Sustainable Business
El Salvador, first country to ban mining
A law banning metallic mining by the Salvadoran government has been passed. The law comes after years of violence and social tensions around mining in […]
Category: Sustainable Development
Cities
A quiet value chain revolution is sweeping farmers, food & cities
New report by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) says that for the first time in modern history, the number of people living in […]
Energy
Solar for work in Bangladesh
Abu Siddique The government is providing solar power systems as welfare payment in job schemes for the poor For nearly two years now, Bangladesh […]
Sanitation
Kenya creates online system to monitor rural sanitation
Duncan Mboyah Kenya has launched an online monitoring, evaluation and reporting system to improve capturing data on sanitation and hygiene status, a conference has heard. […]
Biodiversity
How a UN platform to stop biodiversity loss could up its game
Maud Borie and Aleksandar Rankovic Biodiversity keeps declining despite lots of accumulated knowledge and numerous international and national commitments to act. How could IPBES help change […]
Environment
Kenya announces breakthrough ban on plastic bags
Ban on all production, use and import of plastic bags to take effect in six months The 24 million plastic bags currently used each […]
Education
EU and UNICEF to reach thousands of refugee children in Turkey with Conditional Cash Transfer for Education
The European Union and UNICEF have launched the largest ever EU humanitarian contribution to Education in Emergencies, valued at EUR 34 million. The Conditional […]
Biodiversity
Canadian oil company pulls out of uncontacted tribes land in Peru
A Canadian oil company is withdrawing from the territory of several uncontacted tribes in the Amazon where it had been intending to explore for oil. The […]
Health
Proposed Law Would Require All California Children To Be Screened For Lead
Ana B. Ibarra Growing national concern about lead poisoning in children has prompted a California lawmaker to introduce legislation to ensure that all of […]
Sustainable Business
Water Restrictions Force Pepsi to Cease Production
PepsiCo has been forced to cease operations at its bottling plant in Kanjikode, in the south Indian state of Kerala because of water shortages […]
Corruption
A year after Berta Cáceres’ murder, protecting the planet is just as deadly
Robert Soutar Latin America remains the world’s deadliest region in which to defend the environment but those on the frontline of land and resource-related […]
Disasters
Rio carnival stars environmental disaster
The Minas Gerais disaster, which had irreversible negative effects on human health and the environment, was revived this year in one of the most […]