By Emily Lamunu Significant progress has been made in eradicating childhood AIDS in Uganda; however, there is still much more work to be done. While new infections are decreasing annually, a 2022 UNAIDs report revealed that there were still as many 53,000 new infections in Uganda. Many of these infections are preventable. Universal access to […]
By Richa Jindal Extreme poverty entraps over 719 million people worldwide who live on less than the cost of a cup of coffee in the United States. It is a complex and multifaceted state of living that deprives people of access to basic resources and opportunities. Often, escaping extreme poverty demands a significant amount of […]
Editor’s Note: Below is an excerpt of input submitted by Kyla Tienhaara, Rachel Thrasher and Kevin P. Gallagher to the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) at the United Nations in June 2023 to inform the OHCHR’s report on “Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanisms and the right to a clean, healthy and […]
By Rishikesh Ram Bhandary This is a critical policy moment just weeks ahead of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai where the first-ever assessment of how countries are meeting their climate pledges under the Paris Agreement – the Global Stocktake (GST) – will conclude. This review process will provide countries vital […]
Southeast Asia is one of the regions with the world’s highest species richness and endemism. Its tropical ecosystems are characterized by rich biodiversity and complex biotic interactions among their species. Unfortunately, today, this region exhibits the world’s highest vertebrate extinction rates, primarily due to severe habitat loss. The countries in this region have seen deforestation […]
By Sasha Gilmore In the face of ever-worsening global climate change, the need to protect the ecosystem’s biodiversity is becoming more vital day by day. The biome is being lost to heatwaves, extreme disasters, ocean acidification, wildfires, sea level rise, droughts and melting ice caps that will soon affect the lives of every individual. There […]
By Laura Aquino Imagine you need to withdraw money or make a bank deposit. You would probably use Google Maps, find the closest branch or ATM and choose the most convenient. As simple as it sounds, this is not an easy option in many low- and middle-income countries where banking infrastructure is insufficient. Different countries […]
By Zara C. Albright Global annual new energy generation capacity will need to be 90 percent renewable between 2022-2030 to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Significant increases in the production of transition materials, especially lithium and copper, are necessary to support this growth and will likely lead to a commodity boom for such […]
Avoiding catastrophic climate change requires the dramatic acceleration of renewable energy deployment. This expansion is already occurring, with China playing the largest role in the expansion of solar and wind energy supply chains. Several of these supply chains begin in Latin America, which leads the world in deposits of lithium, copper and other critical transition […]
Last week, China commemorated the tenth anniversary of its flagship global infrastructure project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), by hosting the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing. International leaders flocked to the Forum, at which Chinese leader Xi Jinping outlined China’s vision for an open, inclusive and interconnected world for […]