Not All Evil Comes to Harm: Could the Pandemic Crisis Be an Opportunity for a Sustainable Reboot?
The Covid-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented health and economic crisis, holding at the same time profound lessons that can help us set a new global equilibrium if we make sustainability core to our planning for the reboot. It may appear
As Coal’s Power Dwindles, Renewables Set To Come Out on Top
The COVID-19 crisis has led to severe economic disruptions, knocking energy markets off balance, especially the electricity sector. Up to now, the energy sector has seen the steady growth of renewables- both globally and within the US- while the power
Impact of COVID-19 on Ghana’s Agriculture – In the Eyes of a Youth Farmer
The global pandemic, COVID-19, continues to batter various sectors of our economy, not sparing the agriculture sector, which happens to be the backbone of Ghana’s economy. But Ghana is not alone. Every African country has been adversely affected by the
Coming Soon: Better COVID-19 “Detectives”
More efficient ways are desperately needed to alert individuals or public places to COVID-19. To put it another way: Better COVID-19 “detectives” are wanted. Coming soon, personalized jewelry and smart canines may be the answer. To begin with, COVID-19 is likely
How black markets have adapted to – and shaped – the COVID-19 crisis
The COVID-19 crisis has affected many aspects of society, but perhaps none in such a complex and poorly understood way as in black markets, from booming sales of fake medicines and guns in the U.S. to rising illicit export of
Ubuntu In The Time of COVID-19
About two years ago, I was privileged to meet a wise African woman, whom, some might say, has just about seen it all. In her delivery to a packed audience of keen African minds at the event where she spoke,
COVID-19’s Impacts on Women Entrepreneurs: The Challenges, and the Solutions
I established the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women in 2008 with the sole purpose of empowering women entrepreneurs in low- and middle-income countries. Through our leading global programmes and advocacy work, we give women access to the skills and knowledge
A Global ACT: Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator
Whatever you want to call it, the novel coronavirus pandemic is a Universal Health Crisis everywhere. In response, a global initiative was launched on April 24, 2020, by the World Health Organization to help mobilize the resources needed to protect
Creating a New Social Contract for a Healthy, Just and Sustainable World
2019 was a “tipping point” for child and youth activism within the United Nations and beyond…in 2020 it’s our turn to act for and with them, and in solidarity across generations, especially in the face of global crises like the
Elon Musk: ‘Coronavirus Panic Is Dumb’
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1236029449042198528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1236029449042198528&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2020%2F03%2F07%2Felon-musk-calls-coronavirus-panic-is-dumb%2F An ambitious serial entrepreneur, Elon Musk professes that his ventures revolve around his vision to "change the world and help humanity." Amidst a hotbed of American climate change denial, Musk has dedicated his life’s work to developing products that are on
No More TRIPS for Global Health?
President Trump has announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) and threatens to do so with the World Trade Organization (WTO). If the U.S. also pulls out of WTO, it could affect preferential trade rules
Accounting for a Life
Intrinsic, defined as belonging naturally; essential, inherent and ineradicable. In the context of my work as the head of IFAW, we have a guiding principle: Individual animals possess intrinsic value. In other words, all wildlife has value — whether a "monetary"