Sophie Yeo

UN report says climate, poverty and health targets will require huge cash injection from private sector

The UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs) will fail unless governments and businesses find an extra US$ 2.5 trillion a year to support them.

VICKY RAMIREZ

You already know that Africa isn’t a country. But what else? Check out these maps and put the continent’s population, income, growth, and potential into context.

Mark Tran, The Guardian

UN special rapporteur on the right to food champions agroecology as sustainable alternative to existing framework

Umair Irfan, E&E reporter

Umair Irfan, E&E reporter

ClimateWire: Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Terra Lawson-Remer

How should the status and progress of a country or people be measured and judged?

Kathryn Floyd

WASHINGTON, DC:  The Diplomatic Courier and Young Professionals in Foreign Policyare pleased to announce that Manjula Dissanayake, Fellow, Ignite Good, has been recognized on the 2013 “99 Under 33,” an international list noting the most influential forei

John Helliwell, richard layard and Jeffrey sachs

BBC News

Nearly 30 million people around the world are living as slaves, according to a new index ranking 162 countries.

The Global Slavery Index 2013 says India has the highest number of people living in conditions of slavery at 14 million.

Lauren Riga

As the world is undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in history, increasing from approximately 3.4 billion in 2009 to 6.4 billion in 2050

KATE KELLAND

Health disparities between rich and poor nations could be banished in a generation by investment in research, vaccines and drugs to combat diseases such as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, global health experts said on Tuesday.