Overexploitation of natural resources must stop
The Earth Day is observed on April 22 with the objective of keeping the mother Earth healthy and habitable not only for man but also for all living beings. In the manner and spirit developmental works
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Rural community water supply: sustainable services for all
Approximately two-thirds of a billion rural people, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia, collect their domestic water from unprotected sources or from engineered but nonetheless distant water points.
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Blueprint: financing a future of safe water, sanitation and hygiene for all
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an accelerating climate crisis and rising global poverty, a new report by End Water Poverty and WaterAid sets out the financial challenge of achieving water and sanitation for
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Economic report on Africa 2019: fiscal policy for financing sustainable development in Africa
To meet the SDGs Africa will need to raise an estimated 11 per cent of GDP per year for the next 10 years to close the financing gap. Today, Africa’s average tax revenue to GDP is below 16 per cent. Efficient
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Work together to mitigate climate change menace: PM Modi on Earth Day
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appealed to everyone to work together to mitigate the menace of climate change as a way to pay tribute to the environment on Earth Day. Earth Day, a
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The long shadow of informality: challenges and policies
A strikingly large percentage of workers and firms operate outside the line of sight of governments in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs)—a challenge that is likely to hold back the recovery
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UN expert urges Ghana to address high poverty level
A UN human rights expert, Philip Alston, on Wednesday said unless Ghana addressed growing inequality and continuing high poverty rates, the country would fall far short of meeting the key UN Sustainable
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Closing the loop on energy access in Africa
Widening access to clean, reliable electricity is one of the greatest challenges to sustainable development in Africa. Energy storage, particularly batteries, will be critical in supporting Africa’s progress
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Researchers urge Africa to develop policies on air pollution
Researchers Monday called on African governments to develop and implement home grown policies to help reduce air pollution in the emerging mega-cities. Nicholas Ozor, the Executive Director of African
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Montevideo roadmap 2018-2030 on NCDs as a sustainable development priority
<p>Heads of State and Government and ministers from around the world today committed to new and bold action to reduce suffering and death from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), primarily heart and lung
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Code Shift: The environmental significance of the 2022 amendments to the Harmonized System
<p>This paper highlights the environmental significance of recent changes to the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS), approved by members of the World Customs Organization in early
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Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2017
The Key Indicators presents the latest statistics on a comprehensive set of economic, financial, social, environmental, and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators for the 48 regional members of
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Monitoring water and sanitation in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: an introduction
Water and sanitation, as absolute necessities for people, planet and prosperity, are at the very core of sustainable development. In embarking upon the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with a dedicated
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Economic equality is key to achieve India's climate goals: Experts
The conference was organized by the Department of Policy Studies at the TERI School of Advanced Studies. New Delhi: Echoing the global concern and concluding a high-level conference titled "Reducing
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The role of critical minerals in clean energy transitions
Minerals are essential components in many of today’s rapidly growing clean energy technologies – from wind turbines and electricity networks to electric vehicles. Demand for these minerals will grow quickly
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Stories from Africa: changing lives through diversified healthy foods
A healthy diet of fresh vegetables, proteins and fruit is a key ingredient for eliminating hunger and all forms of malnutrition and achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2, Zero Hunger by 2030. Unfortunately,
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Sustainable mountain development
The present report was prepared in response to the General Assembly resolution 66/205, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to report to it at its sixty-eighth session on the status of
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Reduce, reuse, recycle for development, waste management: PM Modi
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that all stakeholders must adhere to the "golden principle" of the 3Rs -- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle -- which will significantly help in waste management
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Drishti Himachal Pradesh-2030: Sustainable Development Goals
Himachal Chief Minister released 'Drishti Himachal Pradesh-2030: Sustainable Development Goals' which is an intergovernmental set of 17 aspiration goals with 169 targets that were adopted in September,
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Reducing inequalities in water supply, sanitation, and hygiene in the era of the Sustainable Development Goals: executive summary
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the World Bank’s corporate goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity call for specific attention to the poor and vulnerable. The overarching