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.

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Covid-19 as seen by World Bank board member

Covid-19 crisis provides clues on how global governance must improve

Ageing and social protection

Africa’s demographic transition

For the care and social protection of Africa's aging population, governments must now take action

IDPs

Greater international commitment is needed

A study calls for a sharper international focus on the problem of internal displacement

Teenager

What sex education is really about

Pakistan shows why comprehensive sex education would improve young people’s lives

Social inequality

Care-giving and household chores keep women poor

Social inequality is hampering efforts to overcome poverty – women and girls are particularly affected

Societal Ageing

Turning grey

The rapid ageing of India’s population raises questions about who will support the country’s old people in future

Pandemic

Science-based protection

African responses to Covid-19 must be evidence-based and context-specific

Vehicle tax

Fouling the air

Malawi is imposing a new tax on vehicles, saying the revenues will help to fight climate change

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Eroding checks and balances

In the USA, constitutional checks and balances look increasingly weaker

Population trends

More and more, older and older

Both ageing societies with declining populations and growing, youthful ones face serious challenges

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.