Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.

Why some Indian farmers are backing away from rice cultivation

In West Bengal, the green revolution made high-yielding rice cultivation attractive. Four decades later, the associated environmental problems have increased – and the climate crisis is further compounding them.

Ecology

Unsustainable business

FAO assesses state of world fisheries

Environment

City shores

Coastal megacities are affected by global warming – but they also contribute to the phenomenon

SDGs

Acceptance, not enforcement

The 2030 Agenda largely reflects and reinforces existing international law

Authoritarian rule

Stick to principles

For human-rights defenders in Iran, the situation has deteriorated since the 2015 “nuclear deal”

The UK is at sea

The UK is at sea

AIIB

Lacking standards

Civil-society organisations complain that AIIB does not take account of human-rights violations

Rural development

May we participate in your lives?

To cooperate well with smallholder farmers, we must understand what they do and how they think

Editorial

Particular urgency

In coastal regions, developmental challenges are especially evident

Nansen Initiative

The Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda

The Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda on what to do about disaster displacement

Global affairs

The needs of displaced persons

Forced displacement related to disasters is one of the great humanitarian challenges of the 21st century

Governance

Achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals will require good governance – from the local to the global level.

Sustainability

The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to transform economies in an environmentally sound manner, leaving no one behind.