Future Pandemics: How IMF and WTO Leadership Can Make the Difference
2021 begins with new international leadership in positions to make huge differences in the way the world deals with preventing, ...
Month: February 2021
5 Things the Biden-Harris Administration Could Do to Use the Strength of Cities to Help Meet the Paris Agreement
When his inauguration as the forty-sixth President of the United States is complete, Joe Biden will reenter the U.S. into ...
Just 7 Commodities Replaced an Area of Forest Twice the Size of Germany Between 2001 and 2015
New analysis shows that just seven agricultural commodities — cattle, oil palm, soy, cocoa, rubber, coffee and plantation wood fiber ...
Battle of the Brands: Two Juggernauts of Luxury, BMW vs. Mercedes – How Sustainable?
Headlines trumpet the news when BMW beats Mercedes and vice-versa in the race for the world’s top luxury car - ...
How Impact Investing Can Boost Rural Economies During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
About two-thirds of the 600 million people living in extreme poverty around the world live in rural areas, and the ...
Granular Politics: The Nitty-Gritty of Participatory Democracy
With the 2020 presidential election, we, the people, succeeded in enacting our political will. This article is about the nitty-gritty ...
Should Governments Subsidize Hydrogen?
As countries chart paths to net-zero economies by 2050, hydrogen has enjoyed a new wave of attention. Proponents believe that ...
Women at the Center of Agriculture and Climate Change in Central America
Agriculture makes up 25% of global female employment and even more in low and middle income countries. In Central America, ...
Trump’s Family Separation Policy is a Crime Against Humanity
Most Americans are familiar with the past Administration’s Family Separation Policy. What gets lost in the flurry of Trump Administration ...
Post-COVID: Let’s Prevent the Nipah Virus Becoming Another Infectious Disease Nightmare
Our attention has been fixed on the COVID-19 pandemic as it ravishes our health and economies and destroys the fabric ...
From Flood Victims to Frontline Responders
From flood victims to frontline responders: One women-owned cooperative steps up in rural China When the COVID-19 pandemic first struck ...
What’s Next for State Climate Action in the US? 7 Areas to Watch
The Biden administration has committed to a historically ambitious climate agenda. We can expect a profound shift in U.S. federal climate ...
