Coming up for clean air in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Dayton Accords reached 22 years ago heralded an era of peace for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Yet the country is now estimated to be the...
Faces of change: Fighting for a mercury-free future
Charito Elcano turned 60 this year, a milestone in a life fraught with ups and downs, challenges and opportunities and – in her case...
New World Bank-Financed Project to Unlock Tourism Potential of Uttar Pradesh, India
A $40 million project, to India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh (UP), was approved by the World Bank Board of Executive Directors today to...
How Can Cities Leverage the Potential of the ‘Sharing Economy’?
According to Google Trends, the popularity of the phrase “sharing economy” has increased sixteenfold since 2013. But what is it? Sharing economy is often...
Cairo’s bad breath
If the Nile is Cairo’s ailing heart, then polluted skies are its black lungs.
Choking the city with swirling dust from the early hours, they...
Chit Ko’s story: Education without borders, a life without limits
Two years ago, Chit Ko’s migrant parents decided that at age 11, his schooling was over and it was time for him to work...
The Last call for Humans
An Extinction Level Event is a likely Event that will cause the extinction of the human race. Various Hollywood movies have depicted the different...
It’s time to abandon our dirty status quo and embrace clean growth
Climate change is intangible, daunting and for certain people, even deniable. But pollution is indisputable. And it affects everyone. We all experience it in...
UNESCO Launches Global Report Re-shaping Cultural Policies
Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, together with Annika Markovic, Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Sweden to UNESCO, representing Alice Bah Kuhnke, the Swedish Minister...
A Truly Global Response to Climate Change
Climate action is not just about controlling global temperatures. It can also be a driver of development and poverty reduction all over the world....