Features

Its not just for show, as the bombing of Yemen illustrates, writes Vanessa Baird.

Why is the West still cosying up to an ever-more repressive Saudi Arabia? asks Vanessa Baird.

Kate Evans explores the camp at Calais through illustration, told with her characteristic warmth and humour.

Stories you might have missed in 2015. Compiled by Jo Lateu.

Global inequality lies at the root of our anxiety over migrants, says Bridget Anderson.

While governments are sealing borders and erecting walls, ordinary people are offering support and shelter.

Patience Akumu explains that some African countries host large numbers of refugees.

Reem Haddad reports on how Christian Palestinians in Lebanon have welcomed Muslim refugees from Syria.

Ruben Andersson investigates the murky world of border security.

This infograph from the January-February 2016 New Internationalist magazine offers the big picture view of who, why, and where people flee to.

On the frontlines of the refugee crisis in Lesvos, Hazel Healy finds loss, humanity – and answers.

Avaaz is triumphant, but the Paris Agreement promotes the kind of policies that have failed us so far, write Marienna Pope-Weidemann and Samir Dathi.

Birgitta Jonsdottir, the Icelandic Pirate Party Parliamentarian, shares her impressions about her visit to France during the climate negotiations.

The Paris Agreement shows how powerful nations have imposed their will at the climate negotiations, writes Clemente Bautista.

Global South struggles against climate change need to be placed at the heart of our campaigns, writes Samir Dathi.

The Sámi are the indigenous people of Northern Scandinavia and were in Paris with other indigenous to fight for climate justice. Ragnhild Freng Dale explains.

La Via Campesina’s agro-ecology and food sovereignty offers one possible path toward climate justice, writes Marienna Pope-Weidemann in part one of this two part series.

Millions of hectares of forest are threatened by coal mining, warns Saskia Ozinga.

Activists in Paris are laying out inspiring visions for a fair and sustainable future – with the help of 196 stolen bank chairs, writes Samir Dathi.

Development in the industrialized world has come at a high price, writes Mohamed Adow.