Today: April 18, 2025
As diplomats finalize agendas for November’s COP 30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil—a gathering already overshadowed by 2024’s unprecedented 1.5°C temperature breach—I can’t help but think back to the first time I met Dr. Shirley Mo Ching Yeung. It was 2019 at…
COP29, the 29th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, took place in Baku from November 11-22, 2024, bringing together leaders, academics, and innovators in a concerted effort to combat climate change. This gathering highlighted the…
When you think of climate change, it seems like a daunting mission to devise a solution for this gigantic global problem. You have to be audacious enough to count yourself among the global change-makers who might just be key figures in crafting…
The private sector can play a crucial role in driving solutions for climate change and other environmental issues by setting goals to reduce pollution and help the environment according to Sanda Ojiambo, CEO & Executive Director of the United Nations Global Compact. …
The sweeping executive action halts crucial funding across sectors, affecting schools, scientific research, climate initiatives, and human rights advocacy. In a dramatic escalation of federal policy, President Donald Trump announced a comprehensive freeze on federal funding on February 14, 2025, expanding an…
The 2025 AI Summit in Paris marked a critical moment in the global dialogue on artificial intelligence (AI), bringing together world leaders, tech innovators, and policymakers to address the opportunities and challenges posed by AI. While the summit highlighted groundbreaking advancements, it…
By Janai Nelson In the span of just a week, President Trump has issued a deluge of executive orders—over thirty by most counts—launching sweeping attacks on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs and threatening the fundamental rights of all Americans. From…
In a final message from the Oval Office, President Joe Biden farewell address stroke a reflective, hopeful, and cautionary tone. Speaking directly to the American people, Biden recounted his administration’s achievements while sounding alarms about the risks to democracy posed by the…
As an ecosystem of Black and diverse-owned media owners, the Black Owned Media Equity and Sustainability Institute (BOMESI) stands united in our support and admiration for Vice President Kamala Harris, who ran an inspiring and powerful campaign. Harris’s journey to the ballot…
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa made a passionate appeal for diplomacy and peaceful resolution in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Palestine conflict at the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Drawing from South Africa’s own history of overcoming…
