This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Buried under the headlines of tax reform and of course, holiday distractions, came some big news from the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA): after years of power generation emitting the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Debates about climate policy often swirl around complicated figures: emissions data, statistical projections, and relative pollution figures around the world. But while the environmental impact of various energy forms remains…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last November, the NGO Amazon Watch and activist platform CREDO accused several global financial institutions of having strong links to reported human rights violations and environmental degradation in the Amazonian region of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Lauren Tucker, Executive Director of Kiss the Ground, will be speaking at the Washington D.C. Food Tank Summit, “Cultivating the Next Generation of Young Food Leaders,” which will be held…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All around the world, there’s unfortunate news about the environment: reefs are bleaching, glaciers are cleaving, and superstorms are brewing. In the United States, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke doesn’t believe in climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sweden’s top aid priorities in the year ahead are climate change and climate financing; gender equality and sexual reproductive health rights; and conflict prevention and peacebuilding, Isabella Lövin, the country’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2017, Duke University and its athletics division took enough business-related flights to generate around 5,000 metric tons of carbon emissions. One round-trip, cross-country flight between Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, where…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new report from one of the world’s leading sustainability non-profits, Forum for the Future, calls on leaders to better understand the dynamic trends that are shaping the future, in order…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This week in Cape Town, the resilience of Africa’s cities to climate change is a key topic at the African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference. Over the last few…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s been easy for some corporations to reach for reasons not to act on climate change, or at least not to tell anybody what they’re doing. Not anymore. At first…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the great challenges in climate policy remains translation of lofty pledges and proclamations into actual policy that is subsequently launched, proves sustainable over time, and ultimately delivers on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Peter Makasi’s crop yields were small, and the family often had to ration food to survive until the next harvest. He knew his land could be more productive, and that…