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Torsten Thiele Experts gathered in Bermuda for the first Ocean Risk Summit, which aims to improve understanding of ocean risks and unlock blue capital The global ocean is changing rapidly, with significant and increasing impacts on marine ecosystems, human lives and economies. Assessing the impacts

Business , Environment , Resources , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Waste / 05/16/2018

Almost everything you know about e-waste is wrong

Josh Lepawsky Waste arises ubiquitously, but unevenly, throughout the lives of electronics, not only when users discard their devices. No amount of post-consumer recycling can recoup the waste generated before consumers purchase their devices. Many of us think we know what electronic waste is becaus

Biodiversity , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Food , Forests , Migration / 05/14/2018

Climate change could put food supply for migratory birds at risk

Augusta Dwyer Along with rising sea levels and disrupted weather patterns, climate change could also have a potentially harmful impact on migratory birds. That finding comes from a new study carried out by ornithologists at Cornell University, recently published in Ecology Letters. The study used c

Environment , Governance , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/10/2018

HydroConference: a very urgent need to improve water management

A three-day conference on hydrological services therefore sought to address the urgent need to improve forecasting, management and use of water supplies and to tackle the problem of too much, too little or too polluted water. The HydroConference, from 7 to 9 May in Geneva, brought together 215 pr

Cities , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 05/04/2018

Asian Cities pollute our Seas the most, must act together to curb it!

Eight of the ten rivers, that carry almost 95 percent of all the plastic debris into the Seas, are from Asia. Ganges and Indus are among them. A recent scientific study has this shocking revelation to make. Researchers from the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ of Germany hav

Aid , Energy , Sustainable Development / 05/01/2018

Solar Project to Restore Electricity to a Million Yemenis signed by WB and UNOPS

The World Bank and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) signed an agreement for a US$50 million project to improve access to electricity in rural and peri-urban areas in Yemen. The Yemen Emergency Electricity Access Project will be funded by a grant form IDA — the World Bank f

Environment , Events , Governance , Sustainable Development , Water / 04/25/2018

Tribunals alone can’t save dying rivers in India: Experts

The 2nd Odisha River Conference organised on April 22 and 23 by Water Initiatives Odisha (WIO) and Mahanadi River Waterkeeper, along with about 25 partner organisations, concluded with a strong message asking governments to recognise the Rivers’ Right to Life in line with that enjoyed by Indian ci

Cities , Climate , Environment , Forests , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 04/24/2018

Building a forest in the heart of Karachi

Zofeen T. Ebrahim The Japanese method of mimicking nature, and growing forests in the heart of the city, is being picked up in Pakistan, India and elsewhere as a way to combat the rising heat that is strangling the residents of big cities As temperatures rise globally, and urbanisation pushes people

Biodiversity , Disasters , Environment , Forests , Sustainable Development / 04/22/2018

Open destruction in the Colombian Amazon after FARC’s exit

Esteban Montaño/Semana Sostenible In 2015, 24,142 hectares of forest were lost, which is almost 20 percent of Colombia’s total forested area in that year. The main driving forces of the deforestation are the expansion of the agricultural industry to make room for cattle, along with the commercia

Energy , Environment , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Transport / 04/20/2018

The electric vehicle boom is coming. What can we learn from early adopters?

Andy Balaskovitz From tiered electric rates to equitable taxes, experienced communities have a lot to teach when it comes to managing the anticipated influx of EVs. Two years ago, Michigan’s largest utility, Consumers Energy, sought state approval to build a US$15 million electric vehicle chargi

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