With the devastating effects of climate change already bearing down on the world’s urban areas, ambitious decarbonization and adaptation promises from municipal leaders could not come soon enough
Jutting out from the second-largest continent, the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s regions most vulnerable to climate change
After seven straight years of record-breaking global temperatures, and nearly three decades since the first United Nations consort on environment and development, concern over the gathering climate emergency has finally gone mainstream
The COP26 in Glasgow may be the world’s last best chance to confront the most pressing global catastrophic risk of our time
Cities are the front line of climate change as perpetrators, victims, and problem-solvers
It is conceivable that 2021 will be remembered as the year we reached a climate action tipping point — and not a moment too soon
Yet now more than ever, humanity’s collective future hinges on effective cooperation
The world is facing interconnected and complex global challenges
The U.S. military responded less than 48 hours later with an unmanned airstrike in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province
Data privacy exchanged for frictionless convenience is being compromised, stolen and leaked with disturbing regularity.
With tensions rising between global powers, digital attacks increasing in frequency and intensity, deepening climate threats and dangerously uneven Covid-19 recovery
The notion that warmer weather can make us more violent is not new
At first sight, the global vaccination rollout is mesmerizing
Nuclear weapons are without doubt the most indiscriminate and inhumane weapons ever conceived
If we didn’t know already, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the fact that data is the most important strategic asset of the 21st century
The COVID-19 pandemic is a stark reminder of how interconnected our fates are
Central Asia is the staging ground for a new digital Great Game
Louise Marie shares below some reflections on the importance of Cyber Portals to CCB and the lessons learned from the process of developing the national portal
Maps are not just informative, they are empowering
Rio de Janeiro’s bloody war on crime continues amidst a deepening COVID-19 crisis
This is one of a series of articles written by Young Global Leaders with action-oriented ideas to improve the state of the world by 2030
The Amazon Basin is fast approaching an irreversible tipping point
This map shows how economic power moved from east to west over the course of centuries — and then snapped rapidly back east over the past few decades
Cities around the world are getting smarter.
The COVID-19 pandemic is transforming virtually every aspect of our lives.
All coastal cities are vulnerable to climate change
Latin America and the Caribbean are suffering from the twin epidemics of COVID-19 and organized crime and violence.
Even with deaths at all-time highs, Bolsonaro continues to undermine efforts to address the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic is generating monumental challenges for most governments, corporations and societies, both online and off.
It was once fashionable to describe Brazil as the country of the future.
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