Enhanced and innovative global partnerships key to a successful African Continental Free Trade Area
Heads of States, high-level representatives of governments, development financing institutions and UN agencies together with representatives of the private sector, non-governmental organizations and academia...
A Digitalised, Decentralised Future is Around the Corner
“We need to identify, refine, implement, and scale up innovations that promise to become solutions for a renewables-powered future,” encouraged IRENA Director-General Adnan Z....
Governments need to honour their climate pledges as risks grow
Three years on from the commitments made at COP21 in Paris, the overwhelming majority of governments have not taken the necessary action to contain...
Digitisation and autonomous driving to halve costs by 2030
The digitization and automation of processes and delivery vehicles will reduce logistics costs for standardized transport by 47% by 2030, according to a new...
In Northern Nigeria, Online Skills Help Youth, Women Tap New Opportunities
Rashidat Sani lost her job when she was pregnant with her child. Now a nursing mother, she has been unable to find flexible employment...
Conflicts and extreme climate change threatens access to food in 39 countries
Unrelenting conflict and rapid climate change is continuing to reshape agriculture across the world, and contributing to major food shortages across 39 countries, which...
Building Sri Lanka’s Resilience To Climate Change
38-year-old Sivasidambaram Vasugi is the General Manager of one of the first cooperative-owned seed paddy processing centers in Killinochchi, Si Lanka. The Integrated Farmers...
Globally, youth are the largest poverty-stricken group
Half of all people living in poverty are younger than 18 years old, according to estimates from a new report released on Thursday by...
Clean and Resilient Growth in Bangladesh
Every year Bangladesh loses about $6.5 billion, or about 3.4 percent of its 2015 GDP, which may be caused by pollution and environmental degradation...
Global Waste to Grow by 70 Percent by 2050 Unless Urgent Action is Taken
Without urgent action, global waste will increase by 70 percent on current levels by 2050, according to the World Bank’s new What a Waste...