Ghana and Sustainable Development

Restoring the Present, Securing the Future.

What is sustainable development?

The concept is admittedly an admission that development is much more than econo...

New degree in Sustainable Agriculture launched at Hertfordshire

The BSc (Hons) in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security has been designed around internationally recognized expertise and facilities at four partner institutions all lo...

CEO of Tyson Foods Inc. to donate $3.2 million to Institute of Agriculture

Donnie Smith, CEO of Tyson Foods Inc. in Arkansas, and his wife, Terry, have committed to give $3.2 million to the University of Tennessee, creating the Donald and Terry Sm...

Deaths caused by heat will rise to average of 7,000 a year in 2050

The number of deaths caused by extreme heat in the UK will more than treble by the middle of the century as a result of climate change and population growth, experts have s...

Mumbai: Rag pickers' daughter wants to complete MBA

Mumbai: The youngest daughter of scrap pickers and MBA student, Savita Doke (22), has worked hard to pursue her higher education. On the home stretch, however, she is strug...

Pakistan highlights importance of rule of law in promoting development

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has stressed the link between the rule of law and sustainable development, economic growth and the eradication of poverty and hunger, as the UN ste...

Climate Change May Cause Trillions in Damage to World’s Coastal Regions

New research predicts that coastal regions may face massive increases in damages from storm surge flooding over the course of the 21st century.

According to the stu...

India ranked 155th in global environment performance list at World Economic Forum

India has been ranked at a low 155th position in a global list that places countries on how well they perform on high-priority environmental issues.

The 2014 Enviro...