COVID-19 is a horrible global crisis. Yet, like previous horrible global crises, including WWI and WWII, it also presents an opportunity and an obligation to rebuild our global society to adapt to changing conditions. The question is: what kind of change trajectory do we want? One comparable to WWI’s vindictive Treaty of Versailles or one […]
Author Archives: Debra Roberts
Debra Roberts founded and heads the Environmental Planning and Climate Protection Department of eThekwini Municipality, Durban, South Africa. Her key responsibilities in this post include overseeing the planning and protection of the city’s biodiversity and natural resource base, directing and developing the municipality’s Climate Protection Programme, and ensuring that biodiversity and climate change considerations influence all aspects of planning and development in the city.