Oct 29, 2015 | Blog, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
1/3 of the global population is on the wrong side of the digital divide, without the ability to go online regularly. The reasons for this are simple and the solutions are complex: devices are expensive, mobile networks are few and far between, and power sources are...
Oct 28, 2015 | Blog, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Health & Human Security
A new report from the Nature Climate Change Journal, written by researchers from MIT and Loyola Marymount University and supported by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science has inspired dramatic headlines. The report predicts that the effects of human...
Oct 16, 2015 | Blog, Health & Human Security
17, and not a day older, is the most important answer for thousands of children who have arrived at European borders alone. Some set off on the harrowing journey alone, some have become separated from parents or relatives along the way. Like a 7-year old who lost...
Sep 22, 2015 | Blog, Cities, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
This week the UN Sustainable Development Summit will convene at UN headquarters in New York. World leaders from 193 nations will be asked to commit to 17 Global Goals in three broad categories—end extreme poverty, fight inequality and injustice, and tackle climate...
Sep 20, 2015 | Cities, Climate, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Economic Stability & Prosperity, Employment & Prosperity, Environment & Sustainability, Health & Human Security, Health & Wellbeing, Human Rights, Peace & Conflict, Poverty Alleviation
Richard Curtis, the film-maker known for hits like Love Actually and Bridget Jones’s Diary, as well as for his work with Comic Relief, is the founder of Project Everyone, a collaboration with the UN to give prominence to the Sustainable Development Goals. The...
Sep 18, 2015 | Blog, Cities, Climate & Planet Stewardship, Employment & Prosperity, Health & Human Security
In a few days the international community will meet to endorse the Sustainable Development Goals as well as 2030 targets to eradicate poverty, tackle inequalities, and protect the planet. Realizing the ambition of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development will...