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Oxford researchers say acute poverty could be eradicated in some of the poorest countries by 2033. A United Nations report says extreme poverty could swallow up 3.1 billion by 2050. How do we reconcile these claims? [Continue]

Space may be the Final Frontier, but it is also a textbook case of the Tragedy of the Commons. [Continue]

S&S is excited to announce a new partnership with the Harvard Environmental Law Review (HELR), the nation's premier publication on environmental law. We hope to expand our coverage of the legal dimensions of sustainability issues, and to share perspectives across the disciplinary spectrum. [Continue]

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