Energy and Environment

A marathon that starts in the darkness at 6 a.m.? As Tokyo prepares to host the 2020 Olympics, climate change is affecting the event schedule. Extreme heat, as measured by the intersection of temperature and humidity, has a significant...

Food stands at the nexus of water, land, energy, and labor. With the dynamic socioeconomic changes that Asia is undergoing, it is not surprising that both diet and nutrition are being affected in ways not previously experienced. That food...

Asia continues to lead the world in economic growth. According to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, gross domestic product in “emerging Asia” (Southeast Asia, China, and India) is expected to grow by an annual...

By 2050, 68 percent of the world’s population will be living in cities, more than double the percentage reported in 1950. Urban growth has risen sharply since 2000, and many cities, London among them, are under extreme pressure to improve...

For many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the effective exploitation of natural resource wealth is vital to their future economic development. With bulk mineral deposits located in remote and poorly-explored regions, the infrastructure...

On February 10, 2016, at the Investing in African Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa, the Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets held a roundtable to launch a yearlong effort toward establishing a set of principles...

Prosperity cannot be shared on a dying planet. Without living systems, there can be no wealth. Today’s unevenly distributed prosperity was achieved by capturing and burning ancient sunlight in extravagant amounts—coal, gas, and oil. It was...

One of the most rewarding partnerships of my career began about a decade ago in Reykjavik while sharing a bottle of Zicam. At a gathering of the Arctic Circle, while discussing challenges and opportunities in the Arctic region in part...

Iowa is the equivalent of the 10th most populous country in the world in terms of the amount of fecal waste produced. How is this possible, when the human population is only around 3 million? According to a recent analysis conducted by...

Here we are in 2018. From artificial intelligence and self-driving cars to breakthroughs in medicine and space exploration, the human capacity to transform the world is infinite. Our collective imagination, ingenuity, and resolve are...