Urban Transformation
Are cars an urban design flaw? Cities advance car-free zones
A legacy of planning hinged on cars left many urban areas disjointed and at a sustainable-design disadvantage. But it’s possible to undo some of that damage.
John Letzing
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Energy Transition
Nuclear fuel suffers from a geographical supply imbalance. Here's why that's a concern
Many people think nuclear energy can contribute to solving the climate crisis, but its primary source of fuel suffers from a geographical supply imbalance.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Are COVID-19 vaccine mandates human rights violations?
Some argue COVID-19 vaccine mandates are human rights violations. Not really, say experts. Find out what's going on around the world on vaccine mandates.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Omicron has had more than a mild impact on workforces
The highly-infectious new COVID-19 variant Omicron may be cresting, but its impact on the labour force has been severe.
Forum Institutional
What Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard means for the metaverse
Microsoft announced plans to spend serious money on a video-game company. This might act as a metaverse gateway for Microsoft, making it the 3rd biggest gaming company in the world.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
What can the rest of the world take away from the US celebration of MLK?
The MLK day US holiday commemorates the life's work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., which is meaningful for anyone who cares about social and economic justice.
Forum Institutional
What will our long-term peace with COVID-19 look like?
A growing familiarity with COVID-19, effective vaccines and political considerations have nudged us away from a hot war and closer to a stalemate.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
How to spare low-income countries from ‘economic collapse’
A bad debt situation for many of these countries has gotten worse during the pandemic, and an initiative designed to ease their burden will expire soon.
Health and Healthcare Systems
What role should religion play when it comes to COVID-19 vaccines?
Requests for religious exemptions from the COVID-19 vaccine are on the rise, creating challenges for the people tasked with discerning what is genuinely sincere.
What an ability to defend against asteroids will mean for humanity
If a spacecraft manages to crash into an asteroid 11 million kilometers away next September and alter its orbit, that may help prepare us for the worst.
Climate Action
Can we litigate our way out of a climate catastrophe?
More climate cases are going well beyond a particular complainant's grievance to fundamentally challenge government and corporate inertia.
Climate Action
What will it take to hit the increasingly elusive target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C?
The COP26 climate summit was a painful rumination on the fact that we’re in danger of falling short of a crucial benchmark: limiting warming to 1.5°C.
Health and Healthcare Systems
Is this the great vaccine-mandate resignation that wasn’t?
Defiant resignations over vaccine mandates have drawn serious media attention, but seem to have so far resulted in a less-than-serious loss of workers.
What the smallest country in mainland Africa can teach us about climate action
The Gambia was singled out as the sole nation taking steps necessary to avoid a climate catastrophe, drawing praise and raising questions about its bigger peers.
Supply Chains and Transportation
Why a focus on shareholders may be causing supply chain backups
Supply chain backups are causing shortages and frustration. Is a penchant for distributing cash to investors instead of investing in logistics part of the problem?