This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. ver the last year, we have been studying how the physical impacts of climate change might affect the financial markets and Americans’ welfare. We were surprised to learn that even where municipalities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The violence facing Asian American and Pacific Islanders in the U.S., though not new, has recently gained headlines and celebrity attention. According to NYPD data, New York City alone saw…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Social impact is wickedly hard to measure. If we want to use measurement in social change, then we need metrics that are robust and meaningful. Business leaders understand the power…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Research on the relationship between temperature and yields of various rice varieties suggests that warming temperatures negatively affect rice yields. The study uses 50 years of weather and rice-yield data…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A tidal wave of interest is building in farming the seas. It’s part of a global rush to exploit oceanic resources that’s been dubbed the “blue acceleration.” Optimistic projections say…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Couples who suffer a miscarriage or stillbirth in New Zealand will be eligible to receive three days of paid leave by law in the coming weeks, according to the New York Times.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Programs that help families facing food insecurity can benefit from evaluations to understand how they are helping their communities and how they can improve. However, evaluations can be challenging, and the gold…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The deadly shootings of eight people in Atlanta on March 16 and 10 people in Boulder, Colorado, on March 22 brought heartache and grief to the families and friends of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A recent study from North Carolina indicates that an intensive, comprehensive after-school program can provide benefits both in the classroom and beyond and could provide a blueprint for post-Covid educational recovery.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. All too often, social innovation leaders have given up on creating positive social change through public sector institutions, and instead focus their efforts on creating nonprofit and for-profit organizations. That…
Jill Kolling, vice president of global sustainability at Cargill, says that it’s important for the farmers and ranchers it works with to be able to withstand the impacts of climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the challenge created by high-level, aggregated data when addressing chronic food security and other lasting challenges affecting Africa—namely the masking of community-level differences, which inhibits…