New Zealand, continuing to cement its reputation as a symbol of hope for progressives, announced a new budget that ditches the focus on traditional measures of economic success and instead makes...Read More
On a hot Monday morning in May, 63-year-old Donna Ware sat down in the meeting room at the Terrazas Branch library in East Austin, with her small service dog, Pilaf,...Read More
State-level 100% clean energy targets are increasingly becoming the norm across the United States thanks to fast-falling renewable energy prices and forward-looking policymakers. While states have led the way so...Read More
Why Global Citizens Should Care Just 10 rivers across Asia and Africa carry 90% of the plastic that ends up in the oceans. Plastic ingestion kills about 1 million marine...Read More
The results of the 2018 midterm elections made it clear that American voters are ready for climate action. Across the country, we saw victories for many candidates who support bold...Read More
The 100 million youth entering the African labor market will be unemployed by 2030 if current trends continue , according to the African Development Bank. In India, unemployment is also...Read More
Why Global Citizens Should Care Laws that discriminate against women foster and promote gender inequality. Achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls is one of the United Nations’...Read More
Why Global Citizens Should Care From calls for equal pay to combating plastic pollution in the ocean, these striking images from around the world this week highlight the growing need to...Read More
What exactly are cryptocurrencies? Hundreds of coins with names such as Ripple, Bitcoin and Ethereum have sprouted up over the last few years, developing a cult-like following among the tech-savvy,...Read More
The UN High Representative for the LDCs, LLDCs and SIDS, observed that most LDCs and LLDCs are “unlikely to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030” and identified achieving SDG 1 as...Read More
The first in-depth review of progress toward SDG 4 (quality education) took place on the opening day of the 2019 HLPF session. UNICEF head Henrietta Fore said no country can...Read More
Why Global Citizens Should Care Neglected tropical diseases must be addressed in order for the world to achieve Global Goal 3 on good health and well-being for all. These are...Read More
