This map shows how economic power moved from east to west over the course of centuries — and then snapped rapidly back east over the past few decades

The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming virtually every aspect of our lives.

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.

Robert Muggah contributed to this report that aims to campaign to halve violence by 2030 with cities around the world.

The Igarape Institute has prepared a series of products on the relationship between climate security and violence in West Africa.

Globalization is the most progressive force in the history of humankind.

As part of this launch, the Igarape Institute is releasing a new report – The Ágora is under attack: a typology for the analysis of the closure of civic space in Brazil and in the world

This article is part of a series in which leading experts reflect on emerging trends for cities seeking to address hate, polarisation and extremism.

JBS, the world’s largest meatpacker, is turning to blockchain to ensure the traceability of the tens of thousands of cattle it processes every day in Brazil, following intense pressure from both investors and activists over its environmental record.

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.