This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s hard to remember, in the midst of a calamitous global pandemic, that people around the globe are healthier now than they were just a few decades ago. We’re smoking less,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The window of opportunity to harness nature’s own power to protect us from climate change is closing swiftly. As the Amazon burns, coral reefs die and polar ice caps melt,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Up to 80 percent of the labor force in low-income countries works in agri-food, mostly on the farm. In high-income countries, the proportion is still about 10 percent, more than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nine out of 10 people in dozens of poor nations could miss out on getting vaccinated against Covid-19 next year because rich countries have hoarded far more doses than they…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Disagreements about how to tackle the climate crisis abound, but in 2020, it seemed much of the world finally reached consensus about at least one thing: getting to net-zero by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), such as cancers and diabetes, are now the leading cause of death in the world, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2019 Global Health Estimates report published Wednesday.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the wake of the crises of 2020, the philanthropic community has been reaching deeper to become more strategic and more effective. To find out what skills and practices some…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s no coincidence that all four of this year’s finalists for the prestigious Global Citizen Prize for World Leader also happen to be women. While women only lead 21 countries worldwide and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This month marks the fifth anniversary of the Paris climate agreement – the commitment by almost every country to try to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius. It’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The world still has a long way to go before reaching gender equality, according to new research. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) published The Social Institutions and Gender Index…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We know that the hunger crisis is real. We know that it happens in poverty-stricken communities in third-world countries. We also know that it happens in our own backyards. You…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What have we learned from COVID-19? We’ve learned that we suffer deeply when we lose human connection. That collaboration is the only way we can stop the spread of the virus.…