Helen Clark
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Replace Russian oil and gas with renewables
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shaken many long-held Western assumptions about the foundations of peace in Europe. Among other things, it has renewed policymakers' focus on energy dependence as a key strategic issue. → Read More
Drugs are as much a health issue as a criminal one
We should have a world where people understand the risks of drugs through evidence-based prevention and education, not through repression and fear → Read More
The World Needs a Breakthrough Year by Graça Machel, et al
Overcoming the COVID-19 crisis and ensuring a rapid and equitable economic recovery are only two of the challenges we must meet in 2021. This year will also be a crucial one for achieving the goal of net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by mid-century. → Read More
New Zealand is the next country to fight the prohibition of cannabis, and high time too
This year, New Zealanders have the opportunity to turn their backs on the futile policy of trying to prohibit the use and supply of cannabis. For decades, these activities have been criminalised, blighting the future prospects of many and wasting public funding on the law and order system. In the 18 September referendum, New Zealanders can instead vote for the Cannabis → Read More
Sustainable development starts with children
The emergence of teen climate activists like Greta Thunberg is no gimmick. To galvanise climate action and achieve sustainable development, children and a healthy future must be put at the center of... → Read More
What the G20 Should Do Now by Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, et al
Without further G20 action, the pandemic-induced recession will only deepen, hurting the world’s poorest and most marginalized people the most. Because the group represents 85% of global GDP, it has the capacity to mobilize resources on the scale required – and its leaders must do so immediately. → Read More
Dispelling the Myths About Sexuality Education by Helen Clark
All girls and boys – and all women and men, for that matter – can benefit from comprehensive knowledge about safe sexual behavior. Yet opposition to sexuality education is loud, persistent, and widespread, often because critics lack an accurate understanding of what it entails. → Read More
Cannabis and heroin tell a painful story about the world's irrational approach to drugs
So often when people think about drugs and those who use them, they conjure up images of “junkies” injecting heroin in the street or young professionals “throwing away” their promising careers because they are “hooked” on cocaine. At the same time, alcohol is seen more as a social lubricant than a substance capable of inflicting significant harm, and tobacco users are not seen → Read More
Bringing Gender Equality to Global Public Health by Helen Clark & Sania Nishtar
Organizations advocating for improved public health around the world have fallen woefully short when it comes to addressing gender disparities, both in the work they do and in their own operations. Until this changes, progress toward goals for both public health and gender equality will suffer. → Read More
Australia Is Scrapping A Key Component Of The Merit-Based Immigration System Trump Wanted To Borrow From
And it may be indirectly taking a page from Trump’s playbook in the process. → Read More
What Will it Take to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals?
World leaders unanimously approved the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in September 2015. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that lie at the heart of that agenda lay out an ambitious plan of action for peace, prosperity, and environmental sustainability. The SDGs build on the achievements of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that preceded them, and aim to complete what… → Read More
Helen Clark
Helen Clark Vietnam and Southeast Asia Analyst and Writer Helen Clark is a former Vietnam and Southeast Asia correspondent. She has written for over two dozen publications including Time, The Economist, The Diplomat and the Global Post. She is The Diplomat's Oceania correspondent and still writes analysis of Vietnam for Australian foreign policy think tank the Lowy Institute, among other outlets. → Read More
Trump's Impending Presidency And Rising China Sea Tensions Are Putting Asia On Edge
The possibility of an American retreat from the continent and a more aggressive China has many nations in the region carefully calculating their moves. → Read More
The Keystone Of The Global AIDS Response
By Helen Clark & Michel Sidibé Clark and Sidibé explain how the Joint UN Programme on HIV/AIDS delivers results through strategic partnerships ... → Read More
Helen Clark
Helen Clark Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Helen Clark has remained a fixture on Forbes’ list of the World’s Most Powerful Women since her election as Prime Minister of her native New Zealand in 1999, coming in at 21 this year. She had already served as a member of Parliament for 18 years before being elected an impressive three times as Prime Minister, serving for nine… → Read More
The Hanoi Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference must strengthen our resolve to act
The world is in the midst of the biggest extinction of wildlife since the dinosaurs. As incredible as that may sound, these are the conclusions reached last month by the latest Living Planet Report produced by the World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London. It reveals that the global populations of fish, birds, mammals, amphibians, and reptiles have plummeted by a staggering 58 per… → Read More
The Deal Is Done. It's Time To Act on Climate Change
The world celebrated in December when a new global agreement on climate change was reached in Paris. Less than a year later, that agreement has entere... → Read More
A Trump Presidency Could Be Disastrous For Australia And The U.S. 'Pivot' To Asia
Former Australian Defense Minister Kim Beazley is especially concerned about the U.S. presidential nominee’s China plans. → Read More
World Leaders Have An Historic Opportunity To Support Migrants And Refugees
Two years ago, I traveled to the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. I met a Syrian refugee family there who had recently fled Raqqa. Unable to find regular work, t... → Read More
Illicit wildlife trafficking is about people
The evils of the international drug trade, weapons smuggling, and human trafficking are well known. Drug turf wars devastate neighbourhoods while addicts leave behind the shattered lives of their families. The illicit weapons trade arms terrorists, brutal militias, and street gangs, while people smugglers fill leaky boats with desperate refugees and brothels with enslaved sex workers. → Read More