SFMOMA Announces Five Summer 2019 Exhibitions
In addition to its major presentations of Andy Warhol—From A to B and Back Again, JR: The Chronicles of San Francisco and Suzanne Lacy:...
Why Climate Change Is Not a Hoax
We humans are programmed to respond to dangers apparent and immediate,
but the long term, the incipient, and to our eyes invisible elude us.
Climate change...
Marcia Andrade Braga: A ‘stellar example’ of why more women are needed in UN peacekeeping
Training gender advisors and focal points in the Central African
Republic (CAR) has earned a Brazilian United Nations peacekeeper a special
gender advocate award, it was...
First ever Cities Summit calls for integrated approach to urban infrastructure
While Member States were adopting a resolution on sustainable
infrastructure at the UN Environment Assembly, the Cities Summit reinforced the
importance of local action and the...
Plight of Christians in India
Two Hindu teenagers in Pakistan embraced Islam. It was alleged that they
were abducted and forced to change their religion. Pakistan is looking into the
incident...
Davos: The Other Side of the Mirror
It has been a couple of months since I was
hanging out in Davos learning about this year’s World Economic Forum. Perhaps I have a...
UN Environment, Google, EC partnership effective to depoliticize water crisis in South Asia
This year
the theme for World Water Day 2019 is 'Leaving no one
behind' and goes hand in hand with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-six which
is...
A Calamitous Week
Something is infinitely wrong in the
picture, a juxtaposition of polar opposites:
New Zealand, a country of unfailingly courteous and kind people, and an
extremist terrorist killing...
Public art that brings a smile to your face
This International Day of Happiness on 20 March reminds us that life is
happier when we’re together. It urges us to focus on what we...
Smart cities hold the key to sustainable development
Asia and the Pacific’s phenomenal development has been a story of rapid
urbanization. As centres of innovation, entrepreneurship and opportunity,
cities have drawn talent from across...