Inspired by an idea to educate children, Fabrice Monteiro teamed up with fashion designer Doulsy to create “The Prophecy,” a tale of nine spirits that warn of the perils of neglecting the environment.
Tag: environment
-
-
The SDGs have already been criticized for being too expansive and ambitious. But that is precisely their objective—to set aspirations and challenge the world to accomplish what many think cannot be done.
-
Since the 1999 establishment of the Fourth Nigerian Republic, farmer-herder violence has reached alarming levels, reportedly killing thousands and displacing tens of thousands more.
-
There will still be a large gap between the aggregate emissions reductions to 2030 implied in countries’ Paris pledges, and a reasonable benchmark of where they ought to be to stay on track to restrain the global average temperature rise to within 2°C above pre-industrial levels.
-
According to former Canadian diplomat Daryl Copeland, science- and technology-related issues are greater threats to the global system than religious extremism and political violence.
-
The president of the Dominican Republic faced a tough question after the 2010 earthquake hit Haiti and left hundreds of thousands of Haitians homeless—should he open his borders to them? There was no international law to guide the president’s decision, said Walter Kälin, former Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally […]
-
Entrenched elite interests and the population’s support for entitlements could derail Jordan’s new climate change mitigation policy.
-
The US public debate on climate change makes it harder for the government to take action on this issue in global forums.
-
Without more coordinated global action to tackle climate change, addressing global poverty will become exponentially more difficult.
-
Mr. Mrabit discusses how nuclear safety and security are always works in progress.
