Global Issues Brief

The WMO forecasts a 75% chance the 2026-2030 average exceeds 1.5°C and an 86% chance one year breaks the 2024 record, with El Niño likely amplifying...

Diplomatic signals on the Strait of Hormuz directly moved oil markets and gas prices. Trump's May 2026 comments on talks triggered a 5.66% WTI drop to...

Eric Garcetti's appointment to WRI's Global Board bolsters efforts linking urban resilience with global climate diplomacy. His track record—from...

Harmeet K. Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, addressed the growing threat of antisemitism at AJC Global Forum 2026.

A 2022 European heatwave tied to climate change damaged Spanish olive harvests and reduced UK chicken output, pushing food prices up 0.7%. The same extreme weather also raised energy costs and strained supply chains.

The DRC-Uganda Ebola outbreak exposes fractures in global health governance as US retrenchment collides with urgent needs.

• Rapid spread amid...

• Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum, and copper recast U.S. trade policy as industrial strategy that reshapes global supply chains.
• U.S. banks...

Yvette Cooper's Beijing visit underscores UK's strategy of engaging China on global crises despite tensions.

• Crisis talks: Meetings with Han Zheng...

EU member states adopted a new framework merging scientific cooperation with foreign policy objectives.

• Council recommendation: Defines how...

The US-Iran conflict is hitting two fronts at once.

• US-Israel relations have frayed since Trump and Netanyahu launched the war together
• Iranian...

Frontline Watch delivers a weekly update on emerging terrorist activities and global security trends, led by Counterterrorism Managing Editor Dr. Mahmut Cengiz.

Marine biology reveals how oceans regulate climate and signal future impacts.

• Oceans absorb 30% of CO2 emissions and vast heat stores, moderating...

Global security is transitioning amid power diffusion, weakening norms, and rising rivalry, with the focal point of these changes centered on China.

Amnesty International urges Spanish and Argentine authorities to cooperate fully with extradition requests and universal jurisdiction cases against...

Hunger is increasingly a warning signal of political instability rather than a distant humanitarian tragedy. Treating food insecurity as a security threat enables earlier intervention to prevent broader conflicts.

India rejected an EU-Pakistan joint statement that placed Jammu & Kashmir in the same diplomatic framework as the Ukraine war, even as the EU tied Pakistan's trade benefits to human rights and governance reforms.

Finland's Onkalo facility stands ready to securely store nuclear waste for 100,000 years in an underground geological repository. This billion-euro project offers a potential permanent solution for long-term nuclear safety.

The 30x30 ocean protection target will fail without placing human rights and community stewardship at its core, Greenpeace warns. Coastal and...

Reducing super pollutants like black carbon can act as an emergency brake on global warming, with tools already available to cut these emissions...

The AMOC functions as Earth's climate conveyor belt, regulating temperatures, rainfall, and weather for billions, but recent studies show it's...