Association for Progressive Communications The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is a civil society network dedicated to ICTs for development and human rights founded in 1990 and working in more than 70 countries around the world. APC has participated in the World Summit on the Information...
Serge Bisimwa La liberté de la presse et l’accès à une information vérifiée sont un enjeu crucial dans le contexte de l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo. Cette zone, est une région marquée par une instabilité chronique, où les conflits armés et l’exploitation des...
“We must fight the coordinated disinformation campaigns impeding global progress on climate change.” (Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General) This Open Letter with over 200 signatories was released on 12 November 2025, on the official thematic day on information integrity at COP30 in Belém. We, the undersigned...
Excerpt We, the Peoples’ Summit, gathered in Belém do Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon, from 12 to 16 November 2025, declare to the peoples of the world what we have accumulated in struggles, debates, studies, exchanges of experiences, cultural activities and testimonies, over several months of...
Edilberto M. Sena Suddenly, the Amazon becomes the centre of the world by hosting COP30 in Belém, which is symbolically declared the country’s capital. Millions of reais were spent on decorating the venue, even though the outskirts of the capital, with 1.3 million inhabitants, remain in...
Edilberto Francisco Moura Sena De repente a Amazônia se torna o centro do mundo por receber a COP30 em Belém, que se torna simbolicamente a capita do país. Alguns milhões de reais foram gastos para enfeitar a casa, mesmo que a periferia da capital de 1.3...
Kudzaiishe Ndawana and Ngoni Muchenje In rural Zimbabwe, the first sign of a coming drought is not a warning from a satellite, a government bulletin, or a climate model. It is the wind. Or the behaviour of birds. Or the flowering or failure to flower of...
I. Arul Aram The new interpretation of climate adaptation is not just to protect human lives and economies but also to put mechanisms in place for a better future.1 This statement emphasises the importance of adaptation and resilience-building to empower communities and countries, the integration of...
Aniruddha Jena WSIS+20 reaffirmed a people-centred digital future while COP30’s Belém outcomes pushed climate action toward implementation. This article maps their common ground and proposes a practical agenda where communication rights drive climate justice. The 20-year review of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS+20)...
According to the UK’s Natural History Museum: “Climate justice recognises that climate change will not affect everyone in the same way, and that this will lead to inequalities between places, people and even generations. It moves climate change conversations beyond the science and the physical impacts,...
