This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. By 2030, the coal industry will effectively be operating in the red. That’s the latest analysis from the CarbonTracker Initiative, an independent think tank that looks at the economic implications…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2017 was an eventful year for global health. This year saw historic progress in the fight to end infectious diseases, bolstered by fresh leadership of global health organizations. It also…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. They make a big impact: Even if you don’t believe in education league tables, they make things change around them. The Programme for International Student Assessment tests run by the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Carbon dioxide may aid growth in plants while their need for water is reduced. For the first time in three years, carbon dioxide concentration exceeded 400 parts per million. Australian…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the Global Partnership for Education gears up for a record replenishment, education advocates are predicting 2018 could be a “pivotal year” for global education which could see the sector…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Work on a white paper called “Internet for All: An Investment Framework for Digital Adoption” began with a question: You’ve shown us a very nice framework, but how much is this going…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Just before the year ended, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced another set of officials to join his leadership team; nearly all of them women. The list of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Los Angeles middle school teacher Miriam Gonzalez is among many educators who have been helping undocumented students cope with anxieties about recent news reports that they or their families may…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Six years ago Elke Haenisch, now 70, was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a rapidly progressive incurable disease which attacks the body’s motor neurons which control movement until the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Major global health players are gearing up to change where and how they work, with the launch of a new Health Campus, due to open in Geneva in March 2018.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the last decade, the world has come a long way on the journey to achieve universal health coverage (UHC). Who could have imagined then that the leaders at this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Neglected tropical diseases are a group of parasitic and bacterial infectious diseases that affect roughly 1.58 billion people worldwide, including an estimated 875 million children. More than 600 million of…