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Category: Explainer

Living in Bondage: The fight for LGBT rights in Ghana

by Ezi Ogbuli6 Jan 202222 Dec 2025Leave a comment

Ghana’s new anti-LGBT bill is sparking fear and outrage among human rights supporters.

Explainer, Sub-Saharan Africa africa, ghana, human rights, lgbt, lgbtq, rights

Nature is healing — or is it?

by Si Yun Ee28 Nov 202128 Nov 2021Leave a comment

COVID-19 is impacting climate change, and vice versa. In both scenarios, wildlife is feeling the impacts.

COP26, Explainer animals, climate change, cop26, earth, ecosystems, environment, wildlife

COP26 or FLOP26: What happened at this year’s UN Climate Change Conference?

by GPI Fellows28 Nov 202110 Jan 2022Leave a comment

Was Glasgow a success? GPI fellows analyze the wins and losses of COP26.

COP26, Explainer

Hit or Miss: A comparison of climate goals among G20 countries

by GPI Fellows16 Nov 202116 Nov 2021Leave a comment

Canada. Russia. Germany. Argentina. All members of the G20. All tackling wildly varied climate actions plans.

COP26, Explainer argentina, canada, carbon, climate change, climate crisis, cop26, emissions, G20, germany, russia, scotland

Small Island Developing States fight for survival at COP26

by GPI Fellows11 Nov 202122 Dec 2025Leave a comment

SIDs contribute the least to climate change, and yet, are most impacted by it.

COP26, Explainer, Oceania climate, climate change, oceania, rising water, tuvalu

Conflict and Climate: How the changing environment is creating a human security crisis

by Amanda Wilson10 Nov 202110 Nov 2021Leave a comment

The climate crisis is creating the conditions under which extremism and conflict thrive.

COP26, Explainer climate change, climate crisis, conflict, human rights, migration, refugee, security, war

Negotiations in Glasgow seek to build on the Paris Agreement

by GPI Fellows5 Nov 20215 Nov 2021Leave a comment

It's been five years since COP21 — how did we get here?

COP26, Explainer climate, climate change, cop26, environment, glasgow, human rights, HumanRights, united nations

Environmental protests sweep Europe

by Aaron Smith5 Nov 202122 Dec 2025Leave a comment

Protestors demand bold moves from world leaders at COP26.

COP26, Europe, Explainer climate, climatechange, cop26, earth, environment, fridaysforfuture, glasgow, HumanRights, thunberg

Clean skies ahead? The economic solutions to climate problems

by Benjamin Blum3 Nov 20213 Nov 2021Leave a comment

World leaders unveil market solutions at the COP26 conference.

COP26, Explainer carbon, climate, climatechange, cop26, glasgow, john kerry

COP26: “Moment of truth” or business as usual?

by Matthew Slade1 Nov 20212 Nov 2021Leave a comment

World leaders convene in Scotland for critical climate talks.

COP26, Explainer climate, climate change, conference of parties, cop, cop26, UN, unitednations

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