This article was originally drafted by the Foro Nacional Internacional for  the newsletter “Agenda Suramerica” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. A combination of flexible regulation, adaptation of mobile technologies, private sector investment with social inclusion in mind, and associations with […]

Forty-two years after the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, the environmental challenges we face have not changed. Earth Day was founded with the intention of increasing awareness of global environmental destruction, and it certainly seems to have been successful in this regard: every year, over 190 countries have […]

We often take cities for granted. We debate the merits of one city versus another, comparing and contrasting the amenities, atmosphere, location, and opportunities available to us. Those of us who worry about our ecological footprint are also well aware that density is generally more sustainable than sprawl, and therefore […]

This article was originally drafted by the Foro Nacional/Internacional for the newsletter “South America: Trends and Change for Development” as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. The middle class in Central and South America is projected to grow 75 percent, to 313 […]

Grassroots movements such as the MST and activists such as Ribeiro are crucial to democratisation and reform in Brazilian society.