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Nikhil Seth: A New Vision For Sustainable Development

In his more than two decades with the United Nations, Nikhil Seth has played a pivotal role in the development of first the Millennium Development Goals in 2000 and now the...

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Sustainable Development

Time to tread sustainable development path

The idea of sustainable development is that raw capitalism is far too powerful for its own good. Global capitalism is a juggernaut, with the world economy now doubling in s...

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Geetu Mohandas(Liar’s Dice) And Raj Rishi More(Lunchbox), Among The Seven Selected Projects For Inaugural Drishyam / Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab In Goa, India April 12-16

Sriram Raghavan(Badlapur, Ek Haseena Thi), Shridhar Raghavan(Yennai Arindaal), and Kasi Lemmons (Eve’s Bayou, Talk To Me), Srdan Golubovic (Circles), Erik Jen...

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An analysis of 1,500 films resulted in 1 disturbing conclusion

There have been 16 Bechdel-passing films that have grossed more than a billion dollars worldwide. Last year, Five Thirty Eight took a look at the financial implications of ...

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Environment

Getting disaster resilience right

Last year, Asia Pacific suffered 6,000 fatalities and economic losses of almost US$60 billion due to natural disasters. UNESCAP executive secretary Shamshad Akhtar outlines...

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Environment

Climate change demands immense changes to the economic system

Mark Lynas says: ?Solving climate change does not mean rolling back capitalism, suspending the free market or stopping economic growth? Save us from the miserabilists in th...

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Environment

How market forces are winning the climate change battle

Greenhouse gases have stopped rising, and it's not hurting the global economy after all

Despite the stereotype of a business lobby warning about th...

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Health

Many young Indian women underweight, their babies too – research

Researchers have long puzzled over why children in India, despite being wealthier, are shorter and smaller than children in sub-Saharan Africa. At least part of the answer ...

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Sustainable Development

Gender Equality and Earth’s Future

Twenty years ago, the adoption by 189 governments of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action marked a turning point in the history of women’s rights. This pro...

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Environment

Environmental damage in Sundarbans cost a fortune: World Bank

Environmental damage in the climate change-hit islands of Sundarbans is costing India Rs 1,290 crore each year, estimates a latest World Bank report. The cost of environmen...

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