This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Market-based sanitation (MBS)—through which private sector actors sell toilets and related services to individual households—is a promising approach to deliver onsite sanitation products and services to low-income populations. The viability…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The availability of fresh water is rapidly changing all over the world, creating a tenuous future that requires attention from policymakers and the public. We know this thanks to 14…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 has upended daily life like nothing else this century. It has shuttered economies, plunged millions into economic uncertainty, and killed 4.5 million and counting since the start of last year. For these…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The World Health Organization recommended its first malaria vaccine for children on Oct. 6, 2021 – a breakthrough hailed by the U.N. agency as a “historic moment.” Approval of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Extreme urban heat exposure has dramatically increased since the early 1980s, with the total exposure tripling over the past 35 years. Today, about 1.7 billion people, nearly one-quarter of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Funding for climate action still sits at less than two percent of all philanthropic funding, ClimateWorks’ annual funding trends report has found. In 2020, ClimateWorks estimates that giving for climate change mitigation…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution are just some of the issues facing the world’s rapidly growing cities as urban populations swell. Now, with 70 percent of carbon dioxide emissions emanating from cities, a new initiative…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Traditionally, it has been difficult to motivate Asian funders to commit to cross-border or regional social-change efforts. Most have wanted to focus on pressing needs in their own backyards, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. I recently read the report of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, What We Need to Learn: Lessons from 20 Years of Afghanistan Reconstruction to try to understand how the investment…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The most comprehensive study of the health of the world’s coral reefs to date shows that warming temperatures driven by the human-caused climate crisis wiped out a staggering 14% of the diverse…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unimaginable loss, grief, trauma, and isolation at a global scale — challenging our collective mental health and well-being. Schools across the globe were shuttered for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At the UN General Assembly, leaders finally woke up to the plight of the COVID-19 generation, but young people still wait for action. Youth-led groups came together to launch the Unlock…