Infrastructure

Sir Richard Jolly: Development with a Human Face

In May 2012, a distinguished group of international economists and social scientists published Be Outraged: There Are Alternatives, an impassioned critique of austerity economics....

A Butterfly without Excuses: Progress Stalled

The ways of the world are quite often more straightforward than they at first glance appear to be. Whatever happens has a cause that...

Reawakening the Living Dead: Adam Curtis

British television fans of a certain age will fondly remember That’s Life, a consumer protection-style show, hosted by the formidable Esther Rantzen, that became...

Science-Based Emissions Targets: A New Foundation for Corporate Climate Action

Corporate emissions-reduction targets have become commonplace. In 2014, 80% of companies that reported their emissions to CDP, an international NGO that holds the largest...

Eduardo Galeano: Remembering a Forgotten Continent

In the last days of his presidency, José Mujica visited the Casmu Hospital in Montevideo to pay his respects to Uruguay’s foremost historian and...

Energy for the Masses: Raiders of the Lost Promise – The...

The vast amounts of energy released by splitting the atom has enabled scientists to produce both nuclear power and nuclear weapons, demonstrating that mankind’s...

Sophie in ‘t Veld: Calling the European Council to Order

Dutch MEP Sophie in ‘t Veld believes that the freedom of every person to hold their own thoughts and opinions is a cornerstone of...

Kimberley Motley: Front Line Lawyer

Grit and glamour rarely go hand in hand, but in Afghanistan – known mostly for being poor, full of poppies, and home to the...

Middle East: Kuwait – Silver Cloud with Dark Lining

There isn’t an Arabic equivalent to the saying: Fix the roof while the sun is shining. The sun almost always shines in Kuwait –...