This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Machiel Van Dooren is a social entrepreneur who has developed a double sided initiative for the provision of water in European countries and also developing countries in Africa. Machiel connects…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you want to measure how society is progressing, GDP growth doesn’t work particularly well–it completely misses problems like inequality or climate change. One economist suggests thinking of a doughnut…
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. The Clinton Foundation is launching a new action network on post-disaster recovery in the Caribbean, aiming to tackle long-term challenges that climate change is wreaking on vulnerable small islands such as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Former United States Vice President Al Gore struck an optimistic tone on Tuesday as he posed three questions on climate change action: Must we change, can we change, and will we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. School programmes encouraging children to take more exercise and eat healthily are unlikely to have any real effect on childhood obesity, a study in the British Medical Journal suggests. More…
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. Samuel Peter clambers onto the roof of a rundown building in the town of Akobo in South Sudan. From his vantage point, the UNICEF electrical engineer can see across the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Today, more than two thirds of American households own pets. Annually, they spend more than $50 billion on their care, giving their dogs birthday presents and having professional photographs taken. In fact, according to some…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When President Trump formulated his “American Energy Dominance” message, he may not have had the power of global oil and gas producers in mind. Europe’s Statoil is moving forward with…
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. Delivering humanitarian and development aid in fragile and conflict-affected places is not easy. War zones are complicated and dangerous, and aid agencies must deliver urgent and life-saving assistance in the…