Today’s Solutions: May 16, 2026

The countries of the world to set ambitious (and perhaps impossible) goals for fixing our planet and society by 2030. By 2030, the world will be a vastly better and perhaps unrecognizable place. At least it will be if you believe that the world can even partly meet the United Nations’ new Global Goals—a set of 17 lofty targets that world leaders have agreed will set the development agenda for the next 15 years. The…

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