Debt Ceiling Is a Red Herring
In his bid to become Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy apparently agreed to a demand, voiced by Representative Ralph Norman...
Fuel of the Future
Green hydrogen is all the rage these days. During November’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced that...
Sleepwalking Into a Global Trade War
The world is embroiled in a megacrisis comprising the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s war in Ukraine, high inflation, recession fears, and rising debt distress across...
Resisting Fossil-Fuel Nostalgia in Italy
In the face of Europe’s energy crisis, political and economic leaders in Italy, the European Union’s third-largest economy, are confronting two opposing forces. On...
Food Security Is National Security
Despite containing 60 percent of the world’s uncultivated arable land, Africa has been a net food importer for decades. According to the most recent...
Climate Crisis is also a Health Crisis
The latest Lancet Countdown report, which monitors the health consequences of climate change, highlights the need to prepare for future calamities. Even as COVID-19...
World Cup and the World Economy
A former chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management and a former UK treasury minister, is a member of the Pan-European Commission on Health and...
The World Cup’s Education Goal
All who are traveling to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and harbor concerns about human rights should come together to protest one especially...
Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer
Just as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted Europe’s dangerous dependence on fossil fuels, increasingly frequent and intense climate-driven weather events are highlighting the...
Dread, Hope at COP27
Ask two different climate experts at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt (COP27) to characterize their feelings about the future, and you...
