This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To mitigate health inequities and promote social justice, coronavirus vaccines need to get to underserved populations and hard-to-reach communities. There are few places in the U.S. that are unreachable by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The United States helped bring the world into the Paris climate accord, the groundbreaking global agreement reached in 2015 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to slow climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Amongst the many dramatic challenges global businesses faced in 2020, one that had been simmering for years bubbled up and promised to stay at a high boil in 2021 is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At a virtual fundraiser last July, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden said, “I want young climate activists, young people everywhere, to know: I see you. I hear you. I understand the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sustainable investing strategies have ascended quickly in the last 10 years. The events of this year have been first and foremost a human tragedy, but they also have served as…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Two new studies confirm the efficiency of saliva testing for COVID-19. The findings could rapidly influence global public health policy for testing strategies. “Previous studies on the performance of saliva…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world has changed dramatically over the last 10 months. In the midst of such broad changes, we might be tempted to throw away our old ways of doing things…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a year plagued by a deadly pandemic, people were more worried about climate change than contracting the virus that has killed almost 2 million people, a global study by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate disasters started early in 2020—and kept on coming. The catastrophic fires in Australia in early 2020 were a holdover from 2019, but they were soon followed by flooding in Indonesia, a super cyclone…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From Peru to Qatar, young changemakers from the UN Foundation’s +Social Good community are pushing for change even though 2020 changed our world. Here are some ways this global network…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s hard to imagine navigating modern life without a mobile phone in hand. Computers, tablets and smartphones have transformed how we communicate, work, learn, share news and entertain ourselves. They…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Civil society responses to COVID-19 in South Africa have shown remarkable agility, scope, and impact in the last nine months, especially in responding to the most-pressing problem in many vulnerable…