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Alex Evans
Alex Evans is founder of Larger Us, which explores how we can use psychology to reduce political tribalism and polarisation, a senior fellow at New York University, and author of The Myth Gap: What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren’t Enough? (Penguin, 2017).
He is a former Campaign Director of the 50 million member global citizen’s movement Avaaz, special adviser to two UK Cabinet Ministers, climate expert in the UN Secretary-General’s office, and was Research Director for the Business Commission on Sustainable Development.
Alex lives with his wife and two children in Yorkshire.
Sustainable Development Goals – a useful outcome from Rio+20?
Recent months have seen increasing interest in the idea that Rio+20 could be the launch pad for a new set of ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ (SDGs). But what...
Piracy: the new aid
OK, OK, that's not quite what Chatham House are saying in their new report Treasure Mapped: Using Satellite Imagery to Track the Developmental Effects of...
The UN: ready for action, 24/7/365
Equal parts diplomat and advocate, civil servant and CEO, the Secretary-General is a symbol of United Nations ideals and a spokesman for the interests of the...
Everybody calm down about the Straits of Hormuz
As everyone starts to freak out about what it would mean for the UK - with its high gas import dependency on Qatar and low gas storage capacity - if Iran...
What happens when progressives cede the “morals and values” ground
Key point: Over the last few decades the religious Right has dominated the mainstream discussion around “morals and values” in the United States. Claiming to...
Riot police become part of Occupy Portland (unintentionally)
This account of tactical innovation at Occupy Portland is pretty funny: We occupied the park and set up a few tents and facilities to serve food and coffee....
They can’t both be right
The Economist's World in 2012 publication captures one of the big uncertainties for next year - and this one's a straight either / or, they say: Somebody is...
The Overview Effect
“As the Declaration of Independence laid the groundwork for the [US] Constitution, so the commission’s report lays the foundation for the constitution of a...
Dmitry Medvedev’s potty mouth
From Reuters, this little gem: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev caused shock and jeers on Wednesday after an obscene insult directed at political opponents...
The Conservative Party: the political wing of the hedge fund industry
Some wag was on Twitter earlier this week, observing that if, during the 1980s, the media used to refer to Sinn Fein as “the political wing of the IRA”, then...
Ken Rogoff: is modern capitalism sustainable?
That's what people keep asking former IMF Chief Economist Ken Rogoff, apparently. But, he observes, It is a curious question, because it seems to presume that...
UC Davis Chancellor runs gamut of protestors after pepper spray incident
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Presidential debate fail
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Okaay
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The US Presidential motorcade: your cut-out-and-keep guide
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US carbon emissions down 7% in 4 years; UK material consumption in decline since 2001
Surprising news from the US via Lester Brown: Between 2007 and 2011, carbon emissions from coal use in the United States dropped 10 percent. During the same...
UNFCCC: try not to laugh
Brand identity is important for a high-profile global agency. Your logo tells your stakeholders who you are, what you stand for, and where you're going. It's...
Sloppy journalism time
Oh dear. From today's Observer (for non-Brits, that's the Sunday edition of the Guardian): The United Nations will warn this week that the...
21 years ahead of its time
A 1989 article on ‘the global teenager’ in Whole Earth Review was way ahead of its time in identifying the crux of what today’s youth bulge means for global change
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