction of vital infrastructure throughout the region. It also [...]

The infrastructure powering artificial intelligence (AI) has become both a political flashpoint and a signal for strategic warfare with significant military, geopolitical, and international [...]

The relationship between climate vulnerability and political instability is clear. Twenty-two of the 30 countries ranked as the most vulnerable to climate change in 2025 also were categorized as [...]

When armed groups began threatening a community in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that had recently gained access to solar-powered electricity, something unexpected happened. Rather than [...]

Wildlife trafficking is one of the most lucrative and destructive criminal enterprises in the world. Valued at more than $20 billion annually, these criminal networks impact more than 4,000 plant [......

Devastating floods in Mokwa, a rural town in Niger State, claimed lives and destroyed homes and livelihoods in May 2025, and displaced many other residents as well. Yet, in Nigeria today, such [...]

Join us for an online discussion on how the conflict in the Middle East is reshaping environmental and human security across the Middle East and North Africa region.

The US–Israeli war launched against Iran in 2026 may be remembered as the moment fossil-fuel dependence became more than a mere abstraction for the Global South. Brent crude quickly surged past [...]

From Zambia to Indonesia, recent headlines about catastrophic toxic mining spills grimly underscore how the global push to secure one set of resources, critical minerals, might be compromising [...]

In March 2026, Earth League International (ELI) published a report: Money Talks: What Criminals Told Us About Corruption. Our study synthesized over a decade of intelligence obtained firsthand by [......

In the summer of 2025, Tehran almost reached “Day Zero” – a designation for the moment when the city’s municipal water supply was no longer able to meet basic demand through normal distribution [...]

Native nations in the United States have played leading roles in some of the country’s most spectacular conservation success stories. For instance, calls by the Yurok, Karuk and Hoopa [...]

This article was originally published on South Asian Voices, a publication of the Stimson Center. “Do not give away Diego Garcia,” warned U.S. President Donald Trump on February 19, as the United [......

Last fall, I travelled back to my hometown in rural Wen’an County, Hebei Province, and was surprised to find my aunt Lu had installed 12 solar panels on the roof of her house. Because I am a [...]

Development practitioners enter the field hoping to make the world a better place. Yet, too often, they become jaded and cynical over time. The bureaucratic processes that shape the mechanics of [...]

Recent attacks on critical infrastructure in Iran and the Persian Gulf mark a troubling escalation in the widening regional conflict. Since the U.S. and Israel launched a bombing campaign against [......

The need to secure critical minerals, combined with recent U.S. actions, is impacting arguments that surround seabed mining.

I recently returned to Syria for my first peacetime visit. Unsurprisingly, the country is an awful mess. The destruction is somehow slightly more conspicuous than it seemed through a number of [...]

Pacific Island countries sit at the frontline of climate change. Many consist of small, low-lying islands, with long coastlines and vast ocean spaces between them. Livelihoods often depend on [...]

President Donald Trump’s revived interest in buying Greenland attracted worldwide attention to the Arctic and triggered renewed geopolitical discussions about the region. These policy and [...]

When the executive branch of the United States government authorized the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in early January, it was the latest turn in a series of escalating events [...]

“Where is the tea?” I asked after our class had hiked through densely wooded hills for half an hour, looking around in confusion. I was among a team of Duke Kunshan University (DKU) graduate [...]