As climate change continues, severe weather events – from cyclones to droughts – will become increasingly frequent and intense. But there is a simple way to boost climate resilience for farmers in vulnerable regions: goats.
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The Next Great Transformation
The world’s ability to manage global crises such as climate change depends on our ability to achieve broad-based economic prosperity and stability.
Read MoreWhy rich cities rebel
Having lost touch with public sentiment, JEFFREY D. SACHS explains how officials in Paris, Hong Kong, and Santiago failed to anticipate that a seemingly modest policy actions would trigger a massive social explosion.
Read MoreHow to rethink capitalism
The 2008 financial crisis, together with failed efforts to combat climate change and sharply rising inequality, has frayed the neoliberal consensus that has prevailed in much of the West for more than two generations.
Read MoreInvesting in Frontline Health Workers
The power of frontline health workers to improve global health has been proven time and again.
Yet the world continues to underestimate their capabilities and contributions, with severe consequences for them and the communities they serve
Read MoreA meal for a meal to end hunger
Ubaldo Valverde argues we cannot look away when nutrition is denied to children
Read MoreCorporations with a conscience
Since the breakdown of managerial capitalism in the 1970s, a corporate-governance model based on shareholder primacy has reigned supreme. But now that America’ s top CEOs have publicly embraced a broader “stakeholder” model, is capitalism entering a new chapter?
Read MoreKilling a silent killer of women
Muttaquina Hossain explains how anemia, a major killer of women, is often ignored in public health policy.
Read MoreA New Direction for the Planet’s Sake
With humanity consuming the planet’s natural resources at an increasing rate, governments must demonstrate a much stronger collective commitment to tackling climate change. And with the significant exception of the United States, they generally seem to be getting the message.
Read MoreA Digital Path to Health for All
The world is just beginning to recognise the potential of digitally enhanced data to improve health. Increased use of digital technology and artificial intelligence can make countries better at predicting and preventing disease, and at providing health care to people in remote or underserved areas.
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