This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Global climate patterns have changed over the last century, triggering more extreme weather events including hurricanes, heat waves, and droughts. Looking forward, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Zheng Chen, University of California San Diego and Darren H. S. Tan, University of California San Diego As concern mounts over the impacts of climate change, many experts are calling…
In episode 13 of the Investing in Impact podcast, I speak with Shankari Mylvaganam, the Director of Strategy and Global Partnerships at Unreasonable, on finding and scaling venture-based solutions to global challenges.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Food insecurity has been increasing in recent years, and has been further exacerbated in 2020 by the coronavirus. But what can we expect for the next decade? What will current trends…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year, global partners achieved another major step toward a polio-free world. In August 2020, after four years with no cases, the African region was certified free of wild poliovirus.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In our cities, a plethora of sharing and collaborative activities emerge and flourish. Since they are most prominent in urban areas, where the concentration of people and resources in close…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For decades, we’ve heard that access to clean water changes everything. Not only does it improve the health of entire communities, it also gives women freedom to earn an income…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Community-led: Recently, the term has come to the forefront of conversations on global development, aid, and philanthropy. Many are calling for community-led solutions to societal problems. But what does community-led…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At this moment, many girls are experiencing trauma in the United States. Worldwide, nearly one in four girls between the ages of fifteen and nineteen are neither employed or receiving…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The founder of the #MeToo movement marked its third anniversary on Thursday by launching an online platform to fight sexual violence, hoping to expand the reach of the campaign against…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the COVID-19 pandemic upends the lives of young people around the world, a long-simmering mental health crisis threatens to boil over. Demand for mental health care is skyrocketing, and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you want to donate to charity, should you go out and pick an organization today? Or should you wait, save your money, and leave it to charity in your…