“The good news”: After a lawsuit, TotalEnergies was convicted by a Paris court for making misleading claims about its environmental performance. Beside the text is a gavel and a document with a scale on it. Source: dandc.eu
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After nine years of decline, democracy scores have risen in more than half of the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. That trend may happen elsewhere, too
What's life like in Iran right now? In this exclusive report for D+C, an Iran-based journalist describes daily life in the war-torn country. 👇
A person holds a pale blue smartphone. Large text states, "$40 is what a 4G-capable smartphone is expected to cost in future. This emerges from a pilot project initiated by the Handset Affordability Coalition, part of the global mobile industry association GSMA." Source: dandc.eu
📲 The goal is to narrow the significant digital divide in Africa and expand access to mobile internet.
“Orbán’s banishment is a blow to the fatalism that has become so fashionable in western democracies. There’s nothing inevitable about the march of the populist-oligarch right.”
My Swamp Notes with @gideonrachman.bsky.social. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/a16fea82-8...
Quote states, "In the Global South, people are more willing to use technology in creative and inclusive ways." Attributed to Katja Muñoz, senior research fellow. Article: How artificial intelligence is transforming democracy. Source: dandc.eu
📲 To a certain extent, technology is what you do with it.
🤔 What do you use technology like AI and social media for? Let us know in the comments. 👇
Payal Arora, a digital anthropologist and professor at Utrecht University, is shown speaking, with a quote from the D+C interview with her: "Pessimism is a privilege for those who can afford to despair."
✨ In D+C, Payal Arora argues that many people cannot afford tech pessimism. Here's who, and why. 👉 spkl.io/6182ANIfw
One in five Catholics lives in Africa, where the religion is growing faster than on any other continent. Yet Africans are still a minority in the senior ranks of Vatican leadership in Rome.
Against a clear sky, a young girl in patterned green dress pushes a wheelbarrow carrying two full green jerrycans across arid land. The foreground has the text "Overview on global environment" and the website "dandc.eu".
🌍Ultimately, the planet's health is our health and survival.
How is humanity doing regarding environmental protection? Get an overview here. 👉 spkl.io/63320AN50K
The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution tabled by Ghana which describes the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” and raises the issue of reparations.
This is not legally binding – but it is all the more politically charged. 👇
The graphic says, 'The good news: A comprehensive approach to strengthening healthcare has helped India reduce under-five mortality from 48 to 28 per 1000 live births between 2015 and 2023.' An illustration of a baby wrapped in a blanket is beside the text.
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🎙️ If you're worried about disinformation: Our editor-in-chief spoke about solutions on the podcast Almendra Impact. Give it a listen! (It's in German.)👇
Image features Payal Arora, digital anthropologist and professor of "Inclusive AI Cultures" at Utrecht University, with a quote: "Instead of discussing whether or not to ban technology, we should view the rise of AI as a call to reform our institutions."
It's important to ask the right questions, also with regard to our future with AI. 👉 spkl.io/63329A24Lx
That's right! The idea was to convey that we cover the spectrum: from positive impact of AI to questionable practices and negative outcomes.
Hands hold a phone displaying D+C magazine cover with text "AI is here. Are we ready?" and an AI figure. Text reads: "The new D+C Monthly is available for download!" Website: dandc.eu.
From concrete AI projects that benefit the Global South to how AI firms are setting their sights on Latin America’s resources, our latest Monthly covers it.
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Trade can become one of the most powerful drivers of a new era of collaboration between Africa and Germany, argue Moses Vilakati, Mathias Mogge and Debisi Araba.
Quote: "I think there's a crisis of the future. I see growing uncertainty and anxiety among young people." - Javier Bronfman, regional advisor on SDG integration at the UNDP Regional Centre for Latin America and the Caribbean. Article: How Peru has progressed despite political turmoil.
🇵🇪 Seven different presidents in the past ten years!
Still, Peru has been the South American country that has made the most SDG progress in that time. But there are challenges. ▶️ spkl.io/63329AFhJL
🚹 Patriarchy has severe downsides for men too – privileges aside for once. So fighting patriarchy can be in men's self-interest. 👇
Quote states, “The pursuit of speed and automation can compromise accuracy and, with it, credibility.” It is attributed to Anastasya Andriarti, a journalist based in Indonesia. The article is titled: How Indonesia's media landscape is dealing with Al.
🤔 Pick your currency: automation/speed or accuracy/credibility? Sometimes choosing one compromises the other.
"The US and Israel should have first exhausted all means of diplomacy and non-military sanctions before using military force," writes Kai Ambos about the Iran war.
Building cities from scratch is often vainglorious folly. But if Egypt’s New Capital is successful it will transform desert sand into valuable real estate and attract millions of residents
This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.
"Kakuma Refugee Camp is both a testament to human resilience and a monument to international neglect." - ALBA NAKUWA, freelance journalist from South Sudan based in Nairobi, Kenya. Article: Ending up in the last category means no food at all
🇰🇪 Kakuma is one of the world’s largest refugee camps located in Kenya.
⚠️ It's in a worsening humanitarian crisis because of the cuts to international aid funding. 👉 spkl.io/63326AFlLo
Now in its fifth week, the third Gulf war has already gone on longer than Donald Trump predicted at the start. Some are now even talking of America deploying thousands of troops on the ground to seize Iranian territory
Text reads: Researchers and students at the Technical University of Munich developed an AI-powered underwater robot that autonomously removes large pieces of litter from the sea. The picture shows a plastic bottle floating on the water's surface.
🤝 Humankind now has a helper in the fight against plastic pollution and other kinds of litter.
Quote: “European colonizers often told African nationalists that their people were incapable of governing themselves.” - Baba G. Jallow, former executive secretary of Gambia's Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC). Article: How fossilised, power-hungry men keep Africa in a stranglehold
Only one example for the racism and arrogance of European colonisers. 👇
🤝 They named it "the Humanitarian Reset": Learn here what the UN plans for humanitarian action in times of dwindling funds. 👇
The last 11 years have been the hottest years ever recorded. Earth’s energy imbalance has reached its highest than at any time in observed history, with heat reaching deeper into the ocean. This is the Global #StateOfClimate 2025.
📰 Press release: https://bit.ly/4ds4r2V
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