SM26: Cooperate to prevent chaos
The Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (SM26) bring together diplomats, agency directors, experts, and stakeholders, from more than 100 countries. After a year of painful,…
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Moon mission for all humanity
On Thursday, the crew of the Artemis II mission executed a maneuver called the Translunar Injection burn. The TLI burn reoriented their Orion spacecraft, called Integrity, and added sufficient thrust to push them…
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What to measure in the Age of Risk
Fast-paced change disrupts trusted features of our living reality, and creates risks where we did not previously expect to see them. In the early 21st century, we are witnessing planetary systems…
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Freedom is rooted in decency & reason
July 4 of this year will mark 250 years since the Declaration of Independence was adopted and signed, by representatives of 13 colonies who pledged to each other and to…
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Blue Planet – Why all of Nature matters
In 2021, on the way to leading a team of observers and advocates taking part in the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, I created the Blue Planet…
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How local policy can support climate-smart trade
Meeting needs at the human scale creates opportunities for serving people across regions and internationally. Trade is the domain of national governments. In the European Union, it is largely treated…
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Leading locally just got much more important
The risks and costs imposed by climate-disrupting pollution are real, pervasive, and getting worse. This is an observable reality, not a forecast. Local communities, regional economies, and international supply chains,…
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Endangerment is not a matter of opinion
The Endangerment Finding is a formal recognition by the US Environmental Protection Agency that climate disruption poses a threat to human health and safety. It serves as the foundation for U.S.…
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US farm economy heading toward collapse, says bipartisan group
In a stunning bipartisan letter, released this week, former senior leaders in US agriculture, who served in government and as leading advocates for farmers and trade associations, have warned American agriculture might be…
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Joseph E. Robertson, III 