Sustainable Development – Page 107

Katie G. Nelson An innovative design firm is using data and community outreach to protect Nairobi’s poorest residents from devastating storms. Orignially posted at Ensia, magazine showcasing environmental solutions in action. Republished by SixDegrees on arrangement with Ensia under Creative C

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Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Environment , Food , Forests , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 01/11/2016

Give bees a chance: the ancient art of beekeeping could save our honey (and us too)

Marianne Peso There’s no denying it: we’re in a long-term relationship… with bees. Recent evidence published in the journal Nature shows that humans have been depending on honey bees for about 9,000 years. Researchers conducted chemical analyses of over 6,000 fragments of pottery revealing the

Education , Gender , Multimedia , SDGs , Videos / 01/06/2016

In Sri Lanka, Science and Technology are Becoming Girl’s Subjects

Sri Lanka’s strong national commitment to education has shown dividends, says the ADB. Universal primary education and literacy rates are over 95% in the country. But there is still a need to improve secondary education. The government estimates that about a third of students still leave secondary

Environment , Food , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 01/04/2016

Rainwater harvesting brings hope to farmers in Pakistan’s Punjab

Aamir Saeed Punjab’s Small Dams Organisation constructed 20 mini dams during the year 2000 and 2010 to help farmers irrigate more acres of land Extreme weather conditions and erratic rainfall had added an edge of desperation to Muhammad Khan’s struggle for survival, taking him and his family to

Business , Climate , Energy , Environment , Science & Technology , Solutions / 01/03/2016

Abu Dhabi device harvests untapped solar power

Rehab Abd Almohsen Researchers in Abu Dhabi have created a low-cost device that can make solar cells panels more efficient by splitting sunlight into its constituent colours. The plastic device both concentrates and separates sunlight into its key spectral components: all the visible colours of the

Business , Energy , Environment , Resources , Science & Technology , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 12/26/2015

Are energy-saving settings bad for the environment?

Peter Fairley “Eco modes” ostensibly reduce environmental impact — but only if people use them. Orignially posted at Ensia, magazine showcasing environmental solutions in action. Republished by SixDegrees on arrangement with Ensia under Creative Commons’ Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported l

Aid , Business , Corruption , Education , Featured , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development / 12/22/2015

From Zorro to Zombie: the rise and fall of the microcredit movement

Milford Bateman, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia The global microcredit industry has achieved nothing more for the mass of clients than to plunge them into deep debt and irretrievable poverty. This is part of a series The Conversation Africa is running on financial inclusion and micro cred

Environment , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 12/20/2015

Local level water cooperation flourishes in Central Asia

Bunyod Holmatov & Jonathan Lautze Despite high-level tensions between countries, water cooperation is thriving on the tributaries of the Syr Darya Water has been a major cause of tension for Central Asian countries since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The planting of vast cotton fields and

Aid , Business , Climate , Corruption , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Human Rights , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 12/17/2015

Which wealthy countries have the best and worst development policies?

Where do donor countries stand in a barometer-Denmark has the most development-friendly policies while South Korea, Japan and US ranks poorly The Commitment to Development Index (CDI) for 2015 ranks the policies of donor countries especially when the Paris Climate deal, the SDG goals and the globa

Aid , Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Education , Energy , Environment , Featured , Food , Forests , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Migration , Resources , Science & Technology , Soil , Sustainable Development , Transport , Water / 12/14/2015

The Paris climate agreement at a glance

Emil Jeyaratnam, The Conversation; James Whitmore, The Conversation; Michael Hopkin, The Conversation, and Wes Mountain, The Conversation On December 12, 2015 in Paris, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change finally came to a landmark agreement. Signed by 196 nations, the Paris Ag

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