Dismantling and decontamination from the Fukushima nuclear disaster will take several decades. For many in Japan, the disaster is seen as having launched a renaissance.

Sébastien Travadel, Aurélien Portelli, and Franck Guarnieri · The Conversation 04 Apr 2019

Public Finance and Social Protection

What lessons can we learn from 200 years of public debt?

The history of sovereign debt has evolved over time along with the purposes for which governments borrowed. Here, the economic and political circumstances that made debt consolidation epi...

Barry Eichengreen, Asmaa El-Ganainy, Rui Esteves, and Kris James Mitchener · VoxEU 04 Apr 2019

European Union

The EU just passed a major new law that will change the rules of the internet

The new rules mean that big tech companies will have to sign licensing agreements with musicians, performers, authors, news publishers and journalists to use their work online.

Thomson Reuters Foundation · Reuters 27 Mar 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Water scarcity is one of the greatest challenges of our time

As the global population is expected to reach 10 billion people by 2050, demand for food, and with it demand for water, is set to continue to rise.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations · FAO 22 Mar 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Cyclone Idai hits millions across Africa in record disaster

Survivors remain stranded five days after storm hit, with officials predicting that more than 2.6 million people have been affected

Tom Miles · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 20 Mar 2019

Climate Change

If people aren’t responding to climate warnings, we need to change the message

Many consider climate change a major global risk, but a much lower risk to themselves and their families.

Kok Kwang Phoon and Olivia Jensen 20 Mar 2019

Climate Change

This is New York City's $10 billion plan to 'climate-proof' itself

The major of New York City has unveiled an ambitious $10 billion plan that will protect from the rising sea levels that climate change will bring.

Kristin Houser · Futurism 19 Mar 2019

Climate Change

Greta Thunberg calls for ‘system change not climate change’. Here’s what that could look like

The 16 year old activist Greta Thunberg has taken the world by storm and garnered the attention of leaders across the globe. Here's what her vision for the future could look like.

Sheila M. Cannon · The Conversation 19 Mar 2019

Water

Water is a growing source of global conflict. Here’s what we need to do

In 2017, water was identified as a factor in conflicts spanning more than 45 countries, including Syria - and climate change suggests this will only get worse. How should the world respond?

Kitty Van Der Heijden and Callie Stinson 18 Mar 2019

International Trade and Investment

Why protectionism spells trouble for global economic growth

The benefits and pitfalls of protectionist trade policies have long been debated by economists and policy-makers. New research suggests it can cause more harm than good.

Jonathan D. Ostry 13 Mar 2019

Future of Health and Healthcare

Editing the human genome: do the risks outweigh the rewards?

From a risk governance perspective, the great leap forward in gene-editing technology requires a dialogue between scientists, governments and the public.

Marie-Valentine Florin 06 Mar 2019

Global Risks

The global economy is woefully unprepared for biological threats. This is what we need to do

Like modern fire services, global-level epidemic management should focus on the economic aftermath, as well as containing disease.

Ryan Morhard 05 Mar 2019

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