by Jorja Siemons | Jan 19, 2022 | Environment, Featured
Rallying ambition within the private sector to fund zero-emission technologies is key to climate change mitigation, leaders said at a World Economic Forum meeting held virtually on Wednesday. “I think most of us feel very strongly that no government in the world has...
by Christina van Waasbergen | Oct 7, 2021 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — People forced to flee their homes because of climate change should be considered refugees by the U.S., Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, said Thursday. Speaking at an event hosted by the advocacy group Climate Refugees, Castro said America’s...
by David Fishman | Nov 13, 2016 | Featured, National Security
Nearly 70 years after the United Nations first deployed its iconic blue helmets, demand for peacekeepers is on the rise. In July, the United States teamed with India, the world’s second-largest contributor to international peacekeeping forces, to train African...
by Megan Neunan | Jan 11, 2012 | Education
WASHINGTON – At a forum of women world leaders Wednesday, former Irish President Mary Robinson said the stories of women who have been raped during wartime and other atrocities suffered by women “stay with us as women. We get it.” Women leaders from around the world,...
