by Abriel | Jan 20, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action, Global
Xi Jinping, the first Chinese president to attend the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting. His appearance came at an important moment for China, as it increasingly takes on a global leadership role, including and critically on climate change. In his speech,...
by Abriel | Jan 6, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action
Climate-related disasters are on an alarming trajectory. The 2010s may well go down as the decade when the trendline of these events headed aggressively north after a noticeable rise in their intensity and frequency since the 1970s. The underlying link to all this is...
by Abriel | Jan 1, 2017 | 2017, Home, No Poverty
Despite the gloomy economic outlook, Giving.sg reported raising $5.5 million in the first three weeks of December, up from $5.1 million the previous year in 2015. Giving.sg is Singapore’s largest online donation portal, managed by National Volunteer and Philanthropy...