The climate is, indeed, changing. But the term is far too mild to describe the existential threat to the planet that these changes pose.

Why is the Trump administration dispensing with expert advisory panels? One CIA panel of historians, says Robert Jervis, was suspended after tensions arose over a new policy that appeared to reduce the amount of material being declassified.

Joseph Stiglitz is a big fan of New Zealand’s “well-being budget,” but also believes much more needs to be done to tackle tax avoidance, inequality, and the widespread sense that “something’s wrong.”

Steven Cohen writes California is leading the way to our environmental future with its favorable compromise with four auto manufacturers over auto mileage standards. 

John Battelle has announced a new video journalism project in collaboration with John Heilemann. 

In India, providing eyeglasses to everyone who needs them could help the country pursue large-scale manufacturing, raise productivity in general, improve learning outcomes, and even reduce deaths, writes Arvind Panagariya.

When the dust settles, we will once again find that California is leading the way to our environmental future, writes Steve Cohen.

Now in its second year, initiative is the brainchild of Jason Healey, director of SIPA’s Initiative on the Future of Cyber Risk.