UN Secretary-General António Guterres has published an information note detailing the objectives of and the preparatory process for the UN 2019 Climate Action Summit.
Human Development
Meet the Entrepreneurs Leading the Transition to a Green Economy
Thibaut Portevin Policy Officer Green Economy, European Commission Watching yet another truck dumping a load of vile-smelling fish processing waste at a landfill located
‘Unspoken Sexism’ Dampens Fundraising For Women Running In 2020
Emily Peck and Maxwell Strachan GETTY Democratic women candidates face donors who are flat-out skeptical of all the women. A tricky gender pay gap
Why top rates of income tax should be much higher
Simon Wren-Lewis When people complain that ‘neoliberalism’ is a meaningless concept, I point them to what has happened to the top rate of income
Results Verification Meeting of the e-Learning Programme in Sudan Convenes
Report by Haffiya Elyas
The New Spirit of Post-capitalism
Paul Mason The streets are full of young people (and not just students)—sitting, sipping drinks, gazing more at laptops than into each other’s eyes,
Memory, Myth and ‘post-Truth’
Peter Verovšek In the era of ‘post-truth’, history isn’t what it used to be—which makes solving the problems of the present so much more
How to Build a more Resilient and Inclusive Global System
Børge BrendePresident, WEF Go-economic developments are illustrating the power of global partnerships but also the constraints of current systems. As Japan begins its presidency
Why Globalization Needs an Upgraded Operating System
Richard Samans, WEF TThe G20 Leaders’ Summit in London on April 2, 2009, is widely regarded as one of the best examples of global
What Slums can Teach Us about Building the Cities of the Future
Stephen Cairns Professor, Singapore ETH Centre Informal housing, be it in the barrio, tugurio, favela, bidonville, gecekondu or kampung, supports the majority of rapidly