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Sustainable Development
How maps can help guide us to a better future
From life expectancy to climate change, maps show human progress and highlight where inequalities still exist. Here's how we can use what they teach us.
Cities and Urbanization
Four ways cities must harness the UN's Sustainable Development Goals to build back after COVID
With their huge ecological and economic footprint, cities will be crucial to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. But how can urban leaders best put them into practice?
Beyond the ocean
The world’s coastlines and communities are under threat –Here’s 4 ways to protect them
A paper commissioned by the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy proposes a new way to ensure sustainable and resilient coastal zones.
Sustainable Development
Trash for cash: South Africans fight hunger with digital currency
South Africa is using recycling charities to support those out of a job in the COVID-19 pandemic. Love Our City Klean is one of the incentives supporting those in need.
Future of Food
For a sustainable future, we need to reconnect with what we’re eating – and each other
Hundreds of food sharing initiatives have sprung up around the world which aim to improve food security and sustainability while combating loneliness.
Biodiversity
WWF: These are the biggest threats to the Earth's biodiversity
WWF’s Living Planet Report 2020 has ranked the biggest threats to Earth's biodiversity. This includes changes in land use, pollution and climate change.
Pioneers of Change Summit 2020
These are the 3 winners of the World Economic Forum New Champions awards
The awards recognize organizations with the potential to create long-term change through action on sustainability, digital disruption and agile governance.
European Union
This is why one of Europe’s leading economists is calling for an EU development bank
President of the European Investment Bank, Werner Hoyer, makes the case for a European development bank to ensure a level playing field with the US and China.
Forests
This is how we can design a more sustainable digital economy
Businesses need to invest in partnerships, inspire consumers to be part of the solution to climate change, and embed sustainability into the fabric of their business.
Global Economic Imbalances
The world's poorest people are owed $5.7 trillion, says Oxfam
If developed nations had given the international aid they pledged in 1970, poorer countries would look very different.
Cities and Urbanization
5 things you need to know about cities on World Cities Day 2020
More than half of the people in the world live in a city. Cities occupy less space than many people realize. They are responsible for a significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions.
Sustainable Development
These are the world’s best cities for walking
Walking is the most common form of transport, yet many cities are still hostile to pedestrians. A new study reveals the best metropolises in the world to get around by foot.
UpLink
How to get private capital to protect nature – without greenwashing
The funding gap for 'nature-based solutions' means appealing to private investment, but it isn't always easy to find the right project to fit.
Beyond Geopolitics
6 home truths for the new head of the WTO
The new Director-General can provide the mood music at a time when trade is a weapon of choice.
SDG 01: No Poverty
We can't meet the SDGs without improving farmers' incomes. Here's why
We can't make progress towards a sustainable future unless the finances and wellbeing of smallholders are addressed first. Here's how to make that happen.