Wildfires, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, drought, famine, conflict – no matter where you live or what your socioeconomic status, in today’s world the odds are you’l...
The need for digital connectivity has never been more clear, nor more urgent.
One of the most unexpected announcements at November’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) came not from a government but from a staggering private sector investment pledge: the GFANZ gr...
Freshly dug graveyards and destroyed homes littered the landscape as I travelled through the Afghan countryside last September, shortly after pictures of desperate Afghans swarming Kabul’...
The digital divide is emerging as one of the 21st century’s steepest hurdles to global equality. Digital tools and technologies are increasingly becoming integral components of everyday l...
The COVID-19 pandemic simultaneously threatened global development while accelerating the digitization of government. In the process, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - thr...
The evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghan allies from Kabul has been done under a tight deadline and the risk of terrorist attacks. Since August 14, 2021, about 120,000 people have be...
The acceleration to a digital economy over the last year has shone a light on the question: how do we ensure the digitization of services is equitable, so our most vulnerable communities ...
The global health system is in a state of unprecedented crisis under the pernicious influence of COVID-19. Both narrow-minded hegemony in international politics and compartmentalized myop...
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens already fragile social and economic systems and could potentially impact the lives of up to 2 billion people. Based on estimates by the World Bank, it woul...
Around the world, existing and sometimes new violent extremist groups are using the COVID-19 pandemic to accelerate their rhetoric against governments, minorities and international organi...
If the first casualty in war is truth, as the saying goes, the second may very well be something the entire world values highly right now: quality healthcare.
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is expanding at an exponential rate. Global internet traffic has grown from 100 gigabytes a day in 1992 to more than 45,000 a second in 2017 – trans...
The world’s millennials see catastrophic war on the horizon, including the real likelihood of a nuclear strike.
On December 19, 2018, the United Nations General Assembly voted to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, with 152 votes in favor, five votes against, and 12 ab...
