Stories written by Bibbi Abruzzini

From Climate Change to Covid, Are We Ready to Deal with Disasters?

By Bibbi Abruzzini
In the last 20 years, disasters affected over 4 billion people. At global level we witness on average one sweeping disaster a day, the majority of which are floods and storms. From the Covid-19 pandemic to climate change, calamities are taking new shapes and sizes, infiltrating every dimension of society. From the emotional to the political, how do we deal with disasters? How can we create a whole-of-society approach to disaster risk reduction?

If Your Civic Space is Closed, your Human Rights Dissolve

By Bibbi Abruzzini
On Human Rights Day, civil society calls for the protection of civic space as a fundamental freedom, as more than 80% of the world’s population live in countries where civic space is closed, repressed or obstructed.

From Paraguay to Italy: Development at All Costs

By Bibbi Abruzzini
I am speaking with Gladys and Raúl about civic space in Paraguay, when Raúl suddenly tells me about the fires. Thick smoke has reached the capital Asunción where he is based. In October, Paraguay became Dante’s Inferno.