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In 2024, Zimbabwe received a risk insurance payout from the African Risk Capacity Group to help alleviate the effects of severe drought.

Shock-sensitive social protection

Bridging funding gaps when disaster strikes

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by James G. Bennett
by Nazaruddin Puteh
Coal mine in the Indian state of Jharkhand.

Decarbonisation

The fossil fuel reality behind the rhetoric of energy transition

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by Pedro Alarcón
Refugees arrive at a German initial reception centre. How their lives unfold from this point on is largely the responsibility of the host society.

Refugee integration

The challenge of starting over

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by Jenny Phillimore
Lesotho declared an unprecedented two-year “state of national disaster” in order to reorganise its economy.

International Relations

Africa does not flinch before Trump

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu
The work “Activist Mayalú Kokometi Waurá Txucarramãe” by artist Yacunã Tuxá is a visual homage to the strength and resilience of Indigenous women. It was inspired by the activist Mayalú Txucarramãe, a strong voice in the fight to protect the rainforest and the rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Our view

Humanity needs Indigenous role models

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by Katharina Wilhelm Otieno
President Donald Trump announced new tariff rates for more than a hundred countries on 2 April 2025 in Washington.

World trade

US tariffs will aggravate economic crises in the Global South

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by Praveen Jha
Community, counselling, purpose: churches and faith-based organisations have an influence on people’s mental health.

Faith and mental health

How faith-based organisations are promoting mental health

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by Sabine Schwirner
Climate Risk Index: Most Affected Countries 2022

Global warming

Climate change in numbers

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by Isah Shafiq
This mobile hut with a solar roof is part of a campsite – a community idea from an FPA project in Armenia.

Ownership

Implementing community ideas in the southern Caucasus

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by Nand Kishor Agrawal
by Steffen Schuelein
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