This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. First, the bad news: GDP is slowing all over the world because productivity has been in decline for two decades…In addition to this unprecedented inequality, we face climate change that’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The environmental and health benefits of phasing out some of the oldest, most polluting coal plants alone would justify the Clean Energy Development Plan. Compared to a business-as-usual future (95…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The federal government provides a wide range of subsidies to boost the production and consumption of biofuels. Over several decades, Congress has enacted special tax breaks, direct grants, government-backed loans…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Midwest needs a strategic clean energy development plan that implements smart policies and practices to capture readily achievable environmental, public health and economic development benefits. This sustainable development strategy…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. President Trump is likely getting an earful in Paris over his extrication of the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement earlier this year. But our withdrawal will be meaningless unless…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Prices for solar and wind are coming down dramatically, putting such technologies within reach of some of the poorest people in the world. At the same time, basic household lighting…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Will the arrival of robotic cars lead to the blissful end of traffic? Or will they instead put drivers out of work and clog our streets more than ever before?…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the year 2037, non-autonomous vehicles will be as much of a curiosity as riding a horse is today, tech billionaire Elon Musk says. Musk also says that the rapid…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. With a central philosophy that “it’s not worth giving, it’s not worth selling, it’s worth constructing together,” Pierre-Yves Herrouet is addressing the unmet needs of diverse impoverished rural and urban…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When civil war began in Yemen in 2015, so did the growth of solar power. Read more about energy practices on Giving Compass The crisis took out the already unreliable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. To achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and meet the climate targets set by the Paris Agreement, clean, affordable, and renewable energy must be made accessible to the 1.1 billion…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. ‘Future of impact’ requires investment, philanthropy — and business as a force for good. As Bill Gates says, “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate…