Richard Moore Emergencies will still demand political responses, but those responses will be fragmented, inefficient, and much less effective. Trump’s closure of USAID was no surprise, following a...
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Australia + 1 more
Protecting frontline humanitarians: Australia’s role as a middle power
Amra Lee Coming off the deadliest year on record for aid workers, Australia is well positioned to drive diplomatic change. The world is currently experiencing the highest level of armed conflict...
DPRK + 1 more
How US funding cuts could exacerbate North Korea’s humanitarian crisis
Gabriela Bernal Trump’s obsession with getting the deal and an interest in resuming talks with Kim Jong Un all spell trouble for human rights. One of President Donald Trump’s top priorities as he...
Is this the end of aid as we know it?
Soli Middleby The task for Western aid is not to rebuild what existed before, but to reduce dependency altogether. Across the world, many are experiencing PTSD as we observe the carnage at the US...
World + 2 more
Empowering Middle East’s youth is key to climate resilience
Hajrah Nasir And that means overcoming financial and cultural barriers to participation. Arid landscapes are not easy homes for rapidly growing urban centres. So cities across the Middle East are...
Indonesia’s climate retreat puts the region’s green future at risk
Jakarta’s ambivalence is a litmus test for ASEAN’s climate solidarity. The US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement last month under President Donald Trump has eroded global trust in multilateral...
An all-male Pacific peace mission to New Caledonia excludes women’s voices in the crisis
Nicole George Women are being made invisible, yet their actions are consequential. Since early August, the Pacific Islands Forum has sought permission to send a leader’s delegation to New Caledonia...
Thailand + 2 more
Thailand’s path to climate resilience
Genevieve Donnellon-May While the government has taken steps to address the effects of climate change, efforts must be scaled up. Heavy rains, landslides and flash floods are yet again battering...
oPt + 3 more
The tricky delivery of aid and access in conflicts and crises
GRACE STANHOPE Gaza is only the latest example of the logistical challenges in providing humanitarian relief. The United States has begun to dismantle a pier that was built only months ago to deliver...
Sudan + 4 more
Aid discrepancies: Australia’s modest help to the Horn of Africa
CHRISTOPHER BURKE The optics of such a small aid package against significant need could undermine Australia’s image as a significant player in international humanitarian assistance. In a recent press...
Fixing the plastics problem when delivering urgent aid
MARGARET NESI Coping with climate change is hard enough. Sustainability cannot be overlooked in humanitarian action across the Pacific. In March last year, twin cyclones – Tropical Cyclones Judy and...
Myanmar + 1 more
Myanmar: The junta’s forced conscription of Rohingyas
MD. HIMEL RAHMAN The implications of this cynical act for people already oppressed could reverberate for neighbouring Bangladesh and across the region. Six years ago, a calculated “cleansing...
Bangladesh + 5 more
Australia must work with Bangladesh to stop the Rohingya boats
DAVID BREWSTER Extra aid is welcome. The next task is to build Bangladesh’s capabilities. Foreign Minister Penny Wong pledged additional assistance to Rohingya refugees this week, an important step...
Private finance cannot lead the global response to climate change
ARTH MISHRA, CONNOR O’BRIEN Misplaced faith in private sector solutions delays the redistribution of trillions from developed countries and multilateral institutions. In response to the looming...
Australia + 2 more
Australia’s chance to show global leadership on Rohingya displacement
JESSICA MARSH Honouring a pledge to be tough on borders without being “weak on humanity” will bolster Canberra’s aim of regional stability. The Rohingya – the world’s largest stateless population –...
Pakistan + 1 more
Pakistan intends to deport 1.7 million Afghans
ADNAN AAMIR Will global condemnation and financial default force Islamabad’s hand on refugees fleeing the Taliban regime? Last week, the government of Pakistan announced that all undocumented...
Why humanitarian aid is vital to Afghanistan
MATIULLAH QAZIZADA Despite significant hurdles, aid has continued to bolster the country’s employment, education and banking sectors. Two-thirds of Afghanistan’s population (28.3 million people is in...
Libya + 4 more
Post-disaster aid in developing and fragile states
GRACE STANHOPE Political mismanagement and failures of governance all too often exacerbate the effects of natural disasters. In the last 12 months, we’ve seen floods in Pakistan, earthquakes in Syria...
Bangladesh + 1 more
Remember the Rohingya, for disease hasn’t forgotten them
ARUNN JEGAN After six years, supposedly temporary camps now resemble slums. How long can the world turn away? The nightmare scenario has arrived for the Rohingya people living in refugee camps in...
World + 3 more
Understanding “loss and damage” from climate change across the Indo-Pacific
MELANIE PILL A concept that will become ever more familiar – in the courts, too – with more action needed to avoid irreversible consequences climate change. Floods in Southeast Asia, severe tropical...