The COVID-19 pandemic is generating monumental challenges for most governments, corporations and societies, both online and off.
It was once fashionable to describe Brazil as the country of the future.
One of the many injustices of climate change is it hits the world’s poorest countries hardest
Instituto Igarapé preparou o boletim “Avaliando as relações entre as mudanças climáticas e a segurança na África Ocidental”
When Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro repeatedly downplayed the threat of COVID-19, Brazilians were understandably confused about the gravity of the pandemic.
We’re pleased to announce the shortlist for the Think Tank Awards 2020.
Globalization is the most progressive force in the history of humankind.
Is it possible for societies to reduce crime without creating or exacerbating adversarial relationships between the police and citizens?
Late last year, Colombia’s federal police arrested Diego Optra, a crime boss who heads a ruthless gang called La Local in the port city of Buenaventura.
The global green transition will accelerate – and not a moment too soon.
At least one foreign leader still believes outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump’s desperate claims that the election was rigged.
The COVID-19 pandemic could give rise to positive innovations in cities and a radical intolerance of the status quo
All during 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic swept around the world, another novel virus with devastating long-term effects spread unnoticed worldwide
While the coronavirus pandemic is ravaging around the globe, we will continue to experience unprecedented urbanization in the coming decades.
Ilona Szabó is competing for the Think Tanker of the Year prize
Louise Marie Hurel contributed with a chapter on cyber-security governance in Brazil.
At 8:45 pm, five gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery, an upscale establishment in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
Many Brazilians were worried by the torrent of disinformation on social networks during this year’s bitterly contested U.S. presidential elections
Cities are the crucible of our civilisations
Central Asia was long a digital backwater
Brazilians are preparing nervously for their own municipal elections on November 15
This is the startling observation made by authors Ian Goldin and Robert Muggah in the introduction to their fascinating new book, Terra Incognita
Maps are not just informative, they are empowering. They can help provide a new perspective to age-old problems
Around the world, responses to the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic are understandably focused on reducing infections and fatalities.
At the sharp end of the wedge, cross-boundary bodies like the Igarapé Institute, with the cooperation of Interpol and NGOs, track environmental crimes in the Amazon basin, with a view to bringing legal cases against those responsible.
The COVID-19 pandemic is a profoundly urban crisis. The vast majority of the millions of reported cases worldwide are concentrated in overcrowded neighbourhoods and informal settlements.
This article is part of a series in which leading experts reflect on emerging trends for cities seeking to address hate, polarisation and extremism.
One of the first countries to register a Covid-19 outbreak, South Korea, flattened the curve in stunning fashion. It registered over 22,000 cases, yet fewer than 400 deaths at the time of writing.
JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, is turning to blockchain to ensure the traceability of the tens of thousands of cattle it processes every day in Brazil, following intense pressure from both investors and activists over its environmental record.
At the United Nations, the world’s longest Zoom meeting is underway as presidents and prime ministers meet virtually amidst a pandemic that has killed almost a million people, an economic depression with no modern parallel, and a tide of polarization and division that threatens the social fabric in many countries.
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