3 sustainable energy enterprises from India shortlisted for green awards

Three sustainable energy enterprises from India have been shortlisted for this year’s Ashden Awards, the world’s most prestigious green awards. Tamil Nadu-based...

UNDP regional head lauds Turkey for its commitment to sustainable development

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) regional head of Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) has lauded Turkey for its commitment to sustainable...

How to Make the Sustainable Development Goals Work

The two of us met for the first time more than a decade ago, in 2003, in the small rural village of Momemo, an hour?s drive and a world away from the urban bustle of Maputo...

Measuring Maternal Health in a Post-MDG World

As the international development community looks back on the Millennium Development Goals and ponders what remains to be done under the proposed Sustainable Development Goa...

Measuring Maternal Health in a Post-MDG World

As the international development community looks back on the Millennium Development Goals and ponders what remains to be done under the proposed Sustainable Development Goa...

Coimbatore to host national seminar on Water Resources: Development and Sustainable Management

A One-day national seminar is going to be organised jointly by JSS University, Mysore and Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, on the theme "Water Resources: Development and ...

Boris Johnson told to divest £4.8Bn PF from fossil fuels

London assembly members vote in support of motion calling for mayor to support divestment from coal, oil and gas companies. Boris Johnson has been told by the London assemb...

India’s “smart cities” would be stupid without disaster strategy

After Cyclone Hudhud pounded India?s southern port city of Visakhapatnam last October, snapping bridges, swamping farmland and wrecking fishing boats, many breathed a sigh ...

Women’s Day– Three Key Words For The Year

By Augustine Veliath

On this International Women’s Day I have a sense of accomplishment.

I was part of an event Elevate 2015 in Mum...