The Globalist

As long as there is a surplus of illiterate poor women, why would millions of poor households in India switch from using firewood and animal dung for fuel?

Are international financial institutions helping or hindering the switch to clean energy technologies?

Why does the world urgently need to consider economic growth in a broader, nonmaterial context?

What policies should governments focus on to ensure that future generations live at least well as the current generation?

Can China help feed itself by helping Africa boost its agricultural output?

Are new sources of oil getting harder and too costly to find, extract and distribute?

Do traditional measures of economic growth and progress emperil the sustainable use of our natural resources?

What steps can be taken to slow the world’s population growth without engaging in “population control”?

What will it take for international meetings such as the recent Rio+20 summit to achieve real positive results for the environment?

Was the UN’s Rio+20 Earth Summit another lost opportunity for policymakers to do something productive about the global environment?