Issues & Trends

2013-06-09	SDSN Proposes 10 Sustainable Development Goals \| SDG Knowledge Hub \| IISD 6 June 2013: The UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) has issued its report to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
2013-02-19	A mobile Africa: innovation is key Dr KF Lai, CEO of BuzzCity reveals on-the-ground insight into the mobile marketplace in Africa.
2013-03-07	Recent heat spike unlike anything in 11,000 years
2013-02-16	UN says fertiliser crisis is damaging the planet The world is facing a fertiliser crisis, with far too little in some places, and far too much in others, a new report from the United Nations says today.
1970-08-20	Take the Lead
2015-06-13	Israel Bringing Its Years Of Desalination Experience To California Taking the salt out of seawater helped Israel move from the constant threat of drought to a plentiful supply of water, but Israel has learned that desalination is not the only answer.
2014-10-02	Global biodiversity targets won't be met by 2020, scientists say World leaders are failing in their pledge to cut the rate at which wildlife lose their homes, according to the the first ever progress report on targets to slow biodiversity loss by the end of the decade. Conservationist called the lack of action a 'troubling sign' and a 'reality check'.
2015-02-26	Wanted: innovative ideas on how to feed nine billion people I grew up on a farm and I am one of 10 siblings, so I know how challenging it can be to embrace differences and work together. But I am also from the Netherlands ' a country that would be underwater if we had not all worked together to come up with a solution ' so I know it can be done.
2015-05-18	Ma Jun: China has reached its environmental tipping point It was almost 20 years ago that Ma Jun sat and watched the rainbow-coloured River Fen, in Shanxi province. As he turned to the skies in this coal and industrial heartland of north China he could see dozens of chimneys bellowing out their fumes.
2015-06-23	Dutch government ordered to cut carbon emissions in landmark ruling A court in The Hague has ordered the Dutch government to cut its emissions by at least 25% within five years, in a landmark ruling expected to cause ripples around the world.