GLOBAL AFFAIRS
What are the main responsibilities you assume in your current job? As a Deputy Prosecutor of the Office of the Prosecutor, I advise and support the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), both in relation to situations which are being considered,...
Imagine you were back just a few decades, before the internet, emails, mobile phones and social media. There was the nightly news broadcast on television — or before that, just on the radio (the wireless, as my parents used to call it when we sat down to hear the BBC...
Private sector actors who claim to be sustainable and work towards the realization of the SDGs should strive to respect, promote and implement good standards in its practices, even when operating in a State whose policies violate international law. The company may...
Millions of professionals around the globe experience a realization during the COVID-19 pandemic: they do not need to be in the office to get their work done. A variety of digital tools and the internet allow them to work from almost anywhere. To the surprise of many,...
In 2015, Jacobson developed a study on transitioning the 50 states of the United States of America to wind, water and solar. The initiative was cited in House Resolution 540 (2015) as the scientific basis for the first proposed legislation for the country to move to...
Amidst economic and geopolitical turmoil, we have been ignoring the threats to our ecosystems due to our destructive actions. One of such existential threats to humanity is the turmoil in our Ocean Ecosystems. The concern? - Marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean of...
Les Nations unies déclarent le 27 juin Journée internationale des micro, petites et moyennes entreprises. Que représente spécifiquement cette journée pour la CCIG ? Le tissu économique suisse est constitué à 89% de PME de moins de 10 collaborateurs ; cette proportion...
NGOs play a key role in the march towards the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030. The seventeen SDGs and the development agenda being an interwoven process, all concerned stakeholders must work together in synergy and target grassroots and ground...
# Food and shelter assistance for 266,800+ asylum seekers. # Targeted protection assistance for 73,500+ refugees. # A plan ready to support 1.2M people with protection assistance and 1.5M essential items. This has been the UNHCR’s impact to reduce the countless...
GLOBAL AFFAIRS
In 2015, Jacobson developed a study on transitioning the 50 states of the United States of America to wind, water and solar. The initiative was cited in House Resolution 540 (2015) as the scientific basis for the first proposed legislation for the country to move to...
Amidst economic and geopolitical turmoil, we have been ignoring the threats to our ecosystems due to our destructive actions. One of such existential threats to humanity is the turmoil in our Ocean Ecosystems. The concern? - Marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean of...
Les Nations unies déclarent le 27 juin Journée internationale des micro, petites et moyennes entreprises. Que représente spécifiquement cette journée pour la CCIG ? Le tissu économique suisse est constitué à 89% de PME de moins de 10 collaborateurs ; cette proportion...
NGOs play a key role in the march towards the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030. The seventeen SDGs and the development agenda being an interwoven process, all concerned stakeholders must work together in synergy and target grassroots and ground...
# Food and shelter assistance for 266,800+ asylum seekers. # Targeted protection assistance for 73,500+ refugees. # A plan ready to support 1.2M people with protection assistance and 1.5M essential items. This has been the UNHCR’s impact to reduce the countless...
Nine member states from four continents, economically and culturally diverse, with differing levels of development. Yet the CPLP’s ties span centuries, and a common language and will to cooperate make this young community a unique success in solidarity. Speaking as...
What in your view are some of the major challenges in tackling racism and racial discrimination in the world today? There are several: 1. The failure to learn from past tragedies that were rooted in racism and racial discrimination (enslavement, apartheid, world wars,...
It’s 5pm on a typical workday in 2023, and you’ve just finished your work. It’s one of the days you work from home and skip the commute to the office: this leaves you plenty of time for cooking, and you look forward to fixing a delicious ratatouille. You will use the...
“Google Search is fundamentally an online rankings system,” that’s what the Editor of US News Best Colleges suggested to me recently. And indeed, Google says much the same itself: they process “hundreds of billions of webpages in our Search index to find the most...
Peter McGarry, a Geneva-based hedge fund manager and extreme runner, was inspired enough by his daughter’s passion for saving the environment that he set up The Earth Foundation in 2020 with the goal to “inspire, educate, mentor and empower students with innovative...
