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5 questions with Laurie Smith
Thinking about the future without pretending to predict it
 • Amna Habiba
U.N. rights chief pushes AI ‘red lines’ as nations vie to shape global rules
Volker Türk calls for independent verification and common safety limits as AI initiatives reach the Human Rights Council.
 • Arete News Staff
The Science Diplomat Playbook
The world begins taking stock of its biodiversity targets.
 • Science Diplomat Staff
U.N. backs African push to redraw how the world is mapped
General Assembly votes 164-1 for equal-area maps as African states challenge Mercator's distortion of continental size.
 • Arete News Staff
El Niño has strengthened into a major global weather threat
WMO expects a very strong event into 2027, prompting an unprecedented mobilization of national weather services.
 • John Heilprin
Decision Intelligence Briefs | No. 4: The science of better decisions
How decision science helps people and institutions navigate uncertainty and complexity.
 • Science Diplomat Staff
Warming must peak near 1.8° to keep Paris climate goal within reach
Breaching 1.5° is now expected, leaving governments with a narrower and more difficult task of limiting the overshoot.
 • John Heilprin
From voices to institutions
Participation matters but governance systems change with new ideas, forms of expertise, and perspectives. Part 5 of a five-part series on participation…
 • Science Diplomat Staff
Rising seas are forcing a rethink of sovereignty
Pacific island nations have pushed for maritime boundaries and statehood to survive changing coastlines. A new U.N. report shows how far that effort has…
 • John Heilprin

August 2026

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