This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon hit an historic high for January with rates nearly five times higher than they were in January 2021. The news is a continuation of a troubling, decade-long…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed an estimated 124 million people into extreme poverty globally, the first increase in extreme poverty in 20 years. To meet the magnitude of this need, governments…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. European researchers have warned that the wave of pollution engulfing the globe could be nearing a tipping point. The waste plastic deluge could become an irreversible crisis. Somewhere between 9 and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The study, published in Nature Sustainability, highlights the global inequality in emissions between people in rich and poor countries. For example, it finds that the average carbon footprint of a person…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Smoking kills 8 million people a year. Strokes, 5 million. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, 2.3 million have died globally. But a new report has highlighted that there’s a cause of death that exceeds all of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The history of mental healthcare is closely intertwined with human rights violations, incarceration, and a lack of patient-centred approaches. A ‘community-centric’ approach has often been offered as an alternative to…
It’s been twenty-six years since the International Conference on Population and Development affirmed women’s reproductive health as an essential human right. In this episode of A Deeper Look, I sit down with…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Smart tech” is an umbrella term we created to describe advanced digital technologies that make decisions for people, instead of people. It includes Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its subsets and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The report, entitled, Neglected: Environmental Justice Impacts of Plastic Pollution, was produced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) together with the grassroots environmental group, Azul. The findings aim to empower communities…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I remember walking into the offices of Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) along with my colleagues at Water & Sanitation for the Urban Poor (WSUP) nearly eight years ago to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The atmosphere has changed in Beijing since the Chinese capital’s last Olympics in 2008. While the Summer Games 14 years ago were meant to be a forward-looking celebration of China taking its…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 continues to pose novel challenges to health systems around the world. With the rapid depletion of stockpiles of personal protective equipment (PPE) and severe shortages of physical space in…