Sustainable Development – Page 74

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

Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Sanitation , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 04/19/2018

Reliance on Treatment Plants will not solve India’s River Pollution Problem

Centralised treatment plants and involve a lot of construction activities. Most of our cities along Ganga as well as on other rivers are having areas which are difficult to lay sewer lines, install pumping stations and build other infrastructure. Our major reliance on treatment plants therefore

Business , Energy , Environment , Governance , Sustainable Development / 04/14/2018

New Zealand puts an end to new permits for exploration of deep-sea oil and gas reserves

James Renwick The New Zealand government’s announcement that it will not issue any new permits for offshore exploration for oil and gas deposits is exciting, and a step in the right direction. We know that we can’t afford to burn much more oil if we want to meet the Paris Agreement target of kee

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Sustainable Development / 04/13/2018

Salim Group, Pepsico and Nestle connected to illegal rainforest clearance in Borneo

Major international banks and brands connected to company controlled by notorious Indonesian business tycoon, knowingly clear-cutting tropical rainforests A new report exposes one of the largest cases in recent years of ongoing, illegal clearance of tropical rainforests in Borneo. Currently, app

Gender , Health , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 04/12/2018

New guidances to promote breastfeeding in health facilities issues by WHO and UNICEF

WHO and UNICEF issued new ten-step guidance to increase support for breastfeeding in health facilities globally that provide maternity and newborn services. Breastfeeding all babies for the first 2 years would save the lives of more than 820 000 children under age 5 annually. The Ten Steps to Succes

Aid , Data & Reports , Featured , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 04/11/2018

Australia stumbles further down the donor generosity rankings

Terence Wood Preliminary OECD data on donor generosity were released. The data cover 2017, and should be troubling to any Australian politician thinking of cutting aid in the coming budget. In the 2017 calendar year, Australian aid was just 0.23 per cent of Australia’s Gross National Income (GNI).

Biodiversity , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 04/09/2018

Uncontacted tribes’ rights recognized in Peru’s historic land pledge

Peru is to create two Amazonian reserves for the protection of uncontacted tribes, covering more than 2.5 million hectares. At least seven distinct groups of uncontacted tribes, including Matsés Indians, are known to be living in the areas comprising the new Yavari Tapiche and Yavari Mirin reserves

Cities , Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Health , Sustainable Development , Transport / 04/08/2018

Kolkata India’s air pollution capital

Jayanta Basu Vehicular pollution, particularly from diesel cars and trucks, are primarily responsible for the worsening air quality in Kolkata, which is emerging as the pollution capital of India Will Kolkata soon wrest the country’s pollution capital crown from Delhi? Delhi may be vying with Be

Data & Reports , Health , Sustainable Development / 04/06/2018

‘Nightmare Bacteria’ Stalk U.S. Hospitals

Liz Szabo The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detected more than 220 cases last year of a rare breed of “nightmare bacteria” that are virtually untreatable and capable of spreading genes that make them impervious to most antibiotics, according to a report released. Although the CDC ha

Featured , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 04/02/2018

Masculinity in the Message: Can Understanding Masculinity Improve Gender Intervention?

Ishrat Jahan While program interventions and research initiatives have addressed the debilitating impact on women in urban slums, they have only recently taken into consideration the various issues of health and rights of adolescent boys and young men. In the urban slums of Bangladesh, the lives of

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