Five key sustainability trends for 2018

Since the global buzz around sustainability is set to increase, here are few things that the world will see take centre stage

World Heart Day: Cardiologists insist on 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products

The measure is also critical to meet the sustainable development goals 

India’s sustainable ‘blood revolution’

Sustainable and reusable menstrual products are the need of the hour for India’s women and its environment

Several trade-offs impede Zero Hunger goal. A UN report explains why, and how

Achieving SDG2 will require new investments, smoothly functioning trade and changes in consumption patterns, flags UN

Can agroforestry help achieve sustainable developmental goals?

The net carbon sequestered in agroforestry is 11.35 tonnes of carbon per ha

Fourteen start-ups selected for 2019 SEED Awards

Four Indian start-ups working on sustainable development among the awardees

Africa and Asia come together to lead a global initiative to diversify staples

This would have a strong impact on nutrition and the environment, in turn helping to fulfil Sustainable Development Goals

Dubai Declaration adopted to measure progress of SDGs

Launched at the UN World Data forum, it details measures to boost funds for data and statistical analysis for monitoring progress towards …

Can synthetic biology offer solutions to environmental challenges?

Researchers and environmentalists consider synthetic biology or synbio as a potential tool to preserve biodiversity and restore the natural ecosystem

COVID 19, Russia vs Ukraine pushed back universal energy access goalpost

Renewable energy only source to grow through pandemic; Africa lags most

There’s hope, if we wake up to today’s evolutionary potential

Everyone needs to be fired up with a rage aligned with the feminine principle of care rather than the masculine principle of control

Worrying picture emerges about India’s SDG indicators on food and agriculture

Cultivable land in India, which is home to 18 per cent of the world’s population, is vulnerable to drought, floods and degradation

WHO estimates cost of reaching global health targets by 2030

Investments could prevent 97 million premature deaths globally between now and 2030

Sustainable Development Goals: 36 changes in global indicator framework

Eight indicators added, six deleted

Asia-Pacific moves slow on environment-related SDGs: Report

At this rate, the region will not achieve any of these SDGs by 2030

Habitat III: the biggest conference you’ve probably never heard of

More than 25,000 delegates will meet in Quito in October to set out a New Urban Agenda for the UN, to be implemented over the next 20 years

Time for degrowth: to save the planet, we must shrink the economy

Increased development is always unsustainable, so let's stop kidding ourselves

17% of all food available at consumer levels was wasted in 2019, reveals Food Waste Index

Reducing food waste would also help improve food security, address climate change, save money and lower pressures on the environment  

Climate resilient agriculture systems: The way ahead

Climate resilient agriculture practices can help reduce hunger and poverty in the face of climate change   

Need public spending to fund Sustainable Development Goals: UNCTAD

'Fund poor, developing countries; lend easy to low-income economies'

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 …

305 million African children will be living in extreme poverty by 2030: Report

New British think tank report suggests cash transfers, access to basic services and redistributive public finance can help in curtailing child poverty

The world will miss the SDG target 1, a poverty-free world

1.6 people should escape poverty every second but currently just 1.1 are doing so. Worryingly, by 2020, the rate of poverty reduction would …

‘If Agenda 2030 is not achieved, the world faces threat to stability’

Several businessmen, investors and experts are of the opinion that energy transition is the key to keeping the world peaceful and stable

To strengthen climate action, women should be recognised as agents of change

Women should be at the heart of efforts to device and deploy lasting solutions to adapt to a changing climate