Partnerships, Politics, & Plastic Pollution: A Conversation with Rob Kaplan...
“I’ve never seen this kind of political and public sector engagement in an environmental topic happen so fast,” said Rob Kaplan, the Founder and CEO of Circulate Capital in an interview with Ambassador...
View ArticleHow Protecting the Antarctic Marine Life Could Help Save the Blue Planet
“We are stripping the life away from the blue planet,” said oceanographer, explorer, and author, Sylvia A. Earle. She keynoted a recent event on marine protected areas in Antarctica and the high seas...
View ArticleHigh Seas Biodiversity Treaty Would Prioritize Conservation
Roughly 20 organizations wield some management authority in the high seas, but none of them have conservation as their core mandate, said Liz Karan, Senior Manager of the Protecting Ocean Life on the...
View ArticleWith Knowledge Comes Responsibility: A Conversation with Sylvia Earle on the...
“Having a planet that is suitable for us has taken a very long time, like four and a half billion years,” said Sylvia Earle, Explorer in Residence at the National Geographic Society, in a podcast...
View ArticleDavid DeArmey on Engaging Communities to Increase Water Point Functionality
The Wilson Center is partnering with the USAID Sustainable Water Partnership and Winrock International to share stories about global water security. The series has highlighted the importance of...
View ArticleHidden Forces: The Role of Water in Economic Prosperity
“If you woke up one morning and found the taps in your house were dry, the first thing many of us here would do is pick up our phone and call the utility,” said Gordon Mumbo, Team Leader for...
View ArticleFamily Planning in Humanitarian Settings is Achievable and Effective
“Family planning saves lives, even in times of crisis,” said Gwen K. Young, Managing Director at the Global Emergency Response Coalition at a Wilson Center event on October 8 on the importance of...
View ArticleUpcycling ‘Beach Snow’: Clearing Taiwan’s Oyster Farming Marine Debris
“If you go to some Taiwan beaches, you can see snow,” said Chieh-Shen (Jason) Hu, Ocean Initiative Coordinator for Taiwan’s Society of Wilderness, a 6,000-member organization similar to Sierra Club. Hu...
View ArticleGordon Mumbo on Water and Livelihoods in the Mara River Basin
“If you live in the developed world or in some urban centers, then the supply of water is guaranteed,” said Gordon Mumbo, team leader for Sustainable Water for the Mara River Basin, a project of...
View ArticleCODE BLUE: The Importance of Integrating Care for Maternal Health and...
This article is part of the Maternal Health Initiative’s CODE BLUE series, developed in partnership with EMD Serono, a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Every year, 18 million women of...
View ArticleTo Address Security in Africa, Focus on the Citizen: Ambassador Phillip...
To address the security challenges facing Sub-Saharan Africa we need to shift the focus from a concept of state security to one of citizen security, says Ambassador Phillip Carter III (ret.), former...
View ArticleCODE BLUE: Addressing NCDs in Maternal Health Starts with Increasing Access...
This article is part of the Maternal Health Initiative’s CODE BLUE series, developed in partnership with EMD Serono, a business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Every year, 18 million women of...
View ArticleWim Zwijnenburg on Using Data to Visualize the Impacts of Conflict on the...
Through open source information, remote sensing, and existing data, we can have a better sense of how conflict impacts the environment and how it then impacts people depending on the environment, said...
View ArticleThe Importance of Community Trust to Combat COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy
“Vaccine hesitancy is to be expected in a normal circumstance—it’s very different from being what we call ‘anti-vaccine,’” says Dr. Rahul Gupta, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical and Health...
View ArticleTop Biden Climate Advisor, Others Preview 2021 Energy and Enviro News
This article, written by Joseph A. Davis, was originally published by the Society of Environmental Journalists. A recording of the 2021 Journalists’ Guide Event can be found here.White House climate...
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