With tensions rising between global powers, digital attacks increasing in frequency and intensity, deepening climate threats and dangerously uneven Covid-19 recovery

At first sight, the global vaccination rollout is mesmerizing

If we didn’t know already, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the fact that data is the most important strategic asset of the 21st century

The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of how interconnected our fates are

Mongabay caught up with Igarapé Institute co-founder Robert Muggah this week to discuss Ecocrime, a new data visualization platform that combines visual storytelling with access to raw data on environmental crime in the Amazon.

Bolsonaro’s administration is largely responsible for all of this chaos, which has killed 270,000 Brazilians.

Latin America and the Caribbean are suffering from the twin epidemics of COVID-19 and organized crime and violence.

Even with deaths at all-time highs, Bolsonaro continues to undermine efforts to address the pandemic

Brazil is in critical condition. Latin America’s largest country is experiencing record-breaking death tolls and its health system is teetering on the brink of collapse.

When Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro repeatedly downplayed the threat of COVID-19, Brazilians were understandably confused about the gravity of the pandemic.

Cities are the crucible of our civilisations

Around the world, responses to the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic are understandably focused on reducing infections and fatalities.

The COVID-19 pandemic is a profoundly urban crisis. The vast majority of the millions of reported cases worldwide are concentrated in overcrowded neighbourhoods and informal settlements.

One of the first countries to register a Covid-19 outbreak, South Korea, flattened the curve in stunning fashion. It registered over 22,000 cases, yet fewer than 400 deaths at the time of writing.

At the United Nations, the world’s longest Zoom meeting is underway as presidents and prime ministers meet virtually amidst a pandemic that has killed almost a million people, an economic depression with no modern parallel, and a tide of polarization and division that threatens the social fabric in many countries.