What Happened to Finland?

Japan’s Disaster Preparedness Saves Lives but Is Not Infallible

Europe is entering a new era. Air conditioning, often regarded as an unnecessary luxury or an environmental indulgence, is rapidly becoming essential infrastructure.

How decades of small decisions have reshaped Barbados’ coastline

Sustainability lessons from Iceland

Across the Pacific, Caribbean and Indian Oceans, island nations are not only confronting some of the most severe climate risks on Earth; they are also pioneering ways of living with them.

Lessons from the frontlines

Using a systems lens at the nexus of environment and development

At a moment when societies face unprecedented technological and environmental risks, the role of science has never been more critical.

How Coastal Cities Face the Climate Challenge

Juha Uitto

How Can We Build Science Into Management of Technology?A discussion on options for managing the “Survival Nexus” between science, technology, and environmental law and policyAn ELI Hybrid EventTechnol...

1934-2025 Remembering Dr. Jane Scientist. Conservationist. Humanitarian. Dr. Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, was a remarkable example of courage and conv...

Beyond the neon skylines, crowded subways, and hi-tech innovations lies another Japan – a wilder world of mountains, forests, and rice paddies that reveal the country’s deep relationship with nature.

This chapter explores the challenges and dynamics associated with climate-induced migration from small island developing states (SIDS), focusing on atoll nations facing sea-level rise. Drawing upon ex...

Matti H. Virtanen tells us why this is a wrong reason to panic.

The month of July is virtually gone and Japan was not devastated by an earthquake or tsunami, as a prophetic manga had suggested (see my…

This article advocates for the integration of systems thinking into evaluations, particularly in the context of Coupled Human and Natural Systems (CHA…

Fourteen years ago, Japan was devastated by one of the deadliest tsunamis in modern history. Now a prophetic manga is fueling anxiety of a repeat. Could such a calamity strike soon again?

Share this post Why do we still tolerate the terminology of “Developed” and “Developing” countries? Words have weight. They create images and dominant narratives that often insidiously infect our mind...

While veganism trends in headlines and health blogs, the global appetite for meat remains strong.

Better evidence, better policies, better lives: GEl supports developing countries in strengthening their monitoring and evaluation systems to help governments gather and use evidence that improves the...

We need continued innovation to stay on top of global challenges.

What an evening. The packed Strathmore music center hall could barely contain itself during the 2-hour show by the Cuban pianist and band ...

People in Finland are getting tired of cuts to the welfare state and the anti-immigrant rhetoric in recent years.

An interview with Richard Wenning

Enhancing biomass in oceans can provide a win-win situation for people and the planet.

Juha Uitto

Two-thirds through the book, Robert Kaplan worries that this book fits in no category: "It is not military strategy, political  science, ori...

The evolution of the GEF, the oldest of the public environmental funds, highlights both successes and challenges.

Environmental degradation and climate change add to migration pressures, which need to be addressed internationally for a more sustainable future

Visioning presents a roadmap for university leaders to vitalize higher education in response to global problems. It addresses structural, programmatic, and curricular gaps in ways designed to prepare ...

The country’s civil war is over—but there’s no stability to restore.

Buy Get Me Out of Here: A Memoir by Jeremy Steig in bulk from Porchlight Book Company (9784991127915)

Evidence for Hope is an interesting and quite original book. The topic is very important, given the two crises facing humanity today…

The EVALSDGs Guidance Working Group is happy to announce the newest EVALSDGs Insight #14 on “Mainstreaming Environmental Sustainability in Evaluation”. Update November 2024: The Insight…