Eighth InterEcoForum held in Spain with full UN backing
THE InterEcoForum's eighth annual event addressing the theme of Water For Sustainable Development, supported by the United Nations and its agencies, was held recently...
Bhutan: Sustainable Happiness
At around the time Abba were raising a glass of Babycham to toast their number one chart success with Waterloo, the good folk of...
Science-Based Emissions Targets: A New Foundation for Corporate Climate Action
Corporate emissions-reduction targets have become commonplace. In 2014, 80% of companies that reported their emissions to CDP, an international NGO that holds the largest...
Commodity prices likely to rise further in 2018: World Bank
Oil prices to average $56 a barrel in 2018, up from 2017 average of $53/bbl
Oil prices are forecast to rise to $56 a barrel...
UNCDF “What Did We Learn?” Series: UNCDF MicroLead Expansion Innovations Reaching...
Increasing the capacity of financial institutions to provide low-balance savings accounts and reach low-income clients in developing countries with technology-driven products has become an...
Israel ice cream row heats up
ICE CREAM maker Ben & Jerry's is to end sales in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
The firm intends to construct a different distribution...
Thomas Cook ceases trading, leaving tens of thousands of customers stranded...
AFTER almost 180 years in business holiday firm Thomas Cook has collapsed — leaving 150,000 Britons stranded abroad.
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said...
Registration open for World Export Development Forum 2017
World Export Development Forum (WEDF) 2017 to be held in Budapest, Hungary, on 25-26 October.
What: World Export Development Forum 2017
Theme: Trade – A Force for...
SDG11: From city to slum: urban challenges that must be overcome
SDG11’s goal is to make cities “inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable”. As with all the SDGs, the aim is ambitious … and difficult to...
Government has ‘window of opportunity’ before firms trigger Brexit contingency plans
New survey reveals 57% of firms are looking at scenario and contingency planning related to Brexit, but only 11% have begun to implement...
