Set against rising calls for action to combat growing inequality and the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic underscores the importance of the key drivers of industry and economic refor...
The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the rate at which society is embracing digital technologies. While those who have been furloughed or lost their jobs are using the internet to commun...
In multiple places across Somaliland, our aid workers scrambled to move funding from farming to urgently needed handwashing programmes when COVID-19 hit. But funding could not be easily o...
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it crystal clear the extent to which social exclusion, systemic racism and discrimination are working against our collective health, and the health of our s...
The world has spent this year battling COVID-19, which globally has claimed almost one million lives. In the United States, this dynamic is complicated by our original sin: slavery, discr...
What would we do if we really believed the warnings scientists are giving us about climate change and ecosystem collapse?
• COVID-19 entered a world already struggling with unprecedented levels of inequality.
"To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street, and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder.”
When we look at air pollution and climate change, we see two dire situations:
• The pandemic has led to a flood of inaccurate reporting and misinformation.
• Response, recovery and rebuilding are the three post-catastrophe stages.
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed deep structural problems that go far beyond conventional ideas of public health, not least the impacts of pervasive inequality and racism. Civil socie...
• COVID-19 has exposed many underlying structural and institutional inequalities.
From Future Fridays to anti-government protests and employee-mobilization efforts, 2019 was a notable year in global collective action. This energy has carried into 2020 and gained streng...
Drones are increasingly being used in a wide range of humanitarian contexts. This does not always mean they’re useful, however.
