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.

Development policy

Managing migration in Africa

The point is to improve living condition, not to thwart flight

Jobs

“Incentives for behaviour change”

Wecyclers help to tackle garbage challenge in Lagos, Nigeria

Recycling

From garbage to innovation

In Uganda, some women earn their money recycling plastic

Recycling

“22 kilogrammes per person and year“

Why e-waste must be properly recycled

Recycling

Why statistics are not enough

Brief history of the StEP initiative

Urban rubbish

The cleanest city in Sierra Leone

Bo's city council is setting new standards for waste disposal

Value chains

Promoting the recycling economy

In the city of Bo in Sierra Leone recycling lowers costs and creates new jobs

Waste management

Living amidst filth

Waste management has not kept up with Kathmandu’s fast growth

Waste management

Part of a system

Landfills are only one component of waste management

Winter Olympics

Troubled legacy

IOC promises to learn lessons from human-rights abuses in Sochi

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.