The Year the World Bank Fused Sustainable Development with Its Goals for the Future

The World Bank Group set two ambitious goals in 2013, and in the process made clear that one concept will underlie its actions toward both: sustainability.
“Endi...

HUMANITARIANISM – THE METAPHOR FOR PROGRESS IN 2014

You have no need to go anywhere. Journey into yourself, enter a mine of rubies and bathe in the splendour of your own light – Rumi

As curtains fall on 2013, l...

The Age of Sustainable Development

LE CERCLE. Jeffrey D. Sachs – Our generation is truly the first that can end the ancient scourge of extreme poverty; yet it can also destroy the earth’s life-su...

Bill Gates Looks Ahead

If you measure progress — as I do — by the decreasing number of children who die of preventable causes or by the growing number of people who escape extreme pov...

96 percent of network nightly news coverage of extreme weather doesn't mention climate change

2013 was?a big year for climate. Global carbon dioxide levels in th...

Can carbon budgets divert the world from dangerous climate change?

It's not a pretty picture. The IPCC is brutally honest about where it can't provide certainty, such as the exact extent of specific kinds of extreme weather in th...

Wars Need to be Won on the Inside

Life caged her, death came and freed her!

She radiated hope like a diamond, forever shining, smiling, affecting people with her sense of courage and love for living...

Mumbai witnessed the 4th edition of TEDxGateway

With renowned speakers giving inspiring speeches, the atmosphere at NCPA was almost contagious with enthusiasm as Mumbai welcomed its 4th editio...