Cairo’s bad breath
If the Nile is Cairo’s ailing heart, then polluted skies are its black lungs.
Choking the city with swirling dust from the early hours, they...
Chit Ko’s story: Education without borders, a life without limits
Two years ago, Chit Ko’s migrant parents decided that at age 11, his schooling was over and it was time for him to work...
The Last call for Humans
An Extinction Level Event is a likely Event that will cause the extinction of the human race. Various Hollywood movies have depicted the different...
It’s time to abandon our dirty status quo and embrace clean growth
Climate change is intangible, daunting and for certain people, even deniable. But pollution is indisputable. And it affects everyone. We all experience it in...
UNESCO Launches Global Report Re-shaping Cultural Policies
Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, together with Annika Markovic, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Sweden to UNESCO, representing Alice Bah Kuhnke, the Swedish Minister...
A Truly Global Response to Climate Change
Climate action is not just about controlling global temperatures. It can also be a driver of development and poverty reduction all over the world....
Beating the big smoke
Londoners are used to inhaling poison. In Victorian Britain, the sickly brown smog that blanketed the capital was known as a “pea-souper”, so thick...
What Humans, Bees and Koala Bears Have in Common is Driven by Climate Change
The koala is an engaging, docile, cuddly and lovable animal. It is also, tragically, undergoing a decline in numbers. To the extent climate change and...
Cities in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: A Story of Urban Growth and Decline
The urbanization experience of countries across Eastern Europe and Central Asia is quite unique, and for several reasons. To begin with, most of these...
Cinema vs Studios
After waiting for over a year and plagued with production problems that could put the very word problem to shame, the DC Extended Universe’s...