Features

How the Global South is affected by the current trade turmoil – and old patterns of power.

In talks about trade, something vital is omitted: the environment.

China is making promises, but keeping them may be hard...

Lobbyists, chlorinated chicken and tricksy business in the fog of Brexit.

The beast that won’t lie down and die – the ISDS ‘investor protection’ racket is still with us, in all but name.

Enter the ‘new protectionism’ – and Trump’s trade wars.

The global free trade system is being battered like never before. Can any good come of it, asks Vanessa Baird in the first of an eight-article exploration?

In 1987, the British government contracted a passenger ferry to act as a floating immigration detention centre for Tamil refugees. Later that year a storm set the ship loose from its moorings. Felix Bazalgette reports on the the little-known story of exodus and empire that paved the way for the Windrush scandal.

As 25 November marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Joni Seager maps the stark reality faced by women in every corner of the world – from Belarus to Brazil.

Art and story by ILYA, with Yohann Koshy.

As growth-driven consumer culture spurs on planetary destruction, why don’t we spring into action? Psychologist John F Schumaker situates a frightening erosion of human personality at the heart of the problem.

An indigenous movement in Jharkhand is reminding the Indian authorities of their constitutional duty to protect tribal lands. But the government is persecuting tribespeople for standing up. Rohini Mohan reports.

Attempts to solve Cairo’s garbage problems come up against a community whose livelihoods depend on refuse. Hisham Allam reports.

The mismanagement of Lebanon’s trash has brought citizens onto the streets – and the latest plans are also stoking outrage. But, as Fiona Broom discovers, there are also optimists.

By supermarkets, that is. Timothy Baster and Isabelle Merminod on the progress of a much-lauded French law.

Around the world, 15 million people – including children – have little choice but to earn a living from the waste polluting their surroundings. They often work in dangerous conditions, risking their health, sometimes their lives; and are usually relegated to the bottom of the social pecking order, struggling to improve their working conditions.

Dinyar Godrej explains why the packing industry loves shunting the blame on individual consumers.

Last year, China announced a ban on imports of ‘foreign garbage’. The result? Western stockpiles of used paper and plastic have reached crisis proportions. Adam Liebman on why we need a less rosy notion of what actually happens to our recycling.

By Bill Posters.

How much; disposal; food; plastic; electronic waste; the facts and figures.