Jill Stoddard

🔔NEW on @IPInst GO: With @UNBiodiversity #COP16 wrapped up in Cali, where do we stand with global efforts to protect biodiversity? Interview with Brad Cardinale @CardinaleLab by @JillyStod. Read the full interview here ⬇️ theglobalobservatory.org/2024/11/addres…

Mount Fuji experienced its first snowless October in 130 years.

Three ways the upcoming UN biodiversity summit could make a difference bit.ly/4dOyiPJ

🔔 New on @ipinst GO: IPI’s @BitaniaT interviews @DalliaSd, a Sudanese political analyst and commentator on the conditions civilians are facing in Sudan, including the rampant sexual violence committed by the RSF. Read the interview here ⬇️ theglobalobservatory.org/2024/10/the-wa…

What if the October Surprise is climate chaos?

🔔New Interview on IPI GO: IPI’s @AlbertBTrithart interviews Amgad Fareid Eltayeb on the shortcomings in the international response to the situation in Sudan and options for the protection of civilians. Read the interview here ⬇️ theglobalobservatory.org/2024/10/practi…

Ethiopia has a glut of political parties, and many of them fail to meet the law's basic requirements. A new article by @g_temelso asks, should Ethiopia follow Kenya and Uganda and implement a biometric system to address fraud? @ipinst @ipinstGO theglobalobservatory.org/2024/09/in-eth…

With the #SummitoftheFuture fast approaching, I spoke with Youssef Mahmoud on ways to make the multilateral system work for people and the planet. @ipinst @ipinstGO #UNGA #UNGAxIPI theglobalobservatory.org/2024/09/people…

We can’t create a future fit for our grandchildren with systems built for our grandparents. The Summit of the Future is an essential first step towards making global institutions more legitimate, effective, & fit for the world of today & tomorrow. -@antonioguterres

📣 Join us on September 26th to hear @MariaRessa speak on the vital role of press freedom and democracy. Don’t miss this important discussion at the second #KofiAnnanLecture! @KofiAnnanFdn @CrisisGroup @OpenSociety ipinst.org/2024/08/kofi-a…

“A landslide and mega-tsunami in Greenland in September 2023, triggered by the climate crisis, caused the entire Earth to vibrate for nine days, a scientific investigation has found.” theguardian.com/environment/20…

"It has always been the case with the UN, if you choose the right people and insert them into even the tightest of spots, often and against all odds, small miracles happen, and they happen fast." - IPI President @raad_zeid at the #UNSC 
Watch the full remarks on UN Web TV ⬇️ webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13/k…

The power, wealth, and sheer scale of humanity have exploded so rapidly in the past 70 years or so, it's funny that any of us think that we have any idea what's going to happen next.

New on @ipinstGO : AI assisted projects in Africa are turning the tide on organized environmental crimes like illegal mining, illegal fishing, and poaching. By Romi Sigsworth @ENACT_Africa @issafrica @ipinst theglobalobservatory.org/2024/08/can-ai…

The UN is failing to promote and protect civil society in the context of its expanding UN counterterrorism agenda. For civil society, is the risk worth the reward? New article from Franzi Praxl-Tabuchi and Matt Schwartz @GlobalCtr @ipinst @ipinstGO theglobalobservatory.org/2024/06/indepe…

“I’m a middle-aged Black man. I’ve got all of these degrees, I’ve won cases at the Supreme Court – and I still go to places where I’m viewed as less than, where I’m presumed to be the defendant, or presumed to be dangerous, just because of the way I appear. And that’s a heavy burden,” says lawyer and racial justice advocate Bryan Stevenson. “I can tell you, because I’m getting older, that when you’re constantly navigating these presumptions of dangerousness and guilt, it’s exhausting.”

The UN has a record budget and is facing a liquidity crisis. A new article by Max-Otto Baumann and @SebHaug looks at why UN financing matters for effective multilateralism. @ipinstGO @idos_research @ipinst theglobalobservatory.org/2024/06/why-un…

📢NEW📢 Dirk Druet answers questions about the #protectionofcivilians in this interview with GO Editor @jillystod #pocweek #poc25 @ipinst theglobalobservatory.org/2024/06/reflec…

“The fossil-fuel industry’s advertising campaigns are state-of-the-art propaganda developed in partnership with public relations experts, executed via media outlets, and based on almost a century of collaborative experience." - @GeoffreySupran theguardian.com/media/article/…

Can the UN rebuild trust in the multilateral system and reignite global solidarity? Youssef Mahmoud’s article from December is packed with ideas #summitofthefuture @ipinst @ipinstGO theglobalobservatory.org/2023/12/a-pact…