From the report 'Beyond the Horizon: Priorities for a Livable Future', this chapter focuses on solidarity as a liberating force, making responsible innovation and human rights into living reality.| navigatornews.substack.com
Largest single day of organized protest in US history demands public officials honor the Constitution, not follow unlawful orders & defend the rights of all people, without exception.| The Navigator
Loss of the mountain glaciers is a tipping point we do not talk about enough. Fresh water, agriculture, stability of infrastructure, human health, all depend on something that is disappearing.| The Navigator
Small holder farmers produce 80% of the world's food supply, but have the least earning power & economic security. Innovation in tech & cooperative financing can create jobs & improve food security.| The Navigator
Whether you celebreate Indigenous Peoples Day or Columbus Day, or both, we must remember—for moral clarity & future wellbeing—that Indigenous cultures kept the hemisphere ecologically vibrant.| The Navigator
We need better ways of including those affected by policy in the process of decision-making. Thorny problems of polycrisis demand human-centered, participatory processes, and civic renewal.| The Navigator
Nobel Peace Prize awared to María Corina Machado, who leads pro-democracy efforts in Venezuela| The Navigator
When a nation stops trying to achieve sustainable development & climate resilience, it starts a perilous slide into preventable cost. To avoid decline, it is vital to support & mobilize climate data.| The Navigator
A lot of the venom in American political rhetoric could be dissolved if more people understood that being liberal does not mean opposing conservative values. It means freedom is for everyone.| navigatornews.substack.com
Historic GA faced urgent questions on multilateral system reform, climate, biodiversity, and sustainability, overcoming deadly non-communicable diseases, and addressing the horrors of conflict.| The Navigator
Report from States Newsroom looks at impasse in Congress, more than 700,000 workers to be furloughed, effects on public services & the wider U.S. economy.| The Navigator
While metaphors linking artificial intelligence to human intelligence can be useful, we risk serious harm to core functions of society if we let ourselves believe machines can "know" & "think".| The Navigator
The climate is a geophysical reality. If we emit too much global heating pollution, we will lose critical stabilizing structures of the Earth system & face destabilizing cost, disruption & scarcity.| The Navigator
UN Climate Summit sees new commitments to low-carbon development & Nature restoration; read a special preview of the 2025 Reinventing Prosperity Report on transcending crisis.| The Navigator
SG cites five 'critical choices' facing humanity. Trump spreads disinformation. Unchecked climate change will have devastating costs. Climate diplomat calls for morally driven climate finance.| The Navigator
Security Council to discuss Russian warplanes in Estonia; GA needs to jump start polycrisis response & cooperation; UN reforms being considered; Trump issues unlawful order to prosecute rivals.| navigatornews.substack.com
We are living through a time of intersecting crises that compound each other's effects. This changes the meaning of decisions large and small in ways institutions may not be prepared for.| navigatornews.substack.com
Nations that advance science live better. People are freer and safer; economies are stronger; incomes expand; national defense is enhanced. Defunding science undermines U.S. leadership.| The Navigator
Complex ecological balance defines our hyper-technological culture; just 19 resilience parameters reveal 121 quadrillion permutations. New institutions & insight-sharing standards are still emerging.| The Navigator
A new study confirms banned pesticide have been found in clouds, including far from areas where they are permitted or used. Some may be residues of pesticides applied years ago.| The Navigator
The assassination of Charlie Kirk has raised fears across the country about surging political violence. We cannot accept violence as an answer to political disagreement.| The Navigator
Russian military drones entered Polish airspace overnight, forcing closure of 4 airports; NATO jets were scrambled to support Poland's defense, and Russian drones were shot down.| The Navigator
Infrastructure—built, informational, policy-related, and services—shape local adaptive capacity, livability, security & opportunity. Across the world, risk & resilience are starting to be quantified.| navigatornews.substack.com
40 researchers from tech firms developing advanced AI systems have released a paper warning we may soon be unable to trace 'chain of thought' leading to AI outputs, including high-stakes decisions.| navigatornews.substack.com
Reducing the availability of insights about geophysical conditions (climate and weather) puts people, infrastructure, and entire local economies at risk. Climate & weather services need investment.| navigatornews.substack.com
Stock surges & collapses, legislation that might contravene the Constitution, intellectual property disputes, manipulative & demeaning 'behavior' by bots—now is the time to ask serious questions.| navigatornews.substack.com
Human security depends on our ability to reduce risk & establish resilient conditions in local communities, while providing systems that alert us to danger & accelerate emergency response.| navigatornews.substack.com
The Supreme Court has granted a stay that allows potentially irreparable harm to go forward, without judicial review; the dissenting opinion points to legal standards to correct course.| navigatornews.substack.com
In its flagship Recipe for a Livable Planet report, the World Bank found that| navigatornews.substack.com
The assassination of public officials is never acceptable. Our best chance for a livable future is constructive, ongoing civic engagement, open to all and operating beyond ideological grievance.| navigatornews.substack.com
Warning of a looming hunger catastrophe that will affect every region of the world, 153 winners of Nobel Prizes and the World Food Prize are calling for major investment in new food systems research.| navigatornews.substack.com
