Poverty Reduction

The first UN Sustainable Development Goal is to end poverty in all its forms everywhere.

An Indian student expresses her concern about global heating

In Kolkata and elsewhere, the ecological problems are already huge. The climate crisis is exacerbating poverty and inequality.

Fruit industry

Multiple adversities

Pakistan’s mango sector is hurt by environmental changes and slow exports

Summer Special

Descent into Hell

Tragic tale of a young Nigerian’s life wrecked by an ill-fated love affair

Food security

Hunger amidst plenty

A promising programme to subsidise farm inputs is falling victim to corruption and mismanagement

Eye care

Helping Zambians to see

China is at the forefront of helping Zambia to fight cataracts, an eye disease that can lead to blindness

UNDP

“Governance is fundamental”

UNDP chief explains how the concepts of “human development” and “sustainable development” are converging

Drones

Help from the sky

For Africa’s remote and impoverished communities, help may soon come from drones flying through the sky

Indoor air pollution

Clearing the air

Indoor air pollution from cooking with biomass continues to increase the vulnerability of India’s poor to respiratory diseases and Covid-19

Africa

Environmental destruction

Poverty is an important driver of deforestation in sub-Saharan countries

Farms

Irrigation helps to cope with climate change

Irrigation is helping many of Zambia’s rain-dependent small-hold farmers to survive

Rising infection numbers

Gloomy outlook

Kenya is struggling to cope with the Covid-19 challenges