Climate Action, Common Weal and Paris
Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, urges nations in 2015 to seize the moment and support a ‘no regrets’ agreement in Paris to achieve international…
Building a New Civilisation
Professor Muhammad Yunus, social entrepreneur and Nobel Peace Prize winner, encourages all stakeholders to commit to an unselfish future, by fostering the development of youth creativity, technology and social business.…
The Caribbean’s Macro-economic Challenges
Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, highlights the unique macro-economic challenges facing the small middle-income states of the Caribbean – 10 of which are members…
A New Approach to Water Management
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of Mauritius, and Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, explain the work of the High Level Panel on Water, and call on all levels of government, civil…
The Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy
Dr John Innes, Dean of Forestry and FRBC Chair of Forest Management at the University of British Columbia, Canada, salutes the progress of The Queen's Commonwealth Canopy – a project…
Safeguarding Global Commons in the Commonwealth
Andrew Steer, President and CEO of World Resources Institute, considers the consumption and destruction of the world’s common resources, particularly in cities, agriculture, water and energy, and proposes a virtuous…
Going Green Is Not a Hard Choice
Erik Solheim, Executive Director of UN Environment (UNEP), assures us that protecting the environment and pursuing development are perfectly compatible. He calls on Commonwealth leaders to keep environmental considerations at…