This blog was originally posted here on 26 May 2020. It is reprinted with permission. The world of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) indexes has never been bigger, it seems everyone one who has an index wants to get in …
Posted on May 25, 2020 by carsoncenter Leave a Comment World heritage for the post-corona world? Artefacts of the Anthropocene. From Tracey Williams’s Collection “Lego Lost at Sea.” Reproduced by permission © Tracey Williams @LegoLostAtSea. By Cornelius Holtorf and Annalisa …
Health, Sustainability May 21 2020 – Once the Covid-19 pandemic is under control, and the world economy is back on its tracks, the status and fate of the 2030 Agenda, also known as Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), needs to be …
The world is still struggling and all of us behind wine down and chill are still trying to help you through it by doing our part. Most of you are drinking more wine lately with virtual happy hours (VHH) so …
Spearheading the alert ahead of the upcoming World Health Assembly in Geneva, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged the international community to do much more to protect all those facing mounting mental pressures. Launching the UN policy brief – COVID-19 And …
May 7 (UPI) — China produces a whole lot of stuff — stuff that gets bought by the rest of the world. In 2019, China’s exported approximately $2.5 trillion worth of goods. China also produces a lot of CO2. The …
Earlier this month oil prices collapsed to minus $30 a barrel, as the world faced an unprecedented economic shock. Yet remarkably, major UK banks continue to pour money into fossil fuels. According to a new report, UK lenders have provided …
In these testing times when the world is busy contemplating, researching and analysing reasons and solutions to the Covid-19 pandemic, each institution must actively collaborate. Corporation as an institution has a dual role in not only resurgence of economy post …
Aman Srivastava As covid-19 spreads across the world, health services in many nations are increasingly getting overwhelmed, while the global economy is falling into an unprecedented recession. The World Bank expects India’s growth in 2020-21 to slow to 2.8% from …
By Jessica Webb, Katie Reytar and Kai Kresek Nearly 500 million people around the world live in and depend on forests, making these groups key to sustainable management of forests. Unfortunately, many local and indigenous communities often struggle with visibility …
Since the start of the pandemic, financial institutions including the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) – along with UN entities, regional organizations and country groups such as the G20 – have been examining the tools available …
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a general feeling that the world is at an historical turning point, that nothing will ever be the same again. The realists ponder and the (neo)liberals bemoan the comeback of …
While governments the world over are intensifying their fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, an often-neglected, if not repressed, demographic is suddenly entering the limelight: indigenous populations. As researchers are trying to establish under which circumstances Covid-19 transcended the species barrier …
Stories from urban poor communities inspired international audiences at the 10th World Urban Forum. Taking place every two years, the World Urban Forum (WUF) brings together a host of actors – development professionals from NGOs, representatives of international development agencies, city government …
The year is 2045, and the world is a very different place. Coordinated global action enabled the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Inequality has been reduced; renewable energy powers the globe; gender equality is widespread; and worldwide terrestrial …