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  Throughout my career, I've been fortunate to be in rooms with high-level leaders where critical issues are being discussed. Often, I feel a mixture of emotions. First, incredibly inspired by …

Last year, Ebola was the top global health headline—at least when it came to infectious diseases. Right now it’s Zika, as it spreads to new parts of the globe after …

How can the world get beyond the commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and move toward actual success? The OECD Global Forum on Development brought together policymakers, funders, and …

A version of this post originally appeared on 100 Resilient Cities. Building urban resilience is most effective when women have integral roles in the process, but too often they are excluded …

Sunandan Tiwari hasn’t always thought of himself as an innovator. As the Deputy Director of ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia), Tiwari is tasked with helping cities in South …

When the United Nations asked the world to contribute priorities for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—the most ambitious international development agenda of our time—8.5 million people made their voices heard. The …

The following post is part of a series based on research conducted around the health of the urban working poor.  We have all experienced the seemingly endless wait in the waiting …

In the US, 63 million tons of food goes to waste every year, which represents $218 billion spent on growing, processing, transporting, and disposing of food that is never eaten. …

Last week, the World Health Organization (WHO) released a report that finds a staggering 12.6 million people die each year as a result of environmental cause. That's nearly one in four …

There isn’t an organization or individual in the world today that looks toward the future of work without a mix of excitement and apprehension. As a result of rapid globalization, …