This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the summer of 2012, Fernando Assad and two colleagues began navigating the maze of squat, tin- roofed structures that make up one of São Paulo’s largest favelas for weekly…
Ahead of the next United Nations Climate Conference, known as COP 27, the UN Foundation’s Managing Director of Climate and Environment, Ryan Hobert, explains why food and agriculture innovation is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Each year, the release of the national Point-in-Time (PIT) Count garners a lot of attention from the media. The PIT provides very important information – a snapshot – that captures…
In vibrant and thriving communities, people have the power and resources to realize their vision of health and well-being. Residents, regardless of zip code or how much money they have,…
The long and continued practice of racist housing practices and policies in the United States means that Black people, Indigenous people, and people of color are the most likely to have insecure…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The cycle of poverty can sometimes mean you have what you need right in front of you, but the complications—of global market forces, of information and access, of food security—keep…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Global chains of supply and distribution are not unfamiliar with disruptions and upheavals, the likes of which caused by the tumultuous invasion of Ukraine being particularly pertinent to the discussion…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. What if a city could help stop homelessness before it happened? Some cities are using predictive analytics and other strategies to identify residents who are at risk. Ensuring residents stay…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In his great history of the Bolshevik revolution, A People’s Tragedy, Orlando Figes observed how one of the key conditions for the collapse of czarist Russia was a sevenfold increase in…
Climate Change and Human Behavior (Cambridge University Press, 2022) maps out how hotter temperatures and more frequent and severe weather events can directly and indirectly alter the way people think and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Diversion is the intervention that has the greatest impact on the community level for those experiencing homelessness. It helps people avoid entering shelter and/or the homeless response system by resolving…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If we go by the UN’s Definition, food security means that all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets…