SUNDAY, 22 September 2013. A few days ago, there was an European Car-Free Day which encouraged drivers to give up their cars for one day. Since I have moved to the bicycle-friendly Netherlands, I could hardly be aware of such campaign. Instead it made me think of the issues around […]

  The introductory session of the GES in Kiel felt at times like something out of a Hollywood feel-good movie. With a kickoff speech from the Kiel Institute’s President Dennis Snower focusing more on personal achievement and betterment than international growth and trade, it seemed that this gathering of business leaders […]

“I don’t know if she is a real human being or an angel, because human beings can’t and don’t live like this,” said a friend of mine while narrating the story of the 72-year-old Salwa, a poor, almost-blind Egyptian woman whom he met on his way home. After work, he […]

This post was produced for the Global Economic Symposium 2013 to accompany a session on “Cooperation Game – Preventing a Climate Catastrophe.” Read more at http://blog.global-economic-symposium.org/. As Uganda’s climate continues to change at an unprecedented rate, it is important that Ugandans learn to adapt and fight climate change. The changes […]

  The aftermath of the 1993 uprising, known as the “Zapatista Movement”, once again, never addressed the principal grievances of Mexico’s indigenous community. Made up of about 10 million people speaking around 62 ethnic languages and representing more than 60 different ethnic groups, the indigenous community make up 10% of […]