Agriculture
"Indigenous groups in eastern Nicaragua ... continuously face violent attacks led by the militant arms of logging, mining, and farming enterprises seeking to exploit the area’s largely untouched land."
Arts & Culture
"Art, it seems, has become a new venue for populists to build their power, proliferate discord, and sow the same divisions that once brought Poland's and Hungary's civil society to its knees."
Human Rights
"The increasing power that citizens have in the face of rising authoritarianism around the world and our ability to prevent violence are undeniable."
China
"I believe the future holds much more activity because, lamentably, every day there are more pressures out there against the environment."
Asia
"Behind closed doors, Disney, and indeed all of Hollywood, have been self-censoring plots, characters, and dialogues for decades to appease the Chinese Communist Party."
Law & Diplomacy
Authoritarian, totalitarian regimes that hate freedom, hate cryptocurrencies. It's just that simple.
Energy & Environment
"The European Union is often lauded as a champion of democracy, social welfare, and environmental regulation. However, for the six million Roma people in Europe, these ideals are empty promises."
Defense
"Militaries should not use depleted uranium if research shows that it harms human health."
Energy & Environment
"The cultural aspect of recognizing the rights of nature is really quite profound. It says nature is not just a basket of commodities for humans to exploit, but rather a community of life to which humans are incredibly fortunate to belong."
Energy & Environment
"Latin America’s wealth of natural resources creates conflict between environmental defenders and businesses that wish to exploit these resources. Latin America’s 'plague of state weakness' then allows businesses to kill environmental defenders and get away with it."
Energy & Environment
"As the largest economic bloc to implement a set of agreements directly addressing the climate crisis, the European Union has made significant progress in galvanizing support for environmental awareness and action at the governmental level."
Human Rights
"In any case, Haiti will need much more than a COVID vaccine to recover, if not cope with, its multiple pandemics."