Check here periodically for news and resources about the issues we work on and the Skoll Global Threats Fund.
Articles
- The Guardian – Climate Disasters Displace Millions Worldwide - 5/22/13
- Scientific America – Why You Should Worry About a Case of Polio in Somalia - 05/17/13
- New York Times – A Visit to Yemen's Zoo - 5/15/13
- Washington Post – Maybe We Should Talk About Climate Change - 5/13/13
- New York Times – The Next Contagion: Closer Than You Think - 5/10/13
- Washington Post – World Bank Turns to Hydropower to Square Development with Climate Change - 5/9/13
- Washington Post – Carbon Tax is Best Option Congress Has - 5/8/13
- Politico – Public Anxious on Climate, to a Point - 5/7/13
- New York Magazine – Why Obama Might Actually Be the Environmental President - 5/6/13
- Economist – Unburnable Fuel - 5/3/13
- MIT Technology Review – Big Data from Cheap Phones - 5/2/13
- USA Today – When Rain, Rain Won't Go Away - 5/1/13
- Christian Science Monitor – Better Fuel Economy Matters to More Consumers, Survey Finds - 4/30/13
- Foreign Policy – The Big One? - 04/26/13
- Medical Daily – New Handheld Device Detects Counterfeit Anti-Malarial Drugs - 4/25/13
- Al- Jazeera – Pakistan Farmers Grapple with Climate Change - 4/24/13
- Scientific American – Lessons from Smallpox Guide Polio Endgame - 4/23/12
- CNN – Ending Pandemics: How Close Are We? - 4/19/13
- Wall Street Journal – U.S. Urged to Hold Talks with Iran - 4/17/13
Skoll Global Threats Fund in the Media
- New York Times – Steve Jobs' Widow Debuts on Philanthropic Stage - 05/17/13
- Medical Daily – New Handheld Device Detects Counterfeit Anti-Malarial Drugs - 4/25/13
- Scientific American – Lessons from Smallpox Guide Polio Endgame - 4/23/12
- CNN – Ending Pandemics: How Close Are We? - 4/19/13
- Wall Street Journal – Climate Change Is The Risk That Increases All Others 3/26/13
- Forbes – World Water Day 2013: Water as a Catalyst for Peace 3/22/13
- WSJ Live – Solving Environmental Threats 3/21/13
- TakePart – Think This Year's Flu Was Bad? Next Year's May Be Worse 3/7/13
- Center for Climate and Security – Climate Change and Security in South Asia
- Los Angeles Times – TED 2013: Larry Brilliant Reflects On Impact Of His TED Prize 2/28/13
- Stanford Social Innovation Review – 50 Years of Social Change 2/26/13
- Huffington Post – 10,000 Watchdogs Stand Guard Against The Flu 11/14/12
- The Daily Climate – Tread Carefully Linking Extreme Weather To The Climate Crisis 11/12/12
- SSIR – Blinded By Urgency 11/9/12
- MIT Technology Review – Repeating History 10/24/12
- Forbes – Why Ebay Billionaire Jeff Skoll Is Backing The FluNearYou Initiative 11/6/12
- MIT Technology Review – Pakistan Uses Smartphone Data To Head Off Dengue Outbreak 11/1/12
- Sacramento Bee – SVU, Touch And Up All Night Take Top Honors In Sentinel For Health Awards 9/20/12
- The Atlantic – Is Water the World's Next Global Security Threat? 7/2/12
- Forbes – The Innovator's Intent: Skoll Foundation Evolves Strategy, Drives Change 6/27/12
- The Globe and Mail – Meet the Canadian Billionaire Who's Giving it All Away 5/30/12
- Huffington Post – The Inspirationals: Jeff Skoll, Doubling Down on Things That Work 5/25/12
- Forbes – Expert: "Pakistan is the Most Dangerous Country on Earth" 5/9/12
- Rotman Magazine – Thought Leader Interview: Larry Brilliant 4/26/12
- How To Make A Difference – Larry Brilliant 3/30/12
Press Releases
Video
- WSJ Live – Solving Environmental Threats 3/21/13
- 2013 Delhi Sustainable Development Summit – Larry Brilliant Keynote on Regional Climate Security 1/31/13
- Oxford Martin School – Larry Brilliant – Can We Eliminate Major Worldwide Pandemics 10/22/12
- Larry Brilliant Keynote at the Dreamforce 2013 Conference 10/1/12
- Rockefeller Foundation Centennial Event – Larry Brilliant on pandemics and risk (start at 17:15) 4/23/12
- Skoll World Forum – Catastrophic Risks and Threats to the Global Commons 3/30/12
- TakePart – Eric Nonacs: You can see climate change if you're looking 11/23/11
- Jeff Skoll to Receive 2011 Tech Awards Global Humanitarian Award 10/20/11
- Larry Brilliant at the Global Zero Summit 10/11/11
- Sylvia Lee Waxes Wishfully on Water 03/31/11
- Jeff Skoll Stanford Graduate School of Business Commencement Speech 06/12/10
