Food
Building Investor Appetite for Nutritious Food
Increasing access to quality food worldwide requires money from investors for food-related enterprises. Blended finance can help boost their risk tolerance. A Viewpoint from the Summer 2020 issue.
Tag: Deforestation
Environment
A Social Movement for Conservation
Because government action will always be dependent on public support, leading conservation organizations must focus on building a constituency for nature.
Environment
African Conservation Entrepreneurs and Business Solutions to the Biodiversity Crisis
In landscapes where people and natural systems co-exist and intermingle, conservationists must go beyond protection and work to develop community-level incentives for wildlife conservation through sustainable and locally managed use.
Business
Misremembering to Feel Better
Consumers say they want to purchase ethically, but selective memory gets in the way of their decisions.
Technology
Artificial Intelligence as a Force for Good
Recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence offer enormous benefits for mission-driven organizations and could eventually revolutionize how they work.
Health
The Moral Imperative of Clean Household Energy
The world’s poor and low-income countries need greater access to modern energy solutions, including clean-burning fossil fuels for household use.
Environment
Can Money Grow on Trees?
Across the world, businesses are making money by restoring forests and farmland.
Environment
Planting Trees With Drones
To fight deforestation, a UK-based startup is using unmanned aerial vehicles that can plant seeds 60 times faster than humans can.
Environment
Public-Planet Partnerships: Time to Ratify Our Free Trade Agreement with Nature
We protect nature. We learn from nature. But we are not collaborating with nature to solve the greatest challenges a human generation has ever faced.
Human Rights
Protecting the Heart of Environmental Civil Society
Three strategies for ensuring the safety and security of people defending their environment and human rights around the world.