Sustainable Finance: How to Address Nature Risks and Climate Change
As our environment is undergoing ever faster collapse, with the rainforest burning in the Amazon, the ice melting in the Arctic and now California ravaged by fires, the goal of achieving sustainable finance appears ever more elusive. It is obvious
Shape Your Future with Tomas Pasie
Tomas Pasie is a young YouTuber passionate about exotic animals, with more than 200,000 people supporting his work and more than 10,000,000 views around the world. He decided to combine his passion for wildlife with his video editing skills to
U.S.–Iran Tensions Amid Lebanon’s Protests
Given the economic and financial crisis that Lebanon was enduring, the uprising was unsurprising. Prior to October 17th, small businesses and companies were locking their doors in Lebanon. Unemployment was rising, forcing thousands of fresh graduates to work in cheap
New Delhi Air Pollution Emergency: 10 Times the Safe Limit
Public health emergency declared in New Delhi as Air Quality Index (AQI) levels remain above 800– levels below 50 are considered to be safe. In simple words, pollution levels are 10 times the safe limit. As of Monday morning, several areas
The 2019 SDG Finance Geneva Summit Roundup
Last month, we wrote about this year's SDG Finance Summit in Geneva, referring to the initiative, by the UNDP, as an innovation springboard with the core aim of "bring[ing] together high-level decision makers to forge partnerships for the implementation of
How to live a low waste, eco-friendlier lifestyle – and how you can do it
For about a year now, I have become more aware of the huge impact that one family can have on the world, in terms of waste and carbon emissions, and I have been determined to reduce mine as much as
Shape Your Future with Jacob Deva Racusin, MP of New Frameworks Natural Design
Jacob Deva Racusin is a designer, builder and educator of sustainable buildings. He is the co-author of The Natural Building Companion, a contributor to The Art of Natural Building, and Co-Owner of New Frameworks Natural Design. His specific areas of
All Of Them Means All Of Them: The Lebanese Revolution
Protests Escalate For almost two weeks now since the 18th of October, the Lebanese government has been facing a series of protests both in Lebanon and around the globe that arose following certain taxes the government was aiming to introduce including
Shape Your Future with Amina Rome
Amina Rome is a 20 year old video and recipe creator on YouTube. Her YouTube channel, Mina Rome, has over 247k subscribers. More recently, Mina published an e-book called Why Not Vegan?, which contains 58 easy to follow, unique and tasty vegan
State of the Earth 2019: Red alert
The State of the Earth is not an annual message that we look forward to. The report published by Nature, a scientific journal, on the 29th of October reveals that we’ve been undermining the impacts of climate-change-related flooding. And the
The Joker Effect: Consequences of Inequality in Society
As time progresses, increasing economic inequality and social immobility are evident in the emergence of poverty as one of the consequences of market liberalization policies and structural adjustment programs that were implemented in the 1990s. This new reality has spurred