Arabella Meyer
This week’s report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change offers a catastrophic assessment of the speed at which the planet is warming and the time we have to avert disaster. While many are
Carolyn Whelan
This summer has been, as Angela Merkel said, surreal. First, a Miami high-rise collapsed – ostensibly due to its weakened foundation, most likely from design issues and salty air, which can be corrosive to unwaterproofed
Carolyn Whelan
The doors will close, and you need to put your foot in to hold the door so it doesn't close. Hold strongly. “I fell in love with Manaus. It's another world. I decided then that
Driving Change
The world's oceans are a uniquely difficult ecosystem to protect, yet they are both a resource and a habitat we cannot take for granted. With 70% of the human population living on the coasts, millions
Andrew Cave
Amid the clamor for urgent change to protect the world’s oceans from pollution, plastics, and industry, there’s been surprisingly little noise about the damage sound pollution can do to marine ecology. However, this is changing
Matthew Bishop
"And the second thing that really gives me hope is that I have seen what happens when we give some space to nature. I have seen nature bounce back, mostly in the ocean. And the
Carolyn Whelan
As cities across the world race to kickstart their economies through infrastructure jobs programs, I was struck by how smoothly a micro-version of this has taken flight in cash-strapped Rwanda. In Kigali, a Swiss Agency for
Andrew Cave
Google, the first company to be carbon-neutral throughout its entire operating history, now wants to go a stage further, committing to becoming totally carbon-free in all its operations by 2030 and acting as a beacon
Sarika Bansal
My motto is: “What we build today will form the Africa of tomorrow.” I actually expanded that to say, “What we build today will form the Africa and the Africans of tomorrow.” And that's looking
Andrew Cave
As the United Nations focuses on “life and livelihoods” for this year’s World Oceans Day, two women with global seas in their veins are resolute about what’s needed to achieve SDG number 14 and switch
