Tech bros will tell you that geoengineering will save us, it won’t
For anyone who’s been paying attention, it’s no surprise that the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) reports that we will now inevitably blow past the global...
Reforms on Malaysia’s ‘draconian’ Peaceful Assembly Act encounter further delays
Human rights advocates are calling on the Malaysian government to amend the Peaceful Assembly Act, which contains several provisions that police and local authorities use...
Maternity leave is expanding in Bangladesh, but garment workers still struggle for childcare
In April 2026, Bangladesh’s Parliament amended the country’s labour law, extending maternity benefits for eligible workers from 112 to 120 days, or approximately four months....
A record‑shattering El Niño is almost here. Here’s what that means for the world’s weather
The world is bracing for the strongest El Niño in history.
The United Nations has made the grim prediction that our planet now sits in...
A landmark UN report says the world will overshoot the 1.5°C climate target. What happens now?
Jacqueline Peel, The University of Melbourne and Wesley Morgan, UNSW
For over a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
That’s...