Tag: The Conversation

Racism is already real in the metaverse — here’s how we can fix that (Breigha Adeyemo, The Conversation, The Next Web)

Marginalized people often suffer the most harm from unintended consequences of new technologies. For example, the algorithms that automatically make decisions about who gets...

Cities and Urbanization/Sustainable Development/Biodiversity – How urban gardens can boost biodiversity and make cities more sustainable (Karen Kirstine Christensen-Dalsgaard, The Conversation, WEF)

Cities are now driving significant environmental problems, such as elevated pollution levels, climate change and habitat loss. This can be improved by increasing...

Climate Change/Biodiversity – Yellowstone is losing its snow – here are the implications for local ecosystems (Bryan Shuman, The Conversation, WEF)

A new assessment of climate change has been carried out on Yellowstone National Park and the nearby Grand Teton. The study found that...

Pandemic/Vaccination – 99% of people in poor countries are still unvaccinated – here’s why we need to take action now (Maria De Jesus, The...

According to public health experts, 70% of the world's 7.9 billion people must be fully vaccinated to end the pandemic. On June 21,...

‘Failure is not an option’: after a lost decade on climate action, the 2020s offer one last chance (The Conversation)

Will Steffen In May 2011, almost precisely a decade ago, the government-appointed Climate Commission released its inaugural report. Titled The Critical Decade, the report’s final section...

USA – Tribes Mount Organized Responses to COVID-19, in Contrast to State and Federal Governments (Lisa Hardy, Gwendolyn Saul and Kerry F. Thompson, The...

As the months roll by, the pandemic continues to hit Indigenous nations hard. But this phenomenon is not new. Epidemics have been part of...