by Chiara Rusconi | Jul 16, 2026 | Opinion
Africa’s supposed choice between conservation and development is not natural. It is inherited. For decades, the continent has been asked to choose between protecting its natural wealth and pursuing the economic growth its people deserve. Under this framing, protected...
by Chiara Rusconi | Jul 2, 2026 | no limit, Uncategorized
How a group of women in Dakar transformed learning into livelihoods Weesuwul began as a four-month digital literacy programme for women in the suburbs of Dakar and gradually grew into a wider journey of empowerment. Through collaborative learning, public speaking and...
by Chiara Rusconi | May 27, 2026 | Opinion
In the world I work in, we are very good at modelling change. We simulate carbon prices, energy transitions, trade flows and sectoral impacts. We estimate how emissions evolve, how economies respond and which sectors expand or contract under different policy...
by Chiara Rusconi | Apr 15, 2026 | Opinion
We humans live by the stories by which we know each other and our relationship to the people and place where we live. At the deepest level, our stories answer three primal questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? And what purpose are...
by Chiara Rusconi | Mar 30, 2026 | Opinion
What if floods and droughts are not where our problems begin, but where they finally become visible? Before floods wash away homes or droughts empty our fields, something deeper has already gone wrong. The problems we see are rarely the place where they begin. They...
