This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two months from now the annual United Nations climate conference will have begun, this year in the Scottish city of Glasgow. Campaign groups are already limbering up for the talks, COP-26,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.N. Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) will take place in New York on September 23. But more than 300 civil society organizations and Indigenous groups are boycotting the event due to concerns over exclusion…
Giving Compass’ Take: • German Institute for International and Security Affairs identifies funding challenges and shortfalls in the global effort to protect refugees. • This paper is written from a perspective…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our modern world is facing a number of interrelated and complex global problems comprising everything from climate change, cancer, dementia, and mental health — not to mention a global pandemic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As two entrepreneurs of color, we are all too familiar with the pattern of underinvestment for communities of color in the venture capital-funded climate technology sector. Against all odds, we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most plastic bags, bottles, and straws are used only once, but take centuries to degrade. Due to mismanaged consumer and industrial waste disposal, much of this material ends up in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The capacity of coral reefs to provide ecosystem services relied on by millions of people worldwide has declined by half since the 1950s, according to a new University of British…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. China is shaping the future of economic development through its Belt and Road Initiative, an ambitious multi-billion-dollar international push to better connect itself to the rest of the world through…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Men hold over 70% of the leadership positions in 200 global health organizations, a disparity that reflects overwhelming gender inequality worldwide, according to a new report from Global Health 50/50. The…
On “Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg,” Dani talks about how the food system contributes between 21-37 percent of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you really want to tackle the climate emergency, there’s one simple but often forgotten essential: throw your weight behind schools for girls, and ensure adult women can rely on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In just a few decades, the international community has witnessed a string of successes in the field of global health. Polio cases have declined 99 percent in the past 25 years due…