This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People across the U.S. are using the Sustainable Development Goals as a road map to build back better by turning these global ambitions into local action. In the Midwest, that means investing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. People who have recovered from COVID-19 retain broad and effective longer-term immunity to the disease, according to a new study. Findings of the study, which is the most comprehensive of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the United States flounders to meet its COVID-19 vaccine targets—only 49% of Americans are fully vaccinated to date. The especially contagious Delta variant has the daily number of new…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2021 is a pivotal year for global action on the climate crisis. Heat waves, rising seas, and more severe storms are battering every region of the world. It is against…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At a private hospital in Burundi’s capital, emergency specialist Emmanuel Kubwayo is worried for the first time since the coronavirus started spreading around the world last year. Kubwayo initially shared…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new early warning system using satellite data to sound the alarm on growing threats to the world’s tropical forests, including worsening drought and logging, aims to stop them reaching…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For postcolonial cities, formative urban development occurred under colonial domination and focused on exploitation. Urbanist Garth Andrew Myers, author of Rethinking Urbanism: Lessons from Postcolonialism and the Global South, writes that “cities were…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Around the world, indigenous and rural communities are among those least responsible for climate change, yet they are often the first to suffer from its impacts. Communities in rural areas…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In January 2020, the world entered a new decade with what environmentalists had already dubbed the “super year for nature.” Halting climate change and reversing biodiversity loss are complex problems…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Plant materials that lie to rot in soil makes good compost and play a key role in sequestering carbon, research finds. For quite some time, farmers and researchers have been…
Giving Compass’ Take: • This report details the significant impact of COVID-19 on mobility structures and how best to navigate new safety guidance in the wake of the pandemic. • How do…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. FFor more than 30 years, scientists on the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have focused on human-induced climate change. Their fifth assessment report led to the Paris Agreement in…