Sustainability

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

Latin America is burning

Year after year, valuable ecosystems are destroyed by wildfires. This drives climate change and decimates biodiversity. Slash-and-burn agriculture is partly to blame.

Chile

An energy transformation without subsidies

Since 2014, Chile has recorded one of the world’s largest percentage expansion of renewable energies in the electricity sector

Municipal development cooperation

Learning from one another

The positive effects of municipal exchange programmes

Public finance

In the driver’s seat

African governments must make economies more productive, gear them to sustainability and ensure their own financial viability

Honey trade

When the bee stings

Zambia is strengthening its organic honey sector, but a special deal with China has stung local traders

Development finance

Developing local supply chains and digital services

In insecure times like these, sustainable development financing is more important than ever

Public finance

World Bank and IMF raise unorthodox demands

The top leaders of World Bank and IMF are calling for more lenient approaches to debt problems in developing countries

Sustainable financing

Huge financial needs

The private sector must contribute to funding the transition to a sustainable economy

Sustainable finance

International standards are important

Sustainable financing is a precondition for mobilising private capital

Global affairs

Painting the big picture

Samir Puri assesses how past empires shape today’s world views in different world regions in a new book

Entrepreneurship

Safeguarding long term viability

Entrepreneurs must consider their companies’ environmental and social impacts, but also ensure financial sustainability

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.