This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Approximately one-quarter of the global population are women of reproductive age, most of whom menstruate every month. A core function of a woman’s reproductive system, menstruation is a healthy and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has sent a clear message: to keep catastrophic climate change impacts at bay, we need to keep our warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius, and the land…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As of this year, a full 1 percent of humanity (80 million people) is living in displacement—as refugees, internally displaced persons, or asylum-seekers—because of conflict or persecution. Forced displacement has doubled in the past…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cities, which generate three-quarters of global carbon emissions, are fast becoming the battleground where the fight against climate change will be won or lost. Planet-warming emissions will worsen as sprawling…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Booster vaccines fortify the antibody response sufficiently to deliver a substantial increase in protection against the Omicron variant, researchers say. The Omicron variant is more prone to escape antibodies produced…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The concept of reaching net zero emissions has grown from an emerging idea to a mainstream mechanism for countries, cities and corporations to drive emissions reductions and limit the effects…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the important next steps for business leadership to take on climate change, especially in the wake of COP26, is to think through how to engage their customers on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the world enters a third year of the COVID-19 pandemic amid surging cases and a growing global vaccine divide, few other times in history have underscored the need for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Interest in scaling promising innovations to effect systemic change in education around the world has grown over the last decade. Scaling has become fashionable because the modern landscape of educational…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recommitting to achieving gender equality only became more necessary in 2021 as progress continued to stall in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The global public health crisis has added 36 years…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Like many inventions, the discovery of Teflon happened by accident. In 1938, chemists from Dupont (now Chemours) were studying refrigerant gases when, much to their surprise, one concoction solidified. Upon…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It is thus clear that not all climate-induced displacement is the same and that such differences need to be accounted for within any normative framework applicable to climate-induced migration. These…