Rewild to mitigate the climate crisis, urge leading scientists
Restoring natural landscapes damaged by human exploitation can be one of the most effective and cheapest ways to combat the climate crisis while also boosting dwindling wildlife populations, a scientific study finds. If a third of the planet’s most degraded areas were restored, and protection was th…
Heads in the Sand: Why We Fail to Foresee and Contain Catastrophe
We are living in a time of crisis. From the immediate challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic to the looming existential threat of climate change, the world is grappling with massive global dangers—to say nothing of countless problems within countries, such as inequality, cyberattacks, unemployment, syst…
Trump vs. World, Round 2
Why Nov. 3 Could Set Trumpism in Concrete By Ryan Heath In the middle of a devastating pandemic, recurring nationwide protests and a bitter presidential election—not to mention the president’s own Covid-19 diagnosis—Americans can be forgiven for losing track of what Donald Trump’s preside…
West Needs New Ideas, Not Just New Voices
Mainstream, middle-class Americans and others have in recent months developed a keener appreciation for the merits of “diversity” and “inclusivity.” U.S senators have taken a knee to protest police violence — a gesture that ended a major sporting career not that long ago. Ralph Lauren Corp. has reso…
The Lies That Infected Trump
Like other world leaders who have contracted COVID-19, US President Donald Trump could easily have avoided being infected by observing normal public-health strictures. But Trump’s anti-scientific dispensation has deeper roots in recent American politics and culture. NEW YORK – Unlike tens of million…
EU tussle over climate change ambition hots up after Parliament vote
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Parliament has voted in favour of a legally binding target for the European Union to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030, against 1990 levels, according to vote results released on Wednesday. The goal is more ambitious than the net emissions cut of “at l…
Armenia Needs to Sue for Peace Now: The Alternative is Even Worse
From the author: In writing about tragedy, Aristotle speaks of the moment of reversal—the inflexion point of misfortune, as it were, that marks the onset of the tragic unraveling. Irrespective of whatever sympathies one may hold for Armenia, the sage advice that needs to be proffered by friends and …
Capitalism After the Pandemic
After the 2008 financial crisis, governments across the world injected over $3 trillion into the financial system. The goal was to unfreeze credit markets and get the global economy working again. But instead of supporting the real economy—the part that involves the production of actual goods and se…
An Epic Moment of National Shame: The Debate Was an Embarrassment for the Ages
At frequent intervals on Tuesday night, the natural human reaction—lower the sound, wince and look away—took over, and the first presidential debate of the 2020 general election became nearly unwatchable. Those who did persist in watching were rewarded, in a perverse way: They witnessed history in t…
Food loss and waste ‘an ethical outrage’, UN chief says on International Day
Last year, the UN General Assembly designated 29 September as the International Day, recognizing the fundamental role that sustainable food production plays in promoting food security and nutrition and highlighting the essential need to reduce food loss and waste. In addition, with the COVID-1…