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
Judges finds Trump acted illegally when attempting to cancel $2.6 billion in research funds for Harvard, in effort to coerce the university into political and viewpoint compliance.| 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
20 years after Katrina, we are still assimilating vital information about compounding risk & resilience. Cities & regions need to identify rooted, relevant climate risk accounting & invest early.| The Navigator
Finance is a projection of value considerations into the future; it structures supply chains, commercial enterprise & local economies. Finance will get greener as data makes clear the value added.| The Navigator
At least 641,000 people are now subject to famine conditions in Gaza, with famine expected to spread to 1.98 million| The Navigator
Trump admin wants to change the meaning of 'harm' to allow most of the kinds of harm the Endangered Species Act explicitly aims to prevent. The Constitution & the letter of the law make this unlawful.| The Navigator
Fossil fuels receive $7 trillion per year in direct & indirect subsidy support, globally. No clean energy source has ever been given comparable support, despite far lower costs & greater benefits.| The Navigator
More than 80,000 chemicals are in circulation in the U.S. economy. On average, 7 new chemicals are introduced every day. Many have never been proven safe or even properly tested for toxic effects.| The Navigator
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
Brazil Congress passes "devastation bill"; EPA to close research office; widely banned herbicide is 2nd most used in U.S.; Texas authorities underfunded flood defenses, despite known need.| 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
When heavily armed ICE agents raided a youth baseball practice, the coach had to remind them that the Bill of Rights applies in all cases. Fundamental rights cannot be erased or ignored.| 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
'Out of control' federal government assaults sitting senator, grabs people off streets in unmarked vans, threatens to send military after protesters. Judge finds President acted illegally.| 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