COVID-19 Vaccines: More than Short-Term Solutions Are Needed
COVID-19 has dominated 2020 with unimaginable harm to health, economies, livelihood, and political stability. In the last few months, there have been signals of hope, possible exit ramps from this nightmare. COVID-19 vaccines, which conceivably could prevent and contain the
For the World’s Top 100 Brands, Sustainability Is Elusive Despite Claims
For the 2020 Top 100 Global Brands, a list derived from Forbes World’s Most Valuable Brands, the goal of sustainability continues to be out of reach, despite their many claims to the contrary. This is what the findings of a
What Gender Responsive Adaptation Teaches Us About an Equitable Recovery
The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on the ways in which gender inequality interacts with shocks and stresses to exacerbate the impacts on women and girls. As this global crisis unfolds, we are seeing gender-specific risks, including an increase in
Post COVID-19: A Changed Business Landscape Requires New Solutions – the G30 Proposal
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused businesses to rethink their model. We now know that once this pandemic is done and vaccines permit a return to normalcy - hopefully by the second part of 2021, we still risk another pandemic in
How Climate Change Intertwines With Inequity To Erode Nutrition
Equity is a fundamental component of climate change and nutrition research, says new paper co-authored by CCAFS scientists. The climate crisis is generating a nutrition and health crisis and widening inequalities. With COP26 now postponed to November 2021, this is an
Youth Take Charge of Climate Activism, but to What Avail?
When a case in 2018 led by six Portuguese youth became the first climate-related lawsuit filed by the European court of human rights in Strasbourg, France, a somewhat ground-breaking precedent was set. Although this was one of the biggest climate cases
Three ways technology can promote peace
Digital technology has the capacity to address violence and conflict in new and innovative ways. When it comes to peace, technology is a powerful magnifier. Technology can enhance and accelerate peacebuilding efforts. This year’s Geneva Peace Week events were hosted entirely
Sustaining Destruction: Nuclear Weapons and the Sustainable Development Goals
For the first time in years, nuclear weapons are consistently front page news. The “will they, won’t they” of a meeting between American President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) dominated the
The Year of COVID-19 Misinformation: “These Foolish Things”…
As 2020, the year of COVID-19 comes to a close, misinformation continues to pile up relentlessly. Quotes from two men of the distant past, each from different backgrounds and places, come to mind in capturing the global fixation with easy
Moving Towards Sustainable Agricultural Policy Making
To ensure food security and livelihoods in face of changing climate and to reduce the pace of climate change, there is an urgent need to increase adaptive capacity of the sector and to reduce its GHG emissions. This cannot be
COVID-19 Vaccines: Who Produces, Who Orders and Who Gets Them?
There is light at the end of the tunnel as the UK, armed with COVID-19 vaccines, embarks on its mission to vaccinate and immunize against the coronavirus. In early December the UK became the first country to approve administration of
Water Privatisation in the Global South: Lessons From Guinea
Globally, over 2.2 billion people live without a clean and affordable water supply, and nearly 4.2 billion lack safely-managed sanitation. Despite improvements to water services for some 2.1 billion people since 1990, inequalities in their availability, accessibility, and quality disproportionately affect