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Opinion: Current proposals to plant trees to fight climate change are badly misguided

William John Bond Reforestation and afforestation can play a role in reducing carbon emissions — but “what” and “where” are critical considerations Tree planting is a popular strategy for reducing carbon in the atmosphere to help combat global warming. But is it being thought through suffi

Delhi air pollution: Environmental crisis must be seen in conjunction with politics for effective solutions

If things continue in the present manner, India will have all the top 10 slots for the most polluted cities in the world; Delhi, despite its international infamy in the global hall of pollution, is not even in the top 10 in India itself, judging by Central Pollution Control Board data The pollution

Work less to save the planet? How to make sure a four-day week actually cuts emissions

Anupam Nanda, University of Reading Several reports and commentators have identified various ways a four-day week could reduce our carbon footprint. 10% reduction in work hours may lead to declines in ecological footprint, carbon footprint, and CO₂ emissions The idea of a four-day working week is

Our Accountability for the SDGs

Jindra Cekan Accountability: Are we responsible for meeting the SDGs? Yes, personally and by programming for more sustainability In a 2014 article about mutual accountability for the SDGs, Dr. Paul Zeitz states that “Sustainable development is the most urgent challenge facing humanity. The fu

A Cape Town lesson for Chennai and other Indian cities facing Day Zero

Day Zero is not necessarily the day when water availability will be zero.  In reality, the kind of water crisis our cities are already in, the Cape Town kind of measures need to be adopted with immediate effect.  On the 1st of August as I landed at Chennai airport, I was expecting some big

Uncertain future for Slovakia’s development funds

Dana Marekova The Slovak government does not seem to understand the difference between export promotion and development aid, as it proposes to lump the two under one institution, Eximbanka SR Despite the mounting concerns about blended finance, Slovakia’s export-credit agency (ECA) Eximb

Amazon fires: Solutions lie beyond nationalist politics, a new green vision must be global in scope

The world is suffering from a crisis of politics. The old ideas have collapsed and the new ideas enjoying an unchallenged run almost everywhere are variations on the twin themes of nationalism and economic development. There is a need and a space for a new global politics of opposition, and the colo

Poor governance in the Pacific: the forgotten issue

Stephen Howes The World Bank publishes annual updates of its list of fragile states and ten Pacific nations are included in the Bank’s annual fragility assessment exercise. Six are rated fragile. There was a time when Australia lectured the Pacific. John Howard said in 2004 that Austra

VERTICAL FARMING – PROVIDING PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO URBAN CITY CHALLENGES

Ratan Deep Some estimates state that in 50 yrs 70% of the world population will be in “cities”, around 7 billion mouths to feed with a challenging food supply, what if farming moves from its traditional country side towards urban cities. Scientists has been working for this future to address foo

Let’s redefine public spaces, let’s bring back urban forests

There are two important ways in which we can bring in lasting change in the way cities develop: forestry and conservation of water bodies.  The more these resources we have in our cities, the more will be our ability to make the cities grow sustainably while fighting with the impacts of climate

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