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The fuss over who should pay for the loss and damage caused by global warming is now decades old. This year, for the first time, the UN Climate Conference in Dubai will be negotiating payment modalities. Results are urgently needed.

The election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as President of Brazil has revived the subject of the EFTA free trade agreement with Mercosur – but the climate-related promises could prove to be greenwashing.

The next crisis is as certain as the fact that tomorrow a tram will stop at Paradeplatz, the heart of Switzerland‘s financial sector. What no one knows is just when and from where it will originate in the gigantic and complex financial system.

Even at the height of the climate crisis, gas mega-projects are being mounted in Mozambique by oil majors, including TotalEnergies, in which the Swiss National Bank holds a stake. These projects are fuelling conflicts while not benefiting the people.

In 2016, the OECD promised to reform the international tax system such that it would also serve the interests of the Global South. Seven years on, the OECD has clearly fallen short of its own ambitions. It may now be time for the UN to step in.

There is little evidence of a move towards peace in the context of the war in Ukraine. Perhaps because no one knows what "making peace" would mean in this instance.... Interview with Thomas Greminger, Head of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, European countries have primarily been upgrading the army rather than stepping up solidarity. Feminist voices are calling for a more comprehensive peace policy – including in Switzerland.

What happens when mining companies enter communities and start mining? Who benefits and who suffers?

Since the UN Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa in 2015, the international community has been almost at one in repeating the mantra: only by mobilising private finance will it be possible to fund the Sustainable Development Goals.