Sustainability and Local Governments in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare the fragile economic, social and environmental underpinnings of our world today. Although we have access to advanced scientific and technological resources, as well as strategies for disaster preparedness, and despite repeated specific warnings about
Agricycle: Closing The Global Opportunity Gap
In Uganda, when someone starts a family, they plant a mango tree. Therefore, each family has an excess supply of Mangoes, but there is no market to sell them to. This causes a high level of food waste, a growing
Connecting the People Growing a Trillion Trees the Right Way
Everyone is talking about trees. In January, the World Economic Forum founded the Trillion Trees initiative (1t.org), an effort to protect and grow enough trees to fight climate change and build healthy rural landscapes and economies. Around the same time, major
Europe Charts a Course for Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19
On May 27, the European Union unveiled a €750 billion ($826 billion) recovery proposal as a centerpiece of its economic response to the coronavirus crisis, while also increasing its existing budget. EU officials have said that 25% of the stimulus package will be
Pandemic Profiteers: America’s Billionaires’ Wealth Surges Amid COVID-19
As the domestic unemployment rate soars past 20%, America’s billionaires are experiencing a wealth surge of nearly 10%. According to a report published by the Institue for Policy Studies (IPS), between March 18 and April 10, 2020, the wealth of
Brexit Amid COVID-19: Can Britain’s Financial Services Industry Breathe?
As the COVID-19 escalates across the globe, uncertainties remain as to how the financial services industry in the U.K. will endure the pandemic which struck Britain amid the Brexit transition period when crucial regulatory negotiations are underway between Britain and
2019 Closed Out the World’s Warmest Decade
With evidence continuously piling up throughout the year, temperature records were broken worldwide; the Greenland ice sheet was faced with unprecedented melting; and, as the end of 2019 approached, blazing temperatures resulted in detrimental wildfires in Australia. Now scientists have
Britain Announced Ban on Petrol and Diesel Cars Sales From 2035
In an urgent attempt to combat the climate crisis, Britain brought forward the ban on selling new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2040 to 2035. The action is to fortify the government’s commitment to emitting virtually zero carbon by
Artificial Intelligence Deployed Against Coronavirus
Lunar New Year lanterns lit up the eerily empty streets in Wuhan, China as the Wuhan Coronavirus outbreak escalated and swept through at least 36 countries and territories. In the wake of the pandemic, Chinese authorities took emergency steps to limit
Edging Towards a US-Iran War
On Jan. 2, 2020, General Qassem Soleimani was killed by American missiles which targeted his convoy near Baghdad International Airport — prompting the possibility of a U.S.-Iran war. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1213593975732527112 In order to fully grasp the significance of Soleimani’s killing, one cannot ignore that
Capitalizing on a Crisis: Oxygen for Sale in New Delhi
Air pollution as a business opportunity, clean oxygen as the product. In the midst of the New Delhi air pollution crisis, a bar by the name of Oxy Pure has found a way to turn a profit. Customers pay 500
How California’s Wildfires Could Put Insurers out of Business
As the end of 2019 approaches, over 6,800 wildfires have been recorded in California. And alongside this come the responsibilities that insurance companies, a homeowner’s only remaining hope when tragedy hits, are expected to fulfill. However, the wildfires have become