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The small Caribbean island of Grenada is also called Spice Island. In the past, the French and the English fought over the island. Today, other powers are fighting to gain more influence on Grenada and thus in the world. By Karin Wenger

In signing the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, the international community pledged, among other things, to orient financial flows towards a low-carbon economy. Switzerland is moving along that path – but in very small steps.

On paper, Switzerland has more than tripled its support to developing and emerging countries for climate protection in the last ten years. – Is that true? A look at the "accounting" of the Swiss Confederation.

With Ghana, Switzerland is implementing the world's first foreign climate protection project under the Paris Climate Agreement of 2015. But this project misses the mark.

Power inequalities are still a major problem in development cooperation. Change is under way where decolonization is seriously being promoted.

The Energy Charter Treaty protects companies that invest in fossil fuels. A growing number of countries are withdrawing from it, while Switzerland continues to thwart the energy transition.

In mid-July, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka like a hounded dog, but he returned at the beginning of September. For almost two decades, he and his brothers have determined the country's fate with an iron fist.

Former National Councillor Regula Rytz continues her engagement on the international stage, as the new President of Helvetas. She sees today's multiple crises as an opportunity for global cooperation.

What the Federal Council and corporate lobbies are portraying as innocuous support for the shipping industry could prove the biggest tax loophole for Swiss commodities groups and circumvent the new OECD minimum tax.