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Rich nations vaccinating one person every second while majority of the poorest nations are yet to give a single dose One year on from the declaration of the COVID-19 pandemic, the People’s Vaccine Alliance is warning that developing countries are facing critical shortages of oxygen and medical sup

COVID-19 , Education , Food , Gender , Health , Human Rights , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 03/09/2021

Why tackling malnutrition is key to women’s empowerment

Emma Feutl Kent & Atalanti Moquette Now is the time to commit to women and girl’s nutrition, advocates urge on International Women’s Day. Disruptions to food and health systems because of COVID-19 are causing rates of malnutrition to rise substantially. Experts predict that severe hunger aro

Aid , Cities , Governance , Human Rights , Resources , Sanitation , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 03/08/2021

Why South Africa needs a new water agency

Mike Muller Water infrastructure takes many years to plan and build and needs to be structured as a multi-year operation. But the planning and expenditure of government departments, like the Department of Water and Sanitation, is still controlled through annual budgets. These do not support a multi-

Data & Reports , Education , Featured , Governance , Human Rights , Monitoring , Sustainable Development / 03/04/2021

Internet shutdowns shatter dreams, endanger lives

From Belarus to Bangladesh, authorities in 29 countries shut down or interfered with the internet at least 155 times in 2020. On a day-to-day basis, this prevented millions of people from working, studying, and communicating to their full potential. At its most extreme, this crippled access to

Data & Reports , Economy , Education , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Science & Technology , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 02/21/2021

Eye health ‘key to SDGs’

Louise Coghlin Vision, quality of life, the economy and development are all so interconnected that eye health should be reframed as a mainstream part of the sustainable development agenda, says a major report on eye care. The report by 73 leading experts from 25 countries warns that without addition

Business , Climate , Environment , Food , Governance , Human Rights , Resources , SDGs , Soil , Sustainable Development , Water / 01/31/2021

Climate crisis is foundation of Indian farmers’ protests

Omair Ahmad The current protests by Indian farmers against the passage of three laws have deep roots in income insecurity, which is driven by changing rainfall patterns and incentives that promote the overuse of water The protests by Indian farmers against three laws initially passed as ordinan

Cities , Climate , Health , Human Rights , SDGs , Soil , Sustainable Development , Water / 01/07/2021

Safe water costs 40 times more in coastal Bangladesh than cities

Riyan Talha Water is everywhere in coastal Bangladesh, but is increasingly undrinkable as sea level rise caused by climate change is turning water sources saline Twice a week, 50-year-old Brajasundari loads a collection of jerrycans onto a pedal cart, climbs aboard and travels three kilometres from

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Migration , Opinions , Resources , Science & Technology , SDGs , Soil , Sustainable Development , Water / 01/04/2021

Rainforests: 11 things to watch in 2021

Rhett A. Butler 2020 was a rough year for tropical rainforest conservation efforts, as explained in Mongabay’s year-end wrap-up on rainforests. So what’s in store for 2021? Here are 11 things to watch. Mongabay Founder Rhett A. Butler reviews some of 11 key things to watch in the world of rainf

Cities , Climate , Environment , Food , Governance , Human Rights , Migration , Refugees , Sustainable Development , Water / 01/02/2021

Fragile cities are being inundated with people fleeing the impacts of climate change. How can they cope?

Ambika Chawla Multi-stakeholder partnerships that include displaced people in the process show promise for helping overwhelmed communities deal with an influx of climate migrants from rural areas. When the rains never arrived in the East African nation of Somalia in 2016, nor in 2017, hundreds of th

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Environment , Food , Forests , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development , Transport / 12/30/2020

South Korea’s finance of ‘green’ palm oil drives destruction in Indonesia

Seulki Lee A growing grassroots movement aims to stop the government bankrolling palm oil companies linked to forest destruction and human rights abuses In 2019, South Korea imported 745,000 metric tonnes of palm oil, up from 194,000 metric tonnes in 2005. It is one of the fastest-growing markets fo

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