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Women and girls make up over half of the world’s IDPs, 5 million IDPs are living with disabilities, an estimated 2.6 million are elderly, and over 30.5 million are children and youth. As world governments sharpen their negotiation skills to bargain for better deals for their respective countries a

Climate , Environment , Resources , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Videos / 11/02/2021

How We Fix the Climate: Solutions

vlogbrothers We should act as if this is an emergency, because it is. But part of that is understanding the tools and strategies countries are using to decarbonize and stabilize the climate. This is work that’s already being done. We have already decoupled economic growth from the emission of

Cities , Climate , Corruption , Data & Reports , Environment , Governance , Monitoring , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 10/31/2021

Sewage pollution: our research reveals the scale of England’s growing problem

Sarah Purnell, University of Brighton and James Edward Ebdon, University of Brighton The UK has around 1,500 individual river systems, totalling over 200,000 km in length. It’s common for sewers here to accept both untreated human waste and rain water in a combined system. Water and sewerage compa

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Food , Forests , Opinions , Resources , Science & Technology , SDGs , Soil , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 10/28/2021

Can Unconventional Land be the Hope to Support Our Food Security

Indonesia has a vast tract of suboptimal land that is rarely used as land for agriculture because it is considered to have low productivity – it is often infertile, marginal, low potential, poor in resources, degraded and difficult to cultivate for productive agricultural land Why do we need to lo

Biodiversity , Energy , Environment , Forests , Governance , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 10/23/2021

Could the Yarlung Tsangpo canyon be China’s next big national park?

Shi Yi Experts say the river’s Grand Canyon area, a haven for many species, should be designated a national park to show China’s commitment to protecting biodiversity he Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon is a dream destination for many biologists and explorers, its forests a constant source of sighti

Aid , Climate , Disasters , Food , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 10/14/2021

Climate crisis is fuelling an unprecedented food and hunger crisis

The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fuelled by the climate crisis if urgent global action to help communities adapt to climatic shocks and stresses is ignored, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warns ahead of World Food Day, on 16 October. A WFP analysis shows that a 2°C r

Cities , Climate , Disasters , Energy , Environment , Resources , Science & Technology , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 10/07/2021

The future of water in the US West is uncertain, so planning and preparedness are critical

Sharon Udasin Water authorities in the Western U.S. don’t know what the future will bring, but they are working collaboratively and with scientific rigor to make sure they’re prepared for anything In a thirsty Western United States that has become increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather event

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Resources , Sustainable Development / 10/05/2021

Frequent fires in Sundarban mangrove forests in Bangladesh: Who’s to blame?

Sadia Mahjabin Imam Over the past two decades there have been 24 fires in the Sundarbans. Inquiry committees come up with reports in due time, but the recommendations remain the same, implying that the recommendations are not being implemented. It did not take long for the fire that swept through Da

Biodiversity , Climate , Data & Reports , Economy , Environment , Forests , Governance , Resources , SDGs , Soil , Sustainable Development / 09/29/2021

Every year, vanishing forests in Africa results in 3 % GDP loss

With the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration underway, review finds successes and many challenges ahead to restore Africa’s degraded lands and improve livelihoods The first ever stocktake of restoring Africa’s forests and landscapes, launched during Africa Climate Week, shows that more needs to b

Biodiversity , Cities , Climate , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Opinions , Resources , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/28/2021

How to meet climate and SDG goals together for cities

Each city should have two plans ready within a year. One, a SDG plan and two, a climate action plan Cities are growing by leaps and bounds. Currently, almost 55 percent of the global population lives in cities. This figure is estimated to grow to 68 percent by 2050. In this decade, which is also

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