Over 16% of the world’s 7 billion inhabitants lack access to electricity, while a further 40% are forced to rely on wood or biomass for heat...
United Nations officials gathered with policymakers and NOGs at the Economic and Social Council forum (ECOSOC) on Monday to discuss how innovative science and technology could...
The role of sustainable transport is vital in creating safe and liveable cities in Asia and fighting climate change, the UN secretary-general said this week in...
The UN Office on Drug and Crime (UNODC) has said it believes that tackling illegal activities around the world is paramount in helping to unlock investment...
Beyond Tourism – an agency dedicated to making responsible tourism mainstream – has been launched with an aim of helping individuals consider the ethical and environmental...
The United Nations General Assembly has established a 30-member working group that will aim to draw up a set of sustainable development goals (SDGs). Issues such...
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has highlighted peace and security as a “critical ‘fourth dimension’ for sustainable development” in his message for the International Day for...
Ban Ki-moon has played up the role of tourism in tackling some of the world’s most urgent challenges, including climate change and a global shift to...
An informal consultation on a new set of sustainable development indicators (SDIs) has been launched this week by DEFRA, in an effort to develop a more...
Dr James Gifford, executive director of the United Nations-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), spoke recently with Jamie Mckenzie about the work being done in his...
On the eve of high-profile talks at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, Blue & Green Tomorrow provides a bird’s-eye view into what’s to...
Four members of the University of Minnesota’s Centre for Sustainable Polymers write about how making sustainable plastics is not just a pipedream. Polymers are the giant...
A good quote makes all the difference. Here’s the pick of the past week. “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with...
The future of solar energy may lie in alien territory, with developers in the technology turning to space-based regions in search of the ultimate power hub....
The occasional energy saving light bulb does, to some extent, deduct a fraction from your carbon toe print, but one of the biggest impacts on the...