22 December 2015
Ursula Schaefer-Preuss wants a water-secure world where the productive power of water is harnessed and its destructive force is minimized
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged 2030 Agenda, drinking water, Global Water Partnership, International Decade for Action, sanitation, stewardship of water resources, Ursula Schaefer-Preuss, water pollution, water-energy-food-health nexus, “Water for Life”
29 October 2015
A young Ugandan is transforming agricultural waste into fashionable bags
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged agricultural waste, environmentally friendly, Good Business, Oribags Innovations, plastic bags, Rusia Orikiriza Bariho, SEED Initiative, small business, start-ups, sustainable, Ugandan, women entrepreneurs, Young African Leaders Initiative, young entrepreneurs
29 October 2015
Parag Khanna surveys some of the opportunities and challenges facing the world’s metropolises in the 21st century
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged cities, city clusters, diplomacity, inclusive cities, industry, mega-cities, Parag Khanna, Pearl RIver Delta, sustainability, urban strategy, urbanization
18 October 2015
Water can be a catalyst for conflict or for cooperation
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged conflict, cooperation, droughts, ecosystems, floods, groundwater, integrated water resources management, IWRM, Mitidaption, nation-states, rivers, Robert C. Brears, runoff, water, water resources
20 September 2015
The major challenges that will be generated by urbanization
Posted in All Posts, Features | Tagged cities, citizens, development, economic growth, Fernando Casado Cañeque, Habitat III, innovation, population, SDG 11, urban areas, urbanization, youth employment
1 September 2015
Lorenzo Fioramonti on why it’s time to end the tyranny of Gross Domestic Product
Posted in All Posts, Global Forum | Tagged GDP, Gross Domestic Product, Lorenzo Fioramonti, SDG, SDGs, superpower, Sustainable Development Goals