This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, Europe has poured millions of tons of its trash into incinerators each year, often under the green-sounding label “waste to energy.” Now, concerns about incineration’s outsized carbon footprint…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Jemez Pueblo and Laguna Pueblo tribes, located in New Mexico, are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its rollback of protections on waterways vital for their food systems and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The 2019 draft National Education Policy (NEP) is touted as the policy set to have the most transformational impact on India’s education system. As the only education policy that accounts…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Circle for Justice Innovations (CJI) funds grassroots organizations to end mass criminalization and incarceration, especially among vulnerable communities. Early on, CJI recognized the need to support organizations working to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All eyes are on the Biden administration as it prepares to announce its new 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target ahead of convening world leaders around Earth Day on April…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The chart below depicts one of the most stubborn and pernicious gaps in the world today. My country’s farmers here in Tanzania are represented by that bottom blue line. They…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many kinds of extreme events can disrupt electricity service, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, extreme heat, extreme cold and extended droughts. Major disasters can leave thousands of people in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our cities are becoming more digital. The intention is to make life easier for the people who inhabit them — but is it working out like that? Transportation in particular has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Corporations like Delta Airlines, Microsoft, and Coca-Cola have spoken out publicly against the measure and Major League Baseball moved its All-Star Game from Atlanta to Denver. So, which is it?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What began as a roving conversation about the role of happiness in policy among a group of visiting academics (which I was lucky to be a part of) in Bhutan…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To avert the worst effects of climate change, global greenhouse gas emissions should fall at faster rates than they have risen for over a century. Economies must essentially turn on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While earthquakes are not climate-driven, the damage they cause is similar to that of extreme weather, and this example demonstrates the importance of openly sharing data. Indeed, there are big…