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Vivek K.Singh Challenges, even threats, remain in the accountability of supply chains, notably in the apparel industry. This is what Vivek K.Singh, a sustainability expert living in India, tells Your Public Value today. Although five years have passed since Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza tragedy tha

Cities , Featured , Governance , Sustainable Development , Water / 07/12/2018

Mahathir picks a water fight with Singapore

Nile Bowie Malaysian premier says a decades-old, fixed rate supply contract is ‘too costly’ and ‘ridiculous’ while the rich city-state maintains that a deal is a deal In resource-scarce Singapore, water is sacrosanct. Water security has long been a perennial concern for the o

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Food , Sustainable Development / 07/09/2018

Aquaculture is source of 53 % of all global fish consumption

Global fish production will continue to expand over the next decade even though the amount of fish being captured in the wild has levelled off and aquaculture’s previously explosive growth is now slowing, says a new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). T

Cities , Environment , Governance , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 07/06/2018

Cities can lead Inter-state cooperation needed to clean up India’s polluted Rivers

There is no policy in India that promotes a holistic approach to conservation of our rivers. We depend on several institutions to safeguard our rivers, that are degrading fast with increased pollution load most of which comes from our cities. Pollution, a great threat to our rivers, however, does no

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Sustainable Development / 07/03/2018

Strengthen local forest rights for best climate solutions

Ranjan K Panda India needs to proactively include indigenous communities and forest dwellers in its efforts to restore and expand forest cover to sequester carbon, and not exclude them from forestry management In India, a new wave of admiration about our traditional knowledge has emerged in public d

Aid , Climate , Data & Reports , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/30/2018

World Meteorological Organization steps up action on water

The World Meteorological Organization is revamping its strategy on water in order to face up to the unprecedented challenges posed by water stress, floods and droughts and lack of access to clean supplies. WMO Executive Council held a special one-day dialogue on water as part of a concerted drive to

Data & Reports , Health , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/29/2018

icddr,b conducts first ever household level tracking of cholera transmission in Dhaka

Farasha Bashir/icddr,b Bangladesh’s capital – Dhaka – is classified as hyper-endemic as the city experiences two seasonal outbreaks of cholera every year. In spite of the constant threat of this disease, an exploration of the diverse V.cholerae strains percolating in this environment a

Biodiversity , Forests , Health / 06/28/2018

Deadly measles epidemic hits isolated Yanomami tribe

A measles epidemic has hit an isolated Amazon tribe on the Brazil-Venezuela border which has very little immunity to the disease. The devastating outbreak has the potential to kill hundreds of tribespeople unless emergency action is taken. The Yanomami communities where the outbreak has occurred a

Education , Environment , Resources , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 06/26/2018

Lewis Pugh to swim across the English Channel to raise awareness for ocean protection

Endurance swimmer and UN Environment Patron of the Oceans Lewis Pugh announced his plans to swim the entire length of the English Channel – his longest distance ever – to draw attention to the urgent need for ocean protection. He will be the first person to ever attempt to swim the whole length

Data & Reports , Environment , Health , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/25/2018

Uranium ‘widespread’ in India’s groundwater

M. Sreelata Excessive withdrawal of groundwater across India is not only lowering the water table, it is also contaminating water with uranium. According to a study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, uranium contamination is “an emerging and widespread phenomenon”. I

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