“I think it is exciting that SIGHT is now taking the step into an exciting collaboration”
Dear friends, The open sea and the horizon of the Swedish west coast taught the famous Swedish troubadour Evert Taube to see far. He grew
“You must understand the past to understand the future”
Dear friend, Neither the future nor the past is far away from any of us, which is something the author and physicist Andri Snaer Magnason
“The prevailing climate crisis, biodiversity loss and pollution have been covered in a mist”
Dear friends, Right now we have the most dramatic challenges the world is facing, these are climate crisis, nuclear war, depletion of resources and inequalities,
”This is the perfect moment to discuss what kind of world we want”
Dear friends, 2021 was full of monumental events – and with most of 2022 still ahead of us, let’s hope for a less historical year and
”The international community needs to convince governments to do what is needed to reduce emissions rapidly”
Dear Global Health Friends, There are precious moments in life that gives energy forward. Meeting Deliang Chen, Professor in Physical Meteorology and a member of
“Now is the time to bring forward experiences from lessons learnt during the pandemic also in tackling other big global tasks”
Dear friends, In 1981 the world estimated more than 400,000 cases of polio worldwide due to a vast outbreak during the early years of that
“You have convinced us that we can contribute to transformation of global health”
Dear friends, Four marvellous and constructive years with the SIGHT Secretariat have truly enriched me with new dimensions both professionally and in my personal life, for
“The world needs more collaboration and partnerships – not less”
Dear friends, These are disruptive times. The pandemic is a wake-up call and has given the world some hard-won lessons about the position of health,
“The youth is leading the way”
It all begun in August 2018. Using a simple sign saying “School Strike for Climate” Greta Thunberg sat outside the Swedish Parliament to protest against
“Global megatrends need global solutions and empathic global leadership”
Dear reader, The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the world severely, causing suffering to millions of people. While the world is trying to tackle the pandemic,
“If we manage to stop the destructive exploitation of nature, we will also reduce the risk for future pandemics”
Dear reader, The future we want – the UN we need. This was the title of a virtual seminar a few weeks back celebrating the
“Gender equality is a key measure in finding evidences and true interlinkages between better health and peace”
Dear reader, The very start of this epic year 2020 and decade has been dramatic with tense geopolitical positions and with the number of people
“In this combat we cannot leave half of humanity outside our ambitions”
Dear friend, When I wrote my letter in October it was still with some confidence that COP25 would deliver, “simply because it had to”. But
“As Greta Thunberg says over and over again; listen to science”
Dear friends, Human activities, primarily burning of fossil fuels, have caused an increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations to levels probably higher than any time
“Right now, we have the largest generation of adolescents and young people in human history”
Dear reader, The world is holding its breath. Increased tension between the USA and Iran and sanctions against the Iranian people cause suffering and anxiety.
