Food insecurity already affects 12 million US homes -- and reductions in SNAP benefits won't help

For many Americans, a healthy diet of fruits, vegetables and whole grains is beyond their reach.

Hilary Seligman, Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco • conversation
June 15, 2023 • ~7 min

Keeping 8 billion people healthy in a hotter, more crowded world -- 4 ways population and climate change put public health at risk

The human population has doubled in 48 years, and worsening climate change has left the world facing serious health risks, from infectious diseases to hunger and heat stress.

Maureen Lichtveld, Dean of the School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Nov. 10, 2022 • ~9 min

8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequences

The human population has doubled in 48 years, and worsening climate change has left the world facing serious health risks, from infectious diseases to hunger and heat stress.

Maureen Lichtveld, Dean of the School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh • conversation
Nov. 10, 2022 • ~9 min

Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world's poorest countries?

That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial.

Bethany Tietjen, Research fellow in climate policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Nov. 2, 2022 • ~8 min

Loss and damage: Who is responsible when climate change harms the world's poorest countries, and what does compensation look like?

That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial. Here are some of the ideas being floated.

Bethany Tietjen, Research fellow in climate policy, The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Nov. 2, 2022 • ~8 min

COP27: How debt-for-climate swaps can help solve low-income countries' crushing debt and environmental challenges at the same time

Many small island nations are struggling to protect their land from rising seas while also facing paralyzing debt.

Soyoung Oh, Junior Research Fellow, The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Oct. 31, 2022 • ~8 min

Pakistan’s floods are a disaster – but they didn't have to be

Framing floods as ‘natural disasters’ deflects from the reality that vulnerability must exist before a crisis can emerge.

Ilan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL • conversation
Sept. 20, 2022 • ~6 min

How energy-saving advice can hurt the most vulnerable households

Energy-saving ‘hacks’ risk implying that households are to blame for rising prices by not doing enough to cut their energy use.

Caitlin Robinson, Research Fellow, School of Geographical Science, University of Bristol • conversation
Sept. 8, 2022 • ~6 min

Expanded access to solar power in Africa can stimulate economic development – but there are risks

Are studies right that expanded access to off-grid solar products has driven economic development in Africa?

Ben Radley, Lecturer in International Development, University of Bath • conversation
Aug. 12, 2022 • ~7 min

Kids' neighborhoods can affect their developing brains, a new study finds

The latest findings add to the understanding of how social disadvantage such as poverty and low-quality, unsafe housing can affect early child development.

Gabriela Suarez, PhD Candidate in Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan • conversation
June 21, 2022 • ~6 min

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