Tag: United Nations
Wealthy countries still haven’t met their $100 billion pledge to help...
Rishikesh Ram Bhandary, Boston University
After another year of record-breaking temperatures and extreme weather disasters, wealthy countries are under...
COP26 left the world with a climate to-do list: Here are...
Rachel Kyte, Tufts University
How much the world achieved at the Glasgow climate talks – and what happens now...
Should Elon Musk try to solve the problem of world hunger...
Jessica Eise, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Elon Musk hinted on Oct. 31, 2021, perhaps jokingly, that...
More companies pledge ‘net-zero’ emissions to fight climate change, but what...
Amrou Awaysheh, Indiana University
You’ll probably hear the term “net-zero emissions” a lot over the coming weeks as government...
Nobel Peace Prize spotlights the links between hunger and conflict
Jessica Eise, Purdue University
The 2020 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the United Nations World Food Program for its efforts to combat hunger,...
To reduce world hunger, governments need to think beyond making food...
Michael Fakhri, University of Oregon and Ntina Tzouvala, Australian National University
According to a new United Nations report, global rates of hunger and malnutrition are...
The Life and Mission of Atul Tandon, Recipient of Life &...
Ending Extreme Poverty
Atul Tandon is fighting for one big goal: to end extreme poverty in his lifetime.
An Indian-born banker, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who is...
The Madrid climate conference’s real failure was not getting a broad...
Robert Stavins, Harvard Kennedy School
Press accounts of the Madrid climate conference that adjourned on Dec. 15 are calling it a failure in the face...
EXPLORING NATURE
LA fires showed how much neighborliness matters for wildfire safety –...
Elizabeth A. Logan, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and William Deverell, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
