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Outside sculpture of an oversized globe sitting on the North Pole, with countries in different colors and a view of Africa and some of Europe.

05 Oct 2026 Restoring trust in the global order starts with communication for all

Posted at 20:44h in Comment, Communication Rights

What ails multilateralism today? One common thread is communication injustice....

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21 Sep 2026 The solution to everything?

Posted at 08:00h in Comment, Communication Rights

A free press may not be the solution to everything for a just, sustainable planet, but it is an essential ingredient....

A dwelling and vehicles are buried in an expanse of mud and debris in a flooded riverbed, with only the roof and tops visible

07 Sep 2026 From the bottom up: Rethinking climate communication

Posted at 14:18h in Climate Justice, Comment

We need a new approach to climate communication – a bottom-up perspective that understands communication as a right. ...

24 Aug 2026 Data centres, rare earth minerals, and complacency

Posted at 08:00h in Climate Justice, Comment, Digital Justice

Data centers are here to stay. We may not be. There is still time – maybe – to act wisely....

10 Aug 2026 El Niño and the fight over what it means

Posted at 08:00h in Climate Justice, Comment

With El Niño sharpening climate disinformation, the time is now to invest in community media – the key channels informing people and building trust....

outline of a football going into a net overlapped with a globe in African colors with data networking and nodes, against a green football turf

27 Jul 2026 The beautiful game in a connected world

Posted at 08:00h in Comment, Digital Justice

In this World Cup, we took home an invisible trophy. Outrage spread online, flowing parallel to the real-time streaming of the game....

Collage with people walking in front of a huge WSIS banner, an older white man speaking on stage in front of a Global Dialogue on AI Governance banner, and a life-sized, futuristic robot dancing on a stage with a silhouette of a human being in the background

14 Jul 2026 3 conferences, 3 contrasts: Where does digital justice go from here?

Posted at 11:36h in Comment, Communication Rights, Digital Justice

Last week, Geneva hosted three meetings – each with the potential, in its own way, to reshape how the world communicates and relates.The inaugural Global Dialogue on AI Governance marked the first time, as speakers noted, that every UN Member State had a seat at...

29 Jun 2026 Language loss and AI

Posted at 08:00h in Comment, Communication Rights

Will artificial intelligence (AI) help or hinder the survival of minority languages into the next century? According to Ethnologue, a database of the world’s 7,168 living languages, almost half are endangered. Over 88 million people speak a language that may not survive this century except in...

Two boys aim kicks at a football on a dusty street with two girls in the background. A young Indigenous man speaks into a microphone in front of a camera.

15 Jun 2026 Reclaiming the beautiful game – and communication – for the common good

Posted at 16:15h in Comment, Communication Rights

It's time for football and communication to benefit communities, not generate profits, argues WACC Director of Programs Lorenzo Vargas. ...

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01 Jun 2026 AI everything – Except humanity

Posted at 14:33h in Comment, Digital Justice

We’re talking about AI but with little, if any, convergence between industry and civil society. If the silos endure, risks will too. ...