Sustainability

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

What is wrong with WTO and IMF?

According to Iwan J. Azis, the WTO is slowly withering away and the IMF has not become as open-minded as its rhetoric would suggest. The Indonesian professor at Cornell University shared his views with Hans Dembowski in an interview.

Our view

Digitalisation requires private dynamism and prudent regulation

How private-sector companies drove digital progress in developing countries and why governments still matter

Energy prices

Oil price back to pre-war level

Why the oil price fell again and what happens to Russian oil

Environmental law

Humankind needs more stringent environmental regulations

Online courses on the UNEP website help to get a deeper understanding of international law

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Disaster control

How to manage global risks effectively

Due to the climate crisis, disasters happen more frequently and with greater damage. We need better communication and information to deal with them

Impact investing

SDG financing: how billions become trillions

To mobilise private funds, the business environment must be appropriate

Indigenous peoples

Fighting “green colonialism”

Environmental activist Joan Carling explains what climate justice means for indigenous peoples

Kenya

How Kenya is affected by climate injustice

African countries are least responsible for the climate crisis, but are hit hardest by its effects. In Kenya, the impacts are devastating

Women’s empowerment

Climate justice requires gender justice

The impacts of global heating are not gender neutral, so the response cannot be gender neutral either

World Bank

Biden’s interesting choice for the World Bank’s top job

Ajay Banga, who thrived on Wall Street, will most likely be appointed World Bank president

Reducing emissions

OECD assesses carbon pricing internationally

Experts warn that fuel subsidies are harmful