Geneva Solutions • 15th February 2026

Wide gaps on pandemic treaty annex cast doubt on May deadline, says health expert Suerie Moon

As a deadline looms to complete the pandemic treaty, public health expert Suerie Moon says WHO negotiators need to battle out divides even if it means extending talks.

Geneva Solutions • 8th February 2026

WHO board nudges US, Argentina breakups forward before big meet

Ahead of the World Health Organization's big meeting in May, board members may have granted legal favours to the US and Argentina as they withdraw from the agency.

The New Humanitarian • 4th February 2026

As organised crime surges, Peruvians are left to fend for themselves

A nationwide spate of violence and crime has gripped Peruvian communities, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable.

Geneva Solutions • 1st February 2026

US exit and funding crisis loom over WHO executive board meeting

States will stare down a funding cliff and a legal limbo caused by Washington’s messy departure at the World Health Organization’s executive board meeting this week in Geneva.

Geneva Solutions • 29th January 2026

Vatican diplomacy warns of threats to multilateralism as it mulls Board of Peace invitation

Diplomats in Geneva heard faith leaders rally round the first US pope’s call for “unarmed and disarming peace”, as Leo mulls an invitation to join Trump’s Board of Peace.

Geneva Solutions • 25th January 2026

Davos prompts rare straight talk as Trump brushes multilateralism aside

As the World Economic Forum wound down one of its highest-level and arguably most raucous sessions yet, Geneva experts are welcoming straight-talking calls for a new global order.

Le Temps SA • 24th January 2026

Le Venezuela plus précaire encore après l’intervention américaine: «Chaque jour, ce sont les montagnes russes»

Alors que Washington vient d’annoncer la suspension partielle des sanctions instaurées en 2019 après l’adoption d’une réforme ouvrant le secteur pétrolier au privé, l'instabilité plonge les Vénézuéliens dans une précarité plus grande que jamais

Geneva Solutions • 16th January 2026

‘Everyday is a rollercoaster’: Venezuelan aid groups gripped by uncertainty

After US pressure on Venezuela culminated in this month’s military operation, local aid groups say acute humanitarian and economic crises are yet to figure among global priorities.

Geneva Solutions • 9th January 2026

Venezuela opposition's María Alejandra Aristeguieta: Trump falling for old playbook

María Alejandra Aristeguieta is a member of the Venezuelan opposition, which has been sidelined by Donald Trump despite its role in helping prepare the US capture of president Nicolás Maduro. She shares her surprise at the US president’s choice to work with Maduro’s successors and warns that he may be falling for an old regime playbook.

Geneva Solutions • 8th January 2026

Trump’s withdrawal from dozens of organisations further isolates international Geneva

An overnight announcement by president Donald Trump to exit 66 international organisations – including Unctad and the IPCC in Geneva – may signal the US administration’s further diversion from multilateralism, but may be more symbolic than a funding catastrophe.

SWI swissinfo.ch • 7th January 2026

Swiss oil traders weigh opportunities following US intervention in Venezuela

The US military intervention in Venezuela and capture of president Nicolás Maduro has put the world’s largest oil reserves back on the global energy map. Switzerland’s oil traders are paying close attention.

Sky News • 2nd January 2026

Aftermath of Crans-Montana bar fire on New Years Eve

Production for Sky News reporting in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, following deadly fire in Le Constellation bar on New Year's Eve, from 01:26.

Geneva Solutions • 18th December 2025

Ex-MSF chief Christos Christou: ‘Humanitarians can’t operate in isolation'

After six hectic years as head of the medical aid charity Médecins Sans Frontières, Christos Christou shares how the organisation has changed amid recent global seismic shocks.

12th December 2025

EU plans to replace fossil fuels with biological matter

The European Commission last month announced a new bioeconomy strategy that aims to increasingly use organic matter that can grow back to replace fossil fuels in producing materials such as plastics and other chemicals.

Geneva Solutions • 12th December 2025

As US exit looms, WHO chief defends job cuts and scientific independence

Nearly a year after the United States announced it would leave the World Health Organization and donor support became scarce, the UN agency’s head said it had “no choice” but to slash jobs.

SWI swissinfo.ch • 28th November 2025

What the US pullback means for Switzerland’s climate priorities

The absence of the United States - the world’s largest economy and its second-largest polluter - casts a long shadow over international climate negotiations. For Switzerland, the US void has reinforced its position on climate finance, while hindering the possibility of a fossil fuel phase-out.

SWI swissinfo.ch • 22nd November 2025

COP 30: Switzerland reinvigorates its climate offsetting plan

As negotiations at the United Nations climate conference in Belém drew to a close, Switzerland announced the creation of an alliance of countries supporting a carbon offset scheme it pioneered.

SWI swissinfo.ch • 22nd November 2025

How a global plan to preserve forests launched a carbon offset debate

Efforts to preserve rainforests were high on the agenda at the latest United Nations climate conference, held at the edge of the Amazon. The journey of a UN-backed scheme to prevent deforestation through carbon payments and offsets exposes the challenges of influencing climate-related practices from afar.

SWI swissinfo.ch • 22nd November 2025

Drug trade, land grabs threaten Amazon communities on climate front lines

Against the backdrop of COP30 – the first United Nations climate conference held in the Amazon – Indigenous communities whose rainforest preservation efforts are key to climate solutions are facing new, violent threats as a UN carbon offset scheme struggles to take hold.

Geneva Solutions • 21st November 2025

Fossil fuels fight engulfs Cop30 as vulnerable states warn adaptation can’t wait

As Cop30 negotiations enter the final stretch and fossil fuel politics consume the talks, countries increasingly affected by climate change-driven disasters press for more focus on adaptation.