Tag: United Nations
UN slavery estimate raises question: Are 50 million people really enslaved today?
Monti Datta, University of Richmond
According to the United Nations, about 50 million people are enslaved worldwide.
The UN just declared a universal human right to a healthy,...
Joel E. Correia, University of Florida
Climate change is already affecting much of the world’s population, with startlingly high...
6 months after the climate summit, where to find progress on...
Rachel Kyte, Tufts University
Six months ago, negotiators at the United Nations’ Glasgow climate summit celebrated a series of...
Helping Ukrainians means listening to their needs – 3 lessons for...
Kimberly Howe, Tufts University and Elizabeth Stites, Tufts University
The massive flow of international support for Ukraine since Russia...
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...
EXPLORING NATURE
Why sophrosyne, an ancient Greek virtue, matters more than ever in...
Ross Channing Reed, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Texting while driving. Bullying people on social media. Buying into...
