As the developing world faces the destruction of climate change, Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley tells me it’s incumbent on wealthy countries to help. Our interview from today’s GPS:

This was powerful, important, necessary. I hope we stand on the cusp of a serious global reckoning with slavery and colonialism - not least through the lens of the climate crisis which was fuelled by colonial exploitation. It really is time. Other countries need to step up now.

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“Unfortunately, it promises to only be the first in a series of new records set this year”. aljazeera.com/amp/news/2023/…

In case you thought you were having a productive start to the month, here’s Wout van Aert’s Strava.

Endangered UK climate pledge: £11.6bn over five years. UK defence budget: £45.9bn per year, rising by £11bn over five years. Go figure. reuters.com/world/uk/uk-se…

David Griffiths: How can we redeem the promise of human rights? We need: 💡An ambitious agenda 💡Solidarity and subsidiarity 💡Protected civil society 💡Responsive institutions 💡Interdisciplinary approaches 💡A broad horizon of human rights work

If your brain works anything like mine, this could be the best thread you will ever read. 👏🏼

Ten ideas for the renewal of human rights as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) approaches the ripe old age of 75 - a piece I wrote for Daily Maverick, based on a short Chatham House paper. dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-0…

Lightning over Lake Como.

Congrats to Jonas Vingegaard, whose handling of media weirdness was quite as outstanding as his cycling. #TourdeFrance 👏🏼

What a road.

Britain is a potholed road with Range Rovers for the wealthy. theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

Quite a day to watch Oppenheimer: 78 years since perhaps the most dreadful single moment in history. The fusion of science and politics retains every bit of its power to destroy us. But visiting Hiroshima in 2019 also showed me what an essential force is the commitment to peace.

Human rights turn 75 this year. It’s a moment to put the negativity behind and consider how they can help us tackle the biggest challenges of our time. My latest for Chatham House. 👇🏼 #HR75 #UNGA chathamhouse.org/2023/09/renewi…

The renewal of human rights must be about the extent to which these rights can address the most serious global challenges, writes David Griffiths (Chatham House Law). chathamhouse.org/2023/09/renewi…

How can the world center human rights in the solutions to global challenges? On the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, David Griffiths suggests 10 ways in a new briefing paper: osf.to/StrengtheningH…