Global population set to touch 9.7 billion in 2050: UN

India will be the most populous country in the world by 2022

Development dilemmas

Too big for the Third World's pocket

Anti-Chandil dam activists challenge Land Acquisition Act

Prevention is.

Drought Action

Green city

MALAYSIA

Unplanned development

New website launched

Going places

Madhya Pradesh chief minister will speak on watershed management at a world forum

Structured response?

The E-Connection

Bloated cities

The two Indias

The poor have not gained from India's economic growth, shows the UN human development report

Booms are not forever

From the blurbs

Need for SDG-linked outcome budgeting in India: A case of Assam

OBS, a budgetary instrument linking expenditure to specific targets, can be a crucial tool to meet aspirations within a defined time frame

COVID-19: We’re in a real-time laboratory of a more sustainable urban future

After coronavirus, a key question emerges: What in essence is a city for? There is a need to look at permanent urban policy choices to make …

It is imperative to decouple sustainability and greenwashing

Sustainability makes corporate production responsible and the average consumer more aware of every action

Kampala, Kigali and Addis Ababa are changing fast: New book follows their distinct paths

Book explains why attempting to supplant models from urban development elsewhere, including “best practices”, will not work

Investing in Africa’s rural youth can work wonders for continent: Report

Africa’s youth bulge and the fact that most of its people live in rural areas, make this especially important

Only science can help the world achieve sustainable development: UN Report

It says the current development model is not sustainable and only a fundamental and urgent change in the relationship between people and nature …

Calls for protectionism in the West should not scare Africa: UNECA

Africa needs to move away from the model of selling rich natural resources which do not generate enough financing for development

Wanted: professionals who care

Lack of ecological concerns among today's professionals have led to a dichotomy between development and the environment.