This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Philanthropy is in the business of preventing and alleviating disasters. And plenty of those need addressing right now. A global pandemic has killed more than 120,000 Americans. The accelerating climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Companies around the world, from Sweden’s Inkga Group (the holding company for the IKEA retail chain) to Clif Bar (with operations in the Bay Area and Twin Falls, Idaho) are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The vaccines against COVID-19 exemplify the potential of human ingenuity. A globally collaborative research effort yielded an innovative solution to a pressing problem, developed with unprecedented speed but also remarkable…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Biden administration’s recent executive order calling for a comprehensive report on climate-related migration and for reorganizing the U.S. migration system comes at a critically important time. Across the United States, floods,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Louisiana has never been hard to pinpoint on a map — it’s the only state in the U.S. that looks like a giant boot. At least it did, before the…
Can we navigate a Just Transition through COVID-19 and the climate crisis? What would it take to make this happen and how can we get started in our communities right…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It was another scorching summer this year in Tucson, Arizona, the second-hottest city in the United States, where even plants adapted to the desert’s harsh conditions wilted amid record-breaking temperatures…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last year, only $368 billion of a $14.6tn budget geared towards Covid-19 recovery measures across the world’s largest 50 countries took into account green recovery initiatives, according to a report…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Exposure to pollen can make you more susceptible to COVID-19, and it isn’t just a problem for people with allergies, new research released March 9 shows. Plant physiologist Lewis Ziska,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On March 11, 2011, the biggest recorded earthquake in Japanese history hit the country’s northeast coast. It was followed by a tsunami that traveled up to 6 miles (10 kilometers)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The biggest companies in the Asia Pacific region got worse at reporting their sustainability performance in 2020, and improved in only one area — human rights — according to a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The oil industry’s lobbying arm, the American Petroleum Institute, suggested in a new draft statement that it might support Congress putting a price on carbon emissions to combat climate change,…