FMR 53 - Challenging the established ord...

This issue’s feature theme, ‘Local communities: first and last providers of protection’, looks at the capacity of communities to organise themselves before, during and after displacement in ways that help protect the community. 

Supporting locally led protection strategies can significantly improve the impact of protection interventions. 

In parts of Sudan, local NGOs and women’s groups have taken the lead in their own protection, and their considerable achievements have helped change the status of women in their communities. 

It’s not enough for us to solve our money and love issues on an individual level. Enter the tempered radical. 

British progressives have suffered major setbacks in recent years, in both public opinion and court rulings. Was a backlash inevitable, and are new tactics needed? By Gaby Hinsliff. Read by Carlyss Peer. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod 

COP27 - Radical changes needed to prevent climate disaster say experts 

<p>There are a lot of barriers to changing your mind: ego, overconfidence, inertia — and cost. Politicians who flip-flop get mocked; family and friends who cross tribal borders are shunned. But shouldn’t we be <i>encouraging</i> people to change their minds? And how can we get be ... Show More

We can’t rely on those who created climate change to fix it, says climate justice organizer Ozawa Bineshi Albert. An Indigenous woman living in the heart of oil and gas country in the US, she’s observed an alarming disconnect between empty promises made by corporations and the ac ... Show More

<p>There are a lot of barriers to changing your mind: ego, overconfidence, inertia — and cost. Politicians who flip-flop get mocked; family and friends who cross tribal borders are shunned. But shouldn’t we be <em>encouraging</em> people to change their minds? And how can we get ... Show More

<p>Changes are needed to ready ourselves to treat new emerging infections</p>