--- description: We need an international environmental criminal court, can Facebook ever truly be a neutral platform and more. title: We Need an International Environmental Criminal Court image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Five Best Ideas](/tag/five-best-ideas/) ## Five Best Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # We Need an International Environmental Criminal Court by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 30, 2017 4:00 PM CUT by [The Aspen Institute](/author/the-aspen-institute/) ## The Aspen Institute Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 30, 2017 4:00 PM CUT **1\.** [**We need an international environmental criminal court.**](https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/international-criminal-court-for-environment-by-phyllis-omido-2017-05 "undefined") By Phyllis Omido in _Project Syndicate_ **2\.** [**Can Facebook ever truly be a neutral platform?**](https://psmag.com/news/how-facebook-sees-the-world "undefined") By Jared Keller in _Pacific Standard_ **3\.** [**We can’t afford to ignore the national security dimension of education.**](http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/education/334943-when-education-is-an-ignored-national-security-matter "undefined") By Mohamed Abdel-Kader in the _Hill_ **4\.** [**In the age of streaming, we may never know which pop star is the biggest in the world.**](https://qz.com/988478/we-no-longer-know-who-the-biggest-pop-star-in-the-world-is/ "undefined") By Amy X. Wang in _Quartz_ **5\.** [**To take artificial intelligence to the next level, we need to figure out how to make machines curious.**](https://www.technologyreview.com/s/607886/curiosity-may-be-vital-for-truly-smart-ai/ "undefined") By Will Knight in _MIT Technology Review_  [_The Aspen Institute_](http://www.aspeninstitute.org/ "undefined") _is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4797700/we-need-an-international-environmental-criminal-court/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4797700/we-need-an-international-environmental-criminal-court/"},"headline":"We Need an International Environmental Criminal Court","datePublished":"2017-05-30T16:00:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:58:48.296Z","description":"These are today's best ideas","url":"https://time.com/4797700/we-need-an-international-environmental-criminal-court/","keywords":["Five Best Ideas","Environment","Innovation","Education","Music","facebook","AI"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"The Aspen Institute","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/the-aspen-institute/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/five-best-ideas/","name":"Five Best Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4797700/we-need-an-international-environmental-criminal-court/","name":"We Need an International Environmental Criminal Court"}}]}] ```