This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Raising huge new sums of “nature” finance to better protect the planet’s ailing biodiversity will have no significant impact unless the underlying economic rules now driving environmental losses are shifted,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It seems like an obvious example of supply and demand. For years, business leaders have lamented a shortage of workers with abilities that are still beyond the reach of the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From silent films to the present-day Netflix era, LGBTQ+ characters have long been present on screen, but storylines and depictions haven’t always been positive due to bias and discriminatory policies.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. These are contradictory times: While global human-development metrics for life expectancy, literacy, and economic development are improving, metrics for carbon-dioxide emissions, global temperature indices, biodiversity, and ocean acidification—essentially any metric…
Giving Compass’ Take: • The United Nations Environment Programme highlights the need for upstream changes to global financial systems in order to direct sufficient capital towards the Sustainable Development Goals.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Indigenous peoples from around the world on Wednesday urged Harvard University to abandon a project to test ways to dim sunlight as a fix for global warming, saying it posed…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If you’re among the 25% of Americans averse to needles, you’re probably not surprised by the COVID-19 immunization stall. Even for those who want immunity, bribes with beer or lottery…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Amid a national moment that echoes the civil rights movement of the 1960s, with hundreds of thousands of protestors in the streets demanding racial equality and systemic reform, the Supreme…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Alcohol is still the most commonly used drug among high school students. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every year approximately 3,500 people under 21 die because…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Child labour has increased to 160 million – the first rise in two decades – and that number could swell by millions more because of the effects of the coronavirus…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was one month after Hurricane Iota destroyed his family’s home that 31-year-old Jexis decided to leave his hometown of Choloma, Honduras. The storm arrived after months of joblessness he…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. July 1 is the date that President Joe Biden wants the country to be 70% vaccinated, and rural areas are far behind urban centers in progress toward that goal. Agriculture,…