All posts by Mia Hunt

About Mia Hunt

Mia has been editor of globalgovernmentforum.com since 2019. She has 15 years’ experience as a journalist and editor and specialises in writing for civil and public servants worldwide, including covering sustainability policy and related issues. She has led the Global Government Women’s Network since it launched in 2023. Previously, she covered commercial property having been market reports and supplements editor at Property Week and deputy editor at Retail Destination. She graduated from Kingston University London with a first-class honours degree in journalism and was part of the team that produced The River newspaper, which won Publication of the Year at the Guardian Student Media Awards in 2010.

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  Plastic pollution treaty fails as countries remain divided

  International efforts to limit plastic pollution failed last week after 11 days of tense talks. The UN had convened delegates from more than 180 countries to its headquarters in Geneva,

  • Posted August 19, 2025
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  ‘Believe in the value of your perspective’: Five minutes with Sadia Haider, deputy secretary at Pakistan’s ministry of human resource development

  In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from women civil and public servants as part of our Global Government Women’s Network coverage. In this interview,

  • Posted August 6, 2025
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  US and India launch first-of-its-kind satellite to monitor climate threats

  US space agency NASA and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) have launched a US$1.5bn satellite to monitor environmental threats. The NASA-IRSO NISAR satellite was launched from India’s Satish Dhawan

  • Posted August 5, 2025
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  EU and China pledge to strengthen climate cooperation

  The leaders of China and the European Union have agreed to strengthen their cooperation on climate change in the face of what they described as the “fluid and turbulent international

  • Posted August 4, 2025
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  Countries have a legal obligation to tackle climate change, International Court of Justice rules

  Wealthy nations must comply with international commitments to limit pollution or risk having to pay compensation to countries hardest hit by climate change, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has

  • Posted July 30, 2025
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  UN sets out opportunities and risks for AI in climate action

  Developing countries will need support to expand digital infrastructure and skills, build comprehensive datasets and to offset energy and water consumption if they are to use artificial intelligence to address

  • Posted July 21, 2025
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  Women’s Network news roundup: gender parity 123 years away, and more   

  In this latest collection, we report on news that the world is 123 years from reaching gender parity by the World Economic Forum’s estimate, on why backlash against gender equality

  • Posted July 14, 2025
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  ‘Making the system more equitable for those who follow’: Five minutes with Dr Ranjana Sharma, chief scientist, Natural Resources Canada

  In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from women civil and public servants as part of our Global Government Women’s Network. In this interview, Dr

  • Posted July 10, 2025
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  COP30 president calls for ‘global NDC’ to spur collective action on climate change

  The COP30 president André Aranha Corrêa do Lago has called for more coordinated global action on climate change and efforts to connect climate ambition with development opportunities. In his most

  • Posted July 3, 2025
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  Majority of citizens support development of global climate policy, study finds

  More than 80% of citizens across 20 countries think public policies to tackle climate change need to be put in place at the global level, while a majority support the

  • Posted June 25, 2025
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