This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While philanthropic funding for climate change mitigation increased in 2020, as a percentage of total giving it remained below 2 percent and is not nearly sufficient to meet the urgency…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Hurricane Ida hit New York City on September 16, it dumped more than three inches of rain an hour. Sewers overflowed, streets turned into rivers, and thousands of homes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. America’s bridges are in rough shape. Of the nearly 620,000 bridges over roads, rivers and other waterways across the U.S., more than 43,500 of them, about 7%, are considered “structurally…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This November, global leaders will gather at the UN COP26 to renew Paris agreement commitments to ensure countries act together to reduce emissions and limit global temperature rises. COP discussion will focus…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today marked the first time the United States of America observed Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a federally-recognized holiday. As a global network of sharers, it’s important that we acknowledge the significance that indigenous…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a long-anticipated report released in early August, the world’s leading body of climate experts sent a clear message: To stabilize the climate, we can’t focus on carbon dioxide emissions…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. NASA data shows the ocean’s gradual, inexorable rise. “There’s a lot of things we’re really sure about,” NASA climate scientist Kate Marvel said at the 10th annual Social Good Summit on Sept. 22. “We’re…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The availability of fresh water is rapidly changing all over the world, creating a tenuous future that requires attention from policymakers and the public. We know this thanks to 14…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has upended daily life like nothing else this century. It has shuttered economies, plunged millions into economic uncertainty, and killed 4.5 million and counting since the start of last year. For these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just east of the Kenai Peninsula in south central Alaska sits Prince William Sound: an inlet full of tidewater glaciers spanning 3,800 miles of coastline and flanked by the jagged…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Next to Washington D.C.’s Piney Branch Parkway, right across from where that road intersects with 17th Street NW, CSO-049 serves the Rock Creek Sewershed, a 2,329-acre area of Washington D.C.,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Caitlin Cain, vice president and director of Rural LISC, is no stranger to natural disasters. As a 20-year resident of New Orleans, she’s lived through devastating storms alongside her neighbors…