Unsustainable patterns of consumption and production have led to multiple problems threatening our future — like poverty, resource scarcities, hunger, disease, and environmental harm. Focusing on correcting key drivers such as consumption and production leads to integrated solutions that can...

At the 2007 Women Deliver conference in London, The Lancet put out a special edition with this message on the cover: “Since the human race began, women have delivered for society. It is time now for the world to deliver for women.”…

The old security, defined by the Cold War, was based on containment of communism. It was almost always described in military terms — the size of the defense budget, the range of nuclear missiles, the numbers of planes, ships, and tanks. And during that period, that definition made some sense…

There is a new very advanced virtual reality system that just came out (almost like the holodeck on Star Trek). The “reality” it simulates is generated by a cross between a real-time systems simulation model of the biophysical environment, an agent-based personality simulator (a super-Sims),...

My solution is: get outraged…

Ecological restoration — the rehabilitation of degraded landscapes — is a bright spark in the effort to achieve sustainable development. If given a chance, damaged ecosystems can recover rapidly. Research shows that forest ecosystems recovered in 42 years on average, while ocean bottoms...

Let us imagine for a moment that we are at 2100, and the atmospheric CO2 level is slowly subsiding back toward 350, and the worst is over. Let us try to figure out how we got there — reverse-engineer a century of halting but ultimately decisive progress…

In hearing rooms, hallways, and conferences where the world's policymakers are wrestling with the big issues of our day, something important is missing.

Many politicians want us to lower our expectations about the economy. I say it is time to raise them. We should go beyond the shriveled thinking imposed on us by today's mania for austerity. Even the Contract for the American Dream — 10 steps for fixing the economy, selected from over 25,000...

Can 10th grade Inuit students in Repulse Bay (Nunavut, Canada) teach the world governments something about ways to measure progress…