UN: Water holds key to sustainable development

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the vital role of water in sustainable development, highlighting in particular its importance with regard to food security, cli...

YES BANK and TERI sign MoU to Promote Sustainable Development in India

Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: YES BANK, India’s fourth largest private sector Bank, and TERI BCSD, an independent CEO-led industry body main streaming ...

Communities affected by wind energy development being kept in the dark

Eddie O’Connor of Mainstream Renewable Power, writing (Irish Times, December 19th) about economic stagnation, suggests that “building a new green economy”...

Food security, water and climate change

So much—good and not-so-good—happened last year on a local, regional, national and international level when it comes to sustainability issues. An attempt to be ...

Corruption, Institutions and Sustainable Development

When civil servants make decisions based purely on their own personal interests, their decisions are not likely to be of benefit to society

An argument has been rum...

Rio+20: Pursuing the ‘Sustainable Development’ Agenda?

Rio+20 comes at a critical juncture. Economic, social and environmental crises have worsened since 1992’s Earth Summit, with the impacts felt most by the po...

Global health disparities could ‘end in a generation’ with annual $60bn funding

Landmark report on global health says world’s poorest nations could reap growth of 25% through concerted healthcare investment The commission said the poore...

World Innovation Summit for Health 2013: Obesity is a global public health pandemic

In an obesity report published at the summit today, experts, examined obesity related health problems in eight countries, as well as the economic and social burdens it crea...

Sustainable development can only be achieved through environmental conservation: Dalai Lama

“People are exploiting nature and sustainable development can only be achieved through conservation. Mother Earth is our home and everybody has to work toward preserv...