Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

19 February 2018
Imagine a world where every country has not only complied with the Paris climate agreement but has moved away from fossil fuels entirely. How would such a change affect global…
16 February 2018
Too small to influence economics, too bureaucratic to be social movements, banned from politics and removed from the societies they’re trying to change, where do NGOs go next? On…
14 February 2018
The juncture of big and open data informs areas as diverse as artificial intelligence, agriculture, and public health, and promises to transform our ability to tackle global…
13 February 2018
Some years ago, the distinguished economist Richard Baldwin said: “Regional trade liberalisation sweeps the globe like wildfire”. He was right. Preferential trade agreements (PTAs…
13 February 2018
Sonia Corrêa explores 'anti-gender' activism, its origins and implications. In the first week of November, 2017, Judith Butler was viciously attacked in Brazil by a…
12 February 2018
Nauro Campos offers some guidance to those wishing to, and trying to, predict what Brexit may hold. Brexit is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you’re gonna get. The…
10 February 2018
The World Urban Forum 9 takes place this week bringing together policy-makers, practitioners, private groups and the civil society to discuss the implementation of the New Urban…
10 February 2018
The World Urban Forum 9 takes place this week bringing together policy-makers, practitioners, private groups and the civil society to discuss the implementation of the New Urban…
10 February 2018
The World Urban Forum 9 takes place this week bringing together policy-makers, practitioners, private groups and the civil society to discuss the implementation of the New Urban…
09 February 2018
The World Urban Forum 9 takes place this week bringing together policy-makers, practitioners, private groups and the civil society to discuss the implementation of the New Urban…