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After Barclays CEO’s Departure, Here Are Some of the Other Business Executives Linked to Jeffrey Epstein
Jes Staley is one of the few high profile executives to lose his job due to links with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
‘We’re Not Going to Be Placated.’ Young Activists at COP26 Are Refusing to Settle
You won’t fool the children of the revolution. British glam rock band T-Rex issued this warning in a single back in 1972 (just five years before oil company Exxon quietly received its first report about the warming impact of fossil fuels). But it has rarely felt as relevant as it does at COP26. Today’s young…
Facebook ‘Knew What It Was Doing,’ Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Says
Leaked internal documents revealed that Facebook—rebranded as Meta—struggled to contain hate speech and misinformation, and contributed to teen body image issues.
The World’s Top Carbon Emitters Now All Have Net Zero Pledges. Most of Them Are Too Vague
In a surprise announcement on Monday, India, the world’s third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, pledged to reach net zero emissions by 2070. The news, delivered at COP26, the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, means that all of the world’s major emitters now have a net zero target— a date by which they will add…
7 Resources to Help You Cope With Climate Anxiety
Coping, caring, and healing is an essential part of climate work
U.S. Puts Export Limits on NSO Group and Other Israeli Spyware Company Over ‘Transnational Repression’
(RICHMOND, Va.) — The Biden administration announced Wednesday it is putting new export limits on two Israeli hacker-for-hire companies—including the well-known spyware company NSO Group—saying their tools have been used to “conduct transnational repression.” Based on leaked targeting data, findings by a global media consortium earlier this year provided evidence that the spyware from NSO…
A Methane Pledge Is the First Good News Out of COP26. Nothing Else Will Be as Easy
Tuesday’s announcement that more than 100 countries have joined a U.S. and E.U.-led coalition to cut 30% of methane emissions by 2030 injected a welcome burst of energy into the COP 26 meetings in Glasgow after Monday’s lackluster launch. Despite the fact that the world’s biggest methane emitters—China, Russia and India, which together contribute 35%…
30 in 2030: Planning for the Future
Climate change has been a constant and increasingly urgent issue throughout the lifetimes of those in Generation Z. In the past year alone, devastating wildfires raged in North America, Europe, and Russia, catastrophic flooding hit central Europe, and South American countries suffered severe droughts. According to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, the…
30 in 2030: A Generation Creating Change
It’s no secret that mental health was the collateral damage of the pandemic, with illness, loss and financial hardship weighing heavily on billions around the world. Those in Generation Z have been greatly impacted, since they are more likely to be in insecure work and disproportionately affected by nationwide lockdowns and restrictions at a time…
30 in 2030: Coming of Age During a Pandemic
TIME spoke to six young adults who will turn 30 in 2030 about their hopes for the future and what they are doing to make them a reality
Lessons for This Moment in Business From a Hit Broadway Show
Post-pandemic hiatus, 'The Lehman Trilogy,' like its audience, is more conscious of the ethical considerations that shape businesses past and present
Facebook Let an Islamophobic Conspiracy Theory Flourish in India Despite Employees’ Warnings
Facebook is aware of the danger and prevalence of the Love Jihad conspiracy theory on its platform but has done little to act on it, according to internal Facebook documents and former employees