Governance challenges in water management and water use efficiency

An effective governance mechanism is of paramount importance for water management and water use efficiency. The issue of governance is multidimensional, encompassing social...

Global is the new local: Pollution changes clouds, climate downstream

The residents of Beijing and Delhi are not the only ones feeling the effects of Asian air pollution ? an unwanted by product of coal-fired economic development. The contine...

The Technology – Content Nexus

As the New Year begins, consumer electronic fans from across the world gear up for the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. This behemoth of a convention ho...

2015 Could Be Year For Sustainable Development & Investment

A new report published by the United Nations Environmental Programme, the third progress report from their Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System, highli...

Here's How Greenland's Melting Ice Sheet Is Contributing to Rising Sea Levels

If the entire Greenland ice sheet, which covers 656,000 square miles, were to melt, it would pour enough water into the world's oceans to raise global sea levels by about 2...

Globalizing sustainable development

The question of how the world can end extreme poverty and improve human wellbeing will take on new urgency in 2015, as the millennium development goals (MDGs) expire and a ...

Net positive: ‘It’s the leading edge of sustainability, but we’ve not cracked it’

“Net positive”, like so much management-speak, feels almost intentionally discombobulating. Be not confused, however. The clue is in the name. In a net-positive...

Measles Outbreak In California Draws Attention To Importance Of Vaccination

Measles is a highly contagious virus. It can be spread through a cough or sneeze before a person even knows they have it. The virus is capable of living on surfaces for a l...

Our Big Bet For The Future

2015 GATES ANNUAL LETTER BILL AND MELINDA GATES

Forty years ago, Bill and his childhood ...