Broken climate vows: Is it good to keep setting deadlines?
Governments often set, then fail to meet, goals for fighting global warming. Do deadlines help? Or does “blah blah blah” of unkept vows hurt the planet?
UKRAINE
Helping refugees when millions more are on the move
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed the global total of refugees to over 100 million. Refugees are like you and me — but not always welcome.
This émigré finds meaning supplying war materiel to Ukraine
Dmytro Shelukhin is a Ukrainian working for a UK investment bank. But like many émigrés, he is finding meaning helping his home nation fight Russia.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Broken climate vows: Is it good to keep setting deadlines?
Governments often set, then fail to meet, goals for fighting global warming. Do deadlines help? Or does “blah blah blah” of unkept vows hurt the planet?
Decoder: What happens if you buy a carbon credit?
I am interested in carbon credits — permits that offset greenhouse emissions. So I bought a tonne of carbon. Here’s what I learned.
Youth Voices
‘Nightmare’ TV show ‘Euphoria’ — health threat or high art?
Drugs, self-harm and sex are its staples. Is the prize-winning U.S. TV show ‘Euphoria’ a threat to impressionable youth? If so, what to do?
Immigrants: Often mistreated but crucial for our economies
Immigrants around the world often face discrimination. But they can help drive economic growth and in my country are among the best educated.
Street harassment is harmful and no laughing matter
Catcalling, car honking and indecent exposure are rarely punished, but street harassment can seriously harm a woman’s mental health.
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Decoder: This election is secretive, strange — and important
Questions about Pope Francis’s health are stoking speculation about who might succeed him one day as head of the powerful Roman Catholic Church.
Decoder: What happens if you buy a carbon credit?
I am interested in carbon credits — permits that offset greenhouse emissions. So I bought a tonne of carbon. Here’s what I learned.
Decoder: Love of economic growth can hinder climate action
Efforts to combat global warming can clash with our addiction to economic growth. Even the global benchmark of success, GDP, is flawed.
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‘News’ is never perfect. But it is necessary in democracies.
How we perceive events like the war in Ukraine depends on our news sources. While never perfect, news media perform invaluable services.
Listen: How can we curb misinformation & defend free speech?
The world is awash in misinformation. But can we rein it in without eroding free speech? Our podcast explores this thorny issue facing our societies.
News Decoder partner honors teachers in journalism education
Innovative educators from Bolivia, the U.S. and Nigeria have won awards for teaching why news matters and about threats to journalists.An international jury has singled out educators in Bolivia, the U.S. and Nigeria for innovative teaching about why democratic societies need good journalism and...
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Environment
Broken climate vows: Is it good to keep setting deadlines?
Governments often set, then fail to meet, goals for fighting global warming. Do deadlines help? Or does “blah blah blah” of unkept vows hurt the planet?
Health & Wellness
Street harassment is harmful and no laughing matter
Catcalling, car honking and indecent exposure are rarely punished, but street harassment can seriously harm a woman’s mental health.
Human Rights
Dream of an ‘Asian Century’ is fading amid new ‘Cold War’
Many have predicted this would be the ‘Asian Century.’ But the world is increasingly fractured as we enter a new “Cold War.”
News Decoder Updates
The Tatnall School joins News Decoder’s global community
The Tatnall School in the U.S. state of Delaware becomes News Decoder’s 23rd academic partner with a focus on building 21st-century global skills.
News Decoder resumes in-person meetings with stakeholders
Crimped by COVID-19 restrictions for two years, News Decoder is connecting in person again with donors, correspondents and schools.
Swiss student wins contest with video on fight against drugs
Kai Lengwiler of Realgymnasium Rämibühl Zürich examined Switzerland’s fight against drugs, winning News Decoder’s 11th Storytelling Contest.
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