Call for Action from Leaders and Business on Violence against Women
Spiralling levels of violence against women in Africa require immediate
action from governments and businesses, including tangible measures to create
safe spaces, experts from across the...
Extreme heating: Are we hot enough to act now on climate?
The cautionary tale of the boiling frog describes how a frog that jumps
into boiling water will save itself by jumping straight out, but the...
Feminist Technoscience
‘Networked
feminism is a phenomenon that can be described as the online mobilization and
coordination of feminists in response to perceived sexist, misogynistic,
racist, and other discriminatory...
The transformers: UN Champions who dared to reimagine their worlds
A corporate titan with an unconventional agenda; the food specialists
who looked outside the (takeaway) box; the ocean explorer whose name has become
synonymous with conservation:...
Disaster risk resilience: Key to protecting vulnerable communities
The past five years have been the hottest on
record in Asia and the Pacific. Unprecedented heatwaves have swept across our
region, cascading into slow onset...
São Paulo to Host International Conference on Sustainable Cities
The city of São Paulo will
host the conference "Catalyzing Sustainable Urban Futures" from September 16 to 20, 2019 at Ibirapuera Park, bringing together
mayors, public...
What would it really take to plant a trillion trees?
Tree planting is capturing the minds of those who look
for fast climate action. Earlier this month, the Ethiopian Government announced
a new world record: thousands...
Survivors: Romantic love, the writing life and my heroine, Virginia Woolf
Her hair came undone
somehow in the water. And how it spread out. It was a flame. It was something
significant fanning, framing her beautiful, wonderful...
‘Child Actorvism’ and the Extinction Agenda of Neoliberal Racists
There is no shortage of
social justice causes trumpeted by the West† with a revolving
medley of “child actorvists” at the forefront. The logical observer may...
The Invisible Water Crisis
The world faces an
invisible crisis of water quality. Its impacts are wider, deeper, and more
uncertain than previously thought and require urgent attention.
While much attention...