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Bangladesh became the first country to ban thin plastic bags in 2002 after they were found to have choked the nation’s drainage networks during its frequent floods. The move was emulated by nations including South
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Protecting the health of the sea began moving up the policymaking agenda in the 1970s, thanks in part to headline-grabbing protests by NGOs such as Greenpeace. Arguably the first truly coherent all-of-government approach was Australia's
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Cycling is arguably the healthiest, most environmentally-friendly method of urban transportation—providing the rider is safe from being squashed by bigger beasts of the road, such as cars and trucks. Dedicated bike lanes are the key
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Saving endangered species has been on the global policy making agenda at least since 1963, when the International Union for the Conservation of Nature drafted the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
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The principle that the polluter should pay for repairing damage done to the environment is a good one, and increasingly recognized as best practice by policy makers. America's Superfund Act, passed in 1980, was a
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An international treaty under the UN, initially signed by 46 nations and taking effect in 1989, the Montreal Protocol On Substances That Deplete The Ozone Layer aimed to protect the ozone layer by requiring the
Adam Green
Official IDs are controversial. Libertarians often see them as an expression of a Big Brother state. Yet the lack of an official ID often in effect excludes disadvantaged citizens from participating fully in society. It
Rachel Dobbs
Our financial system is unfit for both our current situation and future, argues Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. “The challenge that we have for the next
Paul Rossi
Driving Change’s Top Five Articles Since Driving Change’s launch in October 2020, we’ve covered the most urgent global public policy issues and profiled some of the people behind them, working to do the right thing
Jessica Brown
The surgical mask will be an enduring symbol of 2020: an icon of the pandemic. Flexible, durable and disposable, it is an ideal tool for infection control. Yet these very qualities also make masks emblematic
