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Global transport leaders sign historic declaration at Buckingham Palace in fight to shut down Illegal wildlife trafficking routes A declaration at Buckingham Palace committing leaders of the transportation industry globally to taking major steps to fight illicit wildlife trafficking. A game change

Business , Climate , Energy , Environment , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development / 03/04/2016

Climate change adaptation in global megacities protects wealth – not people

Lucien Georgeson and Mark Maslin Cities across the world are increasingly at risk from climate change. People living in extreme poverty are especially vulnerable, both because global warming will tend to hit developing countries the hardest, and because they have less money to throw at the p

Climate , Data & Reports , Disasters , Environment , Science & Technology / 01/28/2016

We just had the hottest year on record – where does that leave climate denial?

Stephan Lewandowsky People who deny climate science do not put their money where their mouth is. And when they very occasionally do, they lose. At a news conference announcing that 2015 broke all previous heat records by a wide margin, one journalist started a question with “If this trend continue

Business , Human Rights , Multimedia , Photos , Science & Technology / 01/14/2016

The Next 10 Years of Tech & The Implications: A graphic record

The Berlin Meetup for Innovative Technology and Business hosted two technology experts, Cliff Kuehn is an intellectual property lawyer and Mark Turrell is a strategist, author, and entrepreneur. Their informative and provocative talk was captured in a running graphic record by Katrin Faensen.

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

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

Climate , Environment , Science & Technology / 12/15/2015

Reflections on the Failed US Media Coverage of COP 21 in Paris

Donald A. Brown The US mainstream media coverage of the UNFCCC COP 21 in Paris missed some of the most important issues that US citizens need to understand to evaluate the US governments response to climate change. Although there has been ample coverage of President Obama’s appearance at the beg

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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