This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. There is global concern and widespread alarm at the discovery of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has called Omicron. The WHO classified Omicron as a “variant of concern”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Green banks – financial institutions or facilities dedicated to accelerating the shift to a sustainable economy – drove a record amount of clean energy investment last year. According to the Coalition…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After COP26, renewed focus has been placed on campaigners across the globe calling for “climate reparations” to be given to the Global South by the Global North—but what does this mean? How…
Shivani Garg-Patel, Chief Strategy Officer at the Skoll Foundation, recently joined philanthropy consultant Alix Lebec in a conversation for her series Wealth, Power, and Social Change. They talked about Shivani’s path…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Bad weather got serious several times around the world this year, with some places struck by different disasters just months apart. Experts think global warming has a part to play,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new variant named omicron (B.1.1.529) was reported by researchers in South Africa on Nov. 24, 2021, and designated a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization two days…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Susan Ruffo wants to change the conversation around saving the world’s oceans. “Really, we should talk about how the oceans are saving us,” the UN Foundation’s Senior Advisor for Ocean…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Less than one in five female frontline health workers say protective clothing fits them properly, according to a survey from the Women in Global Health network. Just 14 per cent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In and around the tangled roots of the forest floor, fungi and bacteria grow with trees, exchanging nutrients for carbon in a vast, global marketplace. Mapping these relationships could help…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Young activists are sounding the loudest alarms on the impact that climate change is having on local communities worldwide: They want action, and they want it now. In Bolivia, Young Climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The latest COVID-19 variant to rise to the level of concern was named on Nov. 26: Omicron. A lot of work needs to be done to understand the transmissibility, severity, and immune…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While more than 3,000 businesses have joined the UNFCCC Race to Zero campaign and pledged to reach net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050, many companies face challenges in putting this guidance…