UN Chief calls for justice, equity in critical mineral value chains
UN Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the COP29 High-Level Meeting on Resourcing the Energy Transition with Justice and Equity on Wednesday, calling for a just and equitable approach to the extraction and use of critical minerals for the energy transition. “We
EU envoy praises human rights reforms in Egypt
EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Human Rights, Olof Skoog, visited Egypt from 4 to 5 November, in a follow-up mission to EUSR Eamon Gilmore’s trip in April 2022. Ongoing human rights reforms were discussed based on Egypt’s commitments, including national
GDP is an outdated way of measuring the health of the economy
The Conversation —Economics and economic policy need a rethink. This is clear from the scale of inequality, joblessness, insecurity and environmental disasters we see in the world. People feel left behind, impoverished and unvoiced. They are looking to ethno-nationalist strongmen