Preventing Developing-economy Debt Disasters
The world’s breadbasket is being wrecked by war. Ukraine and Russia together account for 30 percent of global wheat and barley exports, and they...
America could become Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas
With images of Russian aggression and war crimes in Ukraine continuing to dominate the media in Europe and around the world, Germany has pledged...
Fixing Our Failing Food Systems
Food prices are surging to record highs in many countries, driven by factors including climate change, violent conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic, and supply-chain disruptions....
Contradictions of Compassion
Almost 2.5 million Ukrainian refugees have fled to Poland since the Russian invasion began, and more than 350,000 have entered Hungary. But in 2015,...
Climate Justice Requires Women’s Leadership
The world is well aware that the climate crisis is one of the main stumbling blocks to sustainable development. And yet, despite the dramatic...
Going Nuclear Against Rising Cancer Cases
Advances in cancer care have yielded enormous benefits and saved millions of lives. Between 2000 and 2015, high-income countries cut cancer patients’ probability of...
Managing climate displacement
Going beyond the headline figures of rising temperatures and sea levels, the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) captures the...
Fear of the unknown
Our world is an arena for all sorts of conflict and competitions and thus a huge battlefield. Smaller countries are threatened continuously and sometimes...
Closing the Global Childcare Gap
When COVID-19 lockdowns began, the importance of affordable childcare suddenly became a lot clearer to many more people, especially working women. Last year, women...
Creating an economy that values what matters
Care is the life-giving force that sustains health and well-being, binding together societies and ecologies. But everyday forms of care, though essential, are systematically...
