Good Tourism Practices to Advance Sustainable Development in the Americas
Concrete examples of how to advance sustainable development through tourism take centre stage in the first joint publication between the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)...
Cambodia: Electricity Access Increased, Reliability Needs Improvement
While access to grid electricity has expanded in Cambodia to 71.5 percent, reliability of electricity supply can be improved, as nearly two-thirds of households...
As cities boom, forests key to meeting demands for water, food and energy
With two-thirds of the world’s population expected to live in urban areas by 2050, forests are critical part of the solution to the unprecedented...
Global energy demand grew by 2.1% in 2017- carbon emissions rose for the first time since 2014
Global energy demand rose by 2.1% in 2017, more than twice the previous year’s rate, boosted by strong global economic growth, with oil, gas...
World looks to nature-based solutions for urgent water challenges
As more than 2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water and more than double that number lack access to safe sanitation, the...
Forum held in Kigali on increasing access to sustainable energy in East Africa
The Sustainable Energy Forum for East Africa took place between 19 and 21 March 2018 in Kigali, Rwanda. Over 400 high-level representatives from government,...
Meet the MilleXZials: Generational Lines Blur as Media Consumption for Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z Converge
American consumers’ appetite for streaming video continues to grow, and they have no qualms shelling out cash for original content, according to Deloitte’s 12th...
Coding with impact: Training female tech talent from Latin America
“We want to train young women to make them talented and globally competitive software developers.”
Meet Mariana Costa Checa, a young social entrepreneur from Peru....
Boosting Energy Access through Parliamentary Action
Belgian Parliamentarian, Andries Gryffroy, shares his views on enabling energy access through pro-renewables policy making
Parliamentarians from around the world will gather next week in...
Turkey’s 18-month state of emergency has led to profound human rights violations
The United Nations on Tuesday called on Turkey to end its 18-month-old state of emergency, saying that the routine extension of emergency powers has...