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The global focus on ending AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria by 2030 has proven tremendously effective in rapidly scaling up access to treatment in developing countries. But if the world is to meet these ambitious goals, national governments and international development institutions must work together to build stronger health systems.
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Although most countries have acknowledged the threat posed by climate change and established targets for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, the international community still has not made the same level of commitment to environmental conservation. Yet it is our natural ecosystems that will save us from catastrophe – if we let them. SALLY JEWELL explains.
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As advances in artificial intelligence and automation continue, the distance between high-skilled elites and everyone else will only grow. To counter this problem, we should be using new technologies to educate more people at lower cost argue former Prime Minister GORDON BROWN and ANANT AGARWAL.
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After more than a year of grim scientific projections and growing activism, world leaders and the public alike are increasingly recognizing the severity and urgency of the climate crisis. And yet nothing has been done, argue GRETA THUNBERG , LUISA NEUBAUER and ANGELA VALENZUELA.
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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 world’s ability to manage global crises such as climate change depends on our ability to achieve broad-based economic prosperity and stability.
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
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