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Tackling Sustainability in China

CREDIT: Stefan Schneider (CC).

Ma Jun, Madeleine Lynn, Julia Taylor Kennedy, Evan O'Neil

Evan O'Neil ponders the future of mega-cities, and Madeleine Lynn interviews Chinese environmentalist Ma Jun on the work of the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs, a watchdog group that names and shames the worst polluters in China.  > More

An Opportunity in Myanmar

CREDIT: Jolie (CC).

Gabriele Köhler

As a country endowed with valuable resources, Myanmar is ripe for social and economic innovation. A decent work and social protection agenda combined with an industrial strategy would help it through its time of political transition.

Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2012

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Ian Bremmer, Art Kleiner

What are the biggest political risks in 2012, and the associated ethical decisions? Political risk guru Ian Bremmer discusses his annual list, and his conclusions may surprise you.

Japanese Energy Policy After Fukushima

CREDIT: IAEA (CC).

Paul J. Scalise

Can Japan afford to maintain a nuclear-free society in the short-to-medium term without risk of rolling blackouts or energy insecurity?

Social Protection Floors for Inclusive Globalization

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Social protection floors are based on the idea that everyone should enjoy income security sufficient enough to live, thrive, and educate themselves. This ILO report shows they are necessary, feasible, and effective.

A Global Look at Migration

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Julia Taylor Kennedy

Global migration is a key part of our economic future. Three experts present different interpretations of migration in Europe, the United States, and the Persian Gulf.

Towards a Green Economy

This UNEP reports shows increasing evidence of a new economic paradigm in which material wealth is not delivered at the expense of growing environmental risks, ecological scarcities, and social disparities.

Via RecreActiva: Transforming the Streets of Guadalajara

CREDIT: Kate McCarthy (CC).

In the latest video from Streetfilms, Clarence Eckerson, Jr. documents how the Mexican city of Guadalajara has enlivened its roadways with a weekly cultural program that encourages healthy and active recreation in public spaces.

Reimagining Pharmaceutical Innovation

CREDIT: Alberta Advanced Education and Technology (CC).

Thomas W. Pogge

How can we reconfigure incentives so that pharmaceutical companies will innovate new medicines that deliver better health outcomes for more and more people?

China's Data-driven Environmentalism

CREDIT: Bert van Dijk (CC).

Ma Jun

Environmentalist Ma Jun discusses the data-driven advocacy he pioneered to hold China's government and businesses accountable for air and water pollution.

ETHICS MATTER: A Conversation with Jeffrey Sachs

CREDIT: European Parliament (CC).

Jeffrey Sachs, Julia Taylor Kennedy

Jeffrey Sachs discusses America's economic and moral crisis; development aid; the Occupy Wall Street movement; and the mobilization of youth around the world, fighting for the basic principles of freedom, justice, and equality.



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01/20/12

Ian Bremmer, Art Kleiner

Top Risks and Ethical Decisions 2012

01/13/12

Ma Jun

Tackling Sustainability in China

01/12/12

Streetfilms, Clarence Eckerson, Jr.

Via RecreActiva: Transforming the Streets of Guadalajara

01/11/12

Anna Hofmann, Noora Lori, Stephen Ruszczyk

A Global Look at Migration

01/05/12

Thomas Pogge

Reimagining Pharmaceutical Innovation