This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the past year, there has been an increase in the number of refugees and asylum seekers attempting to reach the UK by crossing the English Channel. This guest blog…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One in 29 people worldwide needs humanitarian assistance, the United Nations said on Thursday, as underfunded aid agencies struggle to keep pace with rising human suffering driven by the climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To paint a clearer picture of how global climate change will affect Earth’s ecosystems, a team of 80 international research scientists set out to complete an unparalleled experiment: forcing the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Over the last year, I’ve had the distinct pleasure of rounding up the week’s most influential and eye-catching circular headlines. From single-use plastics bans to an upcycled food certification, it’s been a momentous…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Young people have sex. And that won’t stop during a pandemic. “It doesn’t for adults, so why would it for young people?” says Ngong Jacqueline Shaka, a clinical doctor in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Plastic waste of all shapes and sizes permeates the world’s oceans. It shows up on beaches, in fish and even in Arctic sea ice. And a new report from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Women (defined here as both female-identifying people, and people with wombs) have always found it much harder than men to have their bodies defined in the medical sphere. Given that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a recent report, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples warns that COVID-19 is threatening Indigenous peoples’ right to food. The newly-appointed Special Rapporteur, José Francisco Calí…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The risk of another pandemic is high. Our 21st century way of life increases this risk. Climate change, intensive farming and international travel, enable diseases to spread across the world…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With our planet heating, climates changing radically, and savage consequences accelerating, every organization must adapt by changing how it does business. With climate change in mind, the new Project Drawdown…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic has brought many tricky terms and ideas from epidemiology into everyone’s lives. Two particularly complicated concepts are vaccine efficacy and effectiveness. These are not the same thing. And…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We live in an age that loves the solution. But a lot of problems are problems of justice rather than problems of tinkering with an engine. And when you have…