Chandran Nair

Chandran Nair is the founder and CEO of the Global Institute for Tomorrow, and his latest book is The Sustainable State: The Future of Government, Economy and Society. He is a member of the executive committee of the Club of Rome.

An aerial view of the BASECO Compound, Manila's largest slum area, on April 3, 2020 in Manila, Philippines.

Megacities Are Not the Future. They Are Inhumane and Unsustainable

The pandemic has sharply highlighted the inequality that defines big cities...

The pandemic has sharply highlighted the inequality that defines big cities and emphasized their unsustainability

Rakib works in a parts-making shop in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on June 17, 2015. Children in Bangladesh are often employed to do hard manual labor

The Developed World Is Missing the Point About Modern Slavery

Many commentators see slavery as something that happens in developing econo...

Many commentators see slavery as something that happens in developing economies. But the Western world is highly culpable

Indonesian firefighters extinguish fire on a vast burning peatland forest in Jabiren Raya district in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province on Borneo island on Sept. 24, 2015

Solving Southeast Asia's Choking Haze Will Require Massive Agricultural Change

Indonesia's forest fires are a perfect example of economics at war with nat...

Indonesia's forest fires are a perfect example of economics at war with nature

Chandran Nair

Megacities Are Not the Future. They Are Inhumane and Unsustainable

The Developed World Is Missing the Point About Modern Slavery

Solving Southeast Asia's Choking Haze Will Require Massive Agricultural Change

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