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The “Green Life Value” as a new way to put a price on nature
In our modern world the financialization of nature is already done whether we like it or not. For instance the price of a tree is determined by its timber. Only a quarter of the actual use of a tree is through its timber though. Therefore in establishing the economics […]
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Post Millennium Development Goals: Testing the Inclusion of Vulnerable Sectors and Populations
This article was originally drafted by Pasko Kisic and the FORO Nacional Internacional as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. Since 2000, Latin American countries have been successful at reaching MDGs. Considering that MDGs were planned until 2015, governments, and international and civil society organizations are […]
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Civil Society Leadership: Towards A More Responsible World Order
At the Millennium Summit convened by the United Nations from 6-8 September 2000, the then Secretary-General Kofi Annan presented a report that laid the foundations for the pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals. Entitled ‘We the Peoples: The Role of the United Nations in the Twenty-First Century’ , the report […]