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There is no question about it: women must be accepted as equal partners with men if we are to successfully address the shared and existential challenges of our time, from …

A news desk can help fight climate change. How? By raising public awareness about the impact of rising temperatures, as well as innovations that can improve climate resilience.

Carbon credits have both advocates and critics. Our Joseph Curtin explains how carbon credits can be a force for good.

One of the most important messages from last year’s COP27 global climate summit was voiced by leaders from emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs). They made it clear that time …

In 2022, we welcomed 102 diverse and pioneering residents from over 28 different countries to the Bellagio Center. Representing a wide range of expertise and cultural experiences, they arrived to …

In the words of Lizzo: it’s about damn time. For the first time in 2022, food systems figured prominently at COP27, the world’s global convening on climate change, held last year …

The Periodic Table of Food Initiative (PTFI) is an effort to create comprehensive and standardized food composition data, and methods to collect it, that are shared openly and equitably as a global resource.

In 2012, Jake Porway had an idea. Coming from the tech world, he was curious about taking the skills he and his fellow data technicians were using every day and putting …

At a breathtaking rate of 2,000 boxes a day, members of The Rockefeller Foundation’s cafeteria team worked long hours with other volunteers for weeks at a time to pack up …

In November 2012, New York City fast-food workers walked off their jobs, demanding a $15 minimum wage and union rights. Since then, the struggle for higher wages has become one …