by Omega | Apr 24, 2025 | Environment
National security is not just a matter of military strength. It also depends on the ability of a nation to maintain productive and stable ecosystems, resilient biological communities and sustainable access to natural resources. Sovereign nations already develop and...
by Omega | Apr 18, 2025 | Polycrisis
Imagine a row of dominoes where knocking over one piece triggers a cascade that topples them all. This is systemic risk – when a single failure can bring down an entire system. Now imagine several such cascade failures happening simultaneously at a global scale...
by Omega | Apr 15, 2025 | Economy
I think it’s time for a shift away from the approach that some larger U.S. foundations and key infrastructure organizations have taken to operating in the second Trump administration. That approach has been based on assumptions that may have made sense in mid-November...
by Omega | Apr 14, 2025 | Resilience
By the time Heidi Larson launched the Global Listening Project GLP), she had spent years talking to people across the world about their attitudes to immunization. Through the Vaccine Confidence Project, which she established in 2010, Larson found that behind vaccine...
by Omega | Apr 11, 2025 | Environment
Environment is the tangible and intangible surroundings and the complex ecosystem that humans share with all beings, human and non-human, living and non-living. It is both visible and invisible. This includes the land, water, and the air, and all that live in them. It...
by Omega | Apr 10, 2025 | Resilience
If resilience is to have real and lasting utility, we need models for it that can guide action, that can be rigorously characterized, implemented and measured and that are portable (within reason) from one circumstance to the next. Andrew Zolli Read full essay by...
by Omega | Apr 9, 2025 | Worldviews
There’s a new battle taking place on your computers and your phones that will shape how you use technology for years to come. Google is leading the charge—albeit it’s not alone, and Gmail will likely change more than any other platform. That means serious decisions...
by Omega | Apr 9, 2025 | Environment
One of the world’s largest and most populated cities may run out of drinking water in the near future. As Mexico’s capital struggles to quench its thirst, scenes from the parched megalopolis show how water scarcity could one day impact cities around the globe. Rodrigo...
by Omega | Apr 8, 2025 | Polycrisis
We are living in an age of exceptional complexity and turbulence. What distinguishes this period in human history is the confluence of forces— political, geo-strategic, economic, social, technological, and environmental, as well as the interactions amongst them. These...
by Omega | Apr 7, 2025 | Environment
After years of focusing on averting climate change, what climate scientists refer to as “mitigation”, experts are warning that we now need far greater focus on adaptation to cope with the new weather that comes with a warming world. Ben Spencer Read full article by...
