Data & Reports
Global pact to stop air pollution
Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Five national academies of science and medicine have urged the world to adopt concrete measures to tackle air pollution and […]
Category: Sustainable Development
Food
Can smartphone apps help solve the world’s food waste problem?
Tiffany R. Jansen Mobile applications fighting food waste sprout like weeds as awareness spreads. But how effective are they? Some 40 percent of America’s […]
Cities
Wind from the sea is changing, cities need to change
City-dwellers can no longer ignore the destruction of coastal green corridors such as the mangrove forests. They can’t either leave all responsibility to the […]
Aid
Implementing, Scaling and Planning for Aid Exit and Sustainability
Jindra Cekan Rarely do funders return to evaluate what lasts after aid projects end, but when they do, we can find myriad pleasures: 1) sustainability […]
Data & Reports
Sanitation shock: Half of global population lack access to safe sanitation
Billions of people around the world are continuing to suffer from poor access to water, sanitation and hygiene, according to a new report by […]
Climate
World Meteorological Organization to undergo sweeping reforms
The World Meteorological Congress has approved a package of sweeping reforms to embrace a more comprehensive Earth system approach, with a stronger focus on water resources and the ocean, more […]
Environment
Satellite imagery helps Ghana fight illegal mining
Gilbert Nakweya Authorities are using satellite data to root out the scourge on its forests and farmland Jane Gyampo, a resident of Sejimari village […]
Climate
Watch: Kokoli-Love during climate emergency
Snehasis Das Kokoli recounts the love story of the protagonist by the titular name and her fisherman lover in Nalia Sai slum. The story […]
Sustainable Business
UNEP launches new textbook on the Green Economy
This text book on the green economy model is a systematic framework that speaks to policy advisers and business executives, and graduate students who […]
Biodiversity
Nigerian fishers hit by criminals, imports and climate change
Nosmot Gbadamosi From African waters to China and back again, over half the fish on Nigerian tables is imported Makoko: the fishing community running […]
Aid
G20 Finance Ministers Must Face Climate Risk to Economy
Systemic response required as more banks back away from coal Finance ministers and central bankers representing 90% of the global economy (the “G20”) will […]
Sustainable Business
BBC expose on $10BN deal shows BP maybe complicit in corruption
The BBC exposed how oil giant BP promised as much as $10 billion to one of the world’s most notorious businessmen, in exchange for a stake […]