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.

Adapting to climate change

Valuable protection

The WAVE initiative calls attention to the value of ecosystem services that are provided by mangroves and coral reefs

Inequality

Redistributing money and power

Gap between rich and poor is widening

Emergency relief

Save human lives

In East and Central Africa, millions of people are fleeing drought, hunger, terror and civil war

Law of the sea

Pivoting Philippines

ASEAN leaders have long resisted China’s claims to the South China Sea, but the Philippines’ new president is strangely ambivalent

World economy

Sustainability requires fair wages

Sustainable economic development is not possible without fair pay

Adapting to climate change

The way forward

Bangladesh has made progress on adapting to climate change, but more must be done

Climate change

Predictable disasters

In Bangladesh, climate change is accelerating rural-urban migration

Food production

Branded spices

Zanzibar promotes locally grown, organic cloves for the world market

Law

Fishermen versus oil giant

Seven years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, BP has still not compensated Mexican fishing communities

Mangroves

Saving the Mekong Delta

Climate change is threatening the livelihood of many people along Vietnam’s coast

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.