Facebook's former head of marketing is taking her social media mojo and coordinating influential users to post about world issues. Your favorite follows just got a lot more earnest. But does caring on social media mean anything in the ...READ»
The massive amount of information collected about us by governments and companies sits mostly unused and unsorted. What if that data could be given to scientists and organizations who could mine it for information about society?READ»
A new visualization tool lets you see how the world's countries are progressing toward more healthy and equitable societies, and how much it's ruining the planet to get there.READ»
From helping the ACLU track prejudice in NYPD tactics to changing how the UN monitors crises, the hackers behind Data Without Borders are bringing a hacker mentality to organizations working for change.READ»
The insane weather and changing elements are making food production more difficult. A look at what you'll be eating this week is a tour of flood, famine, and drought.READ»
There are a lot of people in the world, and not a lot of space or resources for them. Click around this dashboard to see how the world's population is faring.READ»
We’re all aware of the global scale of corruption, whether it’s shoddily constructed schools in China or bribery and vote-rigging at FIFA. But can anyone really do anything about it?
The UN--itself no stranger to corruption--is ...READ»
To avoid planetary disaster, the global community is going to have to overhaul nearly all of its operations. That's going to cost a lot of money, and no one knows who's going to pay.READ»
Investing 2% of the world's GDP could transition the planet from a "brown," unsustainable economy to one that is both low-carbon and resource efficient. No problem, right? READ»
After decades of growing increasingly wealthy from oil exports, the country has realized that it might not do so well if the world transitions to clean energy. Pardon us for our lack of sympathy... READ»
Growing energy-producing crops will help farmers save money, create safer cooking fuel, and help them adapt to climate change, says a new report from the UN.READ»
For Vodafone, the partnership is likely to offer more than just a corporate social responsibility boost--untapped communities also represent potential new customers.READ»
The U.N. is gently pooh-poohing the news that China can now reprocess its own nuclear fuel, earning it a potential 3,000 year future of own-brand nuclear power. But exactly what is nuclear fuel reprocessing, and how does it benefit China?READ»
Satellites for human rights monitoring predates Google and George Clooney--but they are paving the way for what one UN expert calls "the only purely objective assessment of what has happened on the ground."READ»
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