This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s easy for sustainability professionals — or anyone else for that matter — to fall into a sense of climate despair. So much work lies ahead if humankind has a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Net-zero emissions pledges to protect the climate are coming fast and furious from companies, cities and countries. But declaring a net-zero target doesn’t mean they plan to stop their greenhouse…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Congress is preparing to consider a historic $135 billion investment in agriculture to fight climate change and deliver resources to farmers and families in need of support. The package would…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. “Despite the global dimension of climate change, we found local social norms effective in battling it, much like they promote specific behaviors among those ‘keeping up with the Joneses’—or now,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Degan Ali is the director of Nairobi-based Adeso, an organization that’s trying to change the way people think about and deliver humanitarian aid. Adeso envisions an Africa not dependent on aid,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Giving Compass’ Take: • Five students leveraged their knowledge, skills, and unique perspectives to help global leaders realize how storytelling can advance the Sustainable Development Goals. • How can donors…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the province of Batangas in the Philippines, marine protected areas (MPAs) and seasonal fishery closures have been implemented since 2014 to combat indiscriminate and illegal fishing, which took a heavy toll on fish…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Addressing the climate crisis can no longer be the work of the few foundations and donors who fund climate work. Instead, we need an “all-of-philanthropy” level of engagement, expertise, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. According to the report, State of Climate Action 2021: Systems Transformations Required to Limit Global Warming to 1.5°C (249 pages, PDF), the transformations required to avoid the worst climate impacts span changes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A study published last month in Nature Climate Change concluded that at least 85% of the world’s population has already been affected by climate change. While we’re all in it together, not everything is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Much of the news coming out of the U.N. climate conference has focused on the spectacle, and how countries’ pledges aren’t on track to prevent dangerous climate change. But behind…
Access to preventative medical care is #Solvable. By making use of inactive militaries deployed around the world, Admiral James Stavridis describes how we can provide preventative medical care to the…