Andries Verschelden

The most effective and most fun way to reduce anxiety in elementary and middle school students is the Let Grow Experience. Below is a 4 minute video about it, very moving. Parents: ask your kids' school to try it. It's free. Visit letgrow.org youtube.com/watch?v=zrlhZZ…

When people say we need to reduce the global population to deal with the environmental crisis, ask them if they are aware that the global population growth rate peaked 60 years ago and has been largely in sharp decline ever since.

The world is full of problems, which people are often very aware of. But most people have no idea about the many improvements we have visualized, and therefore they lose hope for the future and think the world is doomed. gapminder.org/i

We’re proud to be advancing #ESG solutions along with @CPAcom to empower the #accounting professional to serve this burgeoning business need! Read more about our #ESG Practice Development Program and accelerating your firms’ practice area >>>

Unusual sight at the @halfmoonbay beach this morning. Skipper is safe 💪🏻 @hmbreview

not many charts define the future, but here’s one that’s close.

When it comes to migration, one aspect that gets surprisingly little attention is the huge contribution migrants make through remittances to their countries of origin. These gifts, often sent to relatives or friends, are much higher than all of public international aid combined:

There is a persistent myth of "the happy poor". It's just that: a myth. While happiness and life satisfaction are of course driven by many other things as well, people in poor countries are on average much more unhappy. Economic growth matters. ourworldindata.org/grapher/gdp-vs…

Two centuries ago the majority of people was extremely poor, no matter where they were born. Back then it was widely believed that widespread poverty was inevitable. But this turned out to be wrong. Economic growth is possible. – from 'What is growth?' ourworldindata.org/what-is-econom…

The world has witnessed incredible poverty reduction in recent decades. *Never* in human history a smaller share of the population lived with less than the equivalent of $2.15 a day. In 1820 around 80% lived in extreme poverty. Today less than 10%.

Good morning with good news: The world is rapidly building the manufacturing base of 5 key technologies needed to reach Net Zero by 2050. Manufacturing capacity year-on-year grew for batteries (72%), solar (39%), electrolysers (26%) & heat pumps (13%). iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/baa765a…

Good News on Trachoma in Benin & Mali, deforestation in Brazil, & river restoration in Paris. Plus: elimination of elephantiasis in Bangladesh, women's rights in China, homicide in the US, conservation in Costa Rica, platypus re-wilding in Australia futurecrunch.com/good-news-trac…

The ozone layer holes have stopped growing and are starting to close. They were caused by human emissions of ozone-depleting substances. But the world came together, and those emissions have been reduced by >99%. Read more on our redesigned topic page: ourworldindata.org/ozone-layer

"Life expectancy & GDP continue to tick upwards ... Around the world, people are better fed, more literate and spend more years in education than ever before. If all of this sounds like news to you, that might be the news’s fault rather than yours." thetimes.co.uk/article/the-ti…

@KurtVansteeland @italbers Excuse me? Niet nodig om de pitchforks and torches boven te halen.

Belastingbetaler stut vermogende klanten van roekeloze bank: im Westen nichts Neues. tijd.be/ondernemen/ban…

@andrewrsorkin Should depositors of the 19th largest bank in the country not be bailed out? How does it matter which industry the depositors represent?

It is a bailout. Not like 2008. But it is a bailout of the venture capital community + their portfolio companies (their investments). That’s the depositor base of SVB. It is the right thing to do in the moment, but there will be ramifications + new regs. VC’s should say thank you

Fascinating essay: jonathanhaidt.substack.com/p/mental-healt…

Current market + regulatory + stakeholder pressures promise to make it a pivotal year for #ESG. Here's what we're anticipating in the coming months ➡️ hubs.ly/Q01zDqxJ0

Companies are increasingly turning to their #accountants to address #ESG and wrangle the related data → hubs.ly/Q01y-tjh0

In 2022, we - reversed organ death in pigs - made the first embryo from stem cells - made a pan-influenza vaccine - saw the beginning of time - got best-ever results from cancer & obesity therapy trials - maybe cracked the case of multiple sclerosis theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…