Leaders including Bill Gates, John Kerry, Børge Brende, Yasmine Fouad, and Anna Borg joined the World Economic Forum’s #DavosAgenda to discuss how to accelerate and scale climate innovation. Half of the emission reductions needed to reach the 2050 climate goals...
New Delhi, India (in virtual mode)21st – 25th February 2022 Background The Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA) is a regional evaluation network that aims to improve the theory, practice, and use of evaluation across...
This article originally appeared on GatesNotes.com. The omicron surge has been an unfortunate reminder that the only way to eliminate the threat of COVID-19 somewhere is to eliminate it everywhere. As long as the virus...
MacArthur announced $21.3 million in grants to 28 organizations as part of its Nuclear Challenges capstone project to foster a stronger, more diverse nuclear field and exit the field responsibly. MacArthur’s nuclear capstone focuses...
By Beata Adamczyk Here’s a list of some important VCs working towards social and environmental change. To read more, click here
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced that Dr. Katherine Calvin will serve the agency in dual roles as chief scientist and senior climate advisor effective Monday. Calvin succeeds Jim Green, who retired from his role on Jan...
By AJITA SHASHIDHAR The Covid-19 pandemic took a huge toll on businesses in India, but the private sector didn’t shy away from its philanthropic commitments. According to the Bain & Company and Dasra Indian Philanthropy...
Each year, around 30 background papers are externally commissioned to fill in research gaps in the GEM Report. From contracting to finalizing, their time frame ranges between 6 and 9 months. Over the years,...
United Nations 2021-22 Young Professionals Programme (YPP) is NOW open until 13 Feb. 2022, for nationals from selected countries, in the below domains: 1. Social Affairs/Social Policy and Development: job opening: https://careers.un.org/lbw/jobdetail.aspx?id=164785&Lang=en-US 2. Statistics and...
A District-Level Assessment By Abinash Mohanty and Shreya Wadhawan OVERVIEW This study undertakes India’s first-of-its-kind district-level climate vulnerability assessment. It presents a climate vulnerability index (CVI) of states and union territories by mapping exposure,...
