Food
Watch: Five Things To Know About Hunger Among America’s Aging
Laura Ungar One out of every 13 seniors in America struggles to get enough food to eat while the federal program intended to help hasn’t kept […]
Category: Sustainable Development
Cities
A Cape Town lesson for Chennai and other Indian cities facing Day Zero
Day Zero is not necessarily the day when water availability will be zero. In reality, the kind of water crisis our cities are already […]
Sustainable Business
61% of the world’s new oil and gas set to come from US
The sheer scale of this new production dwarfs that of every other country in the world and would spell disaster for the world’s ambitions […]
Aid
Uncertain future for Slovakia’s development funds
Dana Marekova The Slovak government does not seem to understand the difference between export promotion and development aid, as it proposes to lump the […]
Biodiversity
Amazon fires: Solutions lie beyond nationalist politics, a new green vision must be global in scope
The world is suffering from a crisis of politics. The old ideas have collapsed and the new ideas enjoying an unchallenged run almost everywhere […]
Aid
Poor governance in the Pacific: the forgotten issue
Stephen Howes The World Bank publishes annual updates of its list of fragile states and ten Pacific nations are included in the Bank’s annual fragility assessment […]
Data & Reports
Cheap pill lowers health burden of heart disease
Inga Vesper A low-cost pill made up of four cardiovascular drugs could significantly reduce the burden of heart diseases, especially in low- and middle-income countries, according […]
Biodiversity
You have stolen our forest.” Baka “Pygmies”’ heartfelt plea to European Commission
Hundreds of Baka “Pygmies” from the Congo rainforest have written to the European Commission, pleading with officials to visit them and ask their “advice and guidance” before providing […]
Environment
WHO calls for a crackdown on plastic pollution
The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls for a further assessment of microplastics in the environment and their potential impacts on human health, following […]
Sustainable Business
Is 2019 the year flying became uncool?
Catherine Early Campaigner Greta Thunberg and activists Extinction Rebellion have focused attention on aviation’s climate impacts, and a small but growing trend is taking […]
Biodiversity
Ancient Amazonian societies managed the forest intensively but sustainably — here’s what we can learn from them
Kate Evans The Amazon’s trees, soils and mysterious earthworks tell the story of the millions who lived there before European arrival When loggers and […]
Climate
Eat green to save the environment, says IPCC – how to tell if that really means you
Morten Fibieger Byskov, University of Warwick In its new special report on climate change and land, the IPCC calls for more effective and sustainable […]