Tag: Sustainable Development

Breakthrough: The promise of frontier technologies for sustainable development (Homi Kharas, John McArthur, and Izumi Ohno, Brookings)

What breakthrough technologies have the potential soon to affect the human condition at a substantial scale, with special emphasis on the economic, social, and...

Fintech/Sustainable Development. Fintech for Good: Governance Mechanisms for Sustainable Development (Sep Pashang, Olaf Weber, CIGI)

Financial technology (fintech) for good can help to achieve sustainable development through environmental, social and governance investing, and through financial inclusion initiatives to address...

Sustainable Development. Investing in nature gives industry and business a competitive advantage. Here’s why (André Hoffmann, Katell Le Goulven, WEF)

On the agenda at the IUCN Congress in Marseille is awareness that investment in a vibrant natural world opens the door to sustainable...

Global – Sustainable Development Spotlight: Make progress on gender equality with more data transparency (Brookings)

George Ingram, senior fellow in the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution, shares his insights on why we need better data quality...

Sustainable Development/SDGs – Donor engagement with Agenda 2030: How government agencies encompass the Sustainable Development Goals (Brookings)

George Ingram and Helena Hlavaty write: In 2015, all members of the United Nations adopted an ambitious agenda known as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also...

Sustainable Development/SDGs – How government donors engage with the Sustainable Development Goals (Brookings)

George Ingram writes: In 2015, 193 nations signed on to Agenda 2030 setting forth the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The predecessor Millennium Development Goals...

Cities and Urbanization/Sustainable Development/Biodiversity – How urban gardens can boost biodiversity and make cities more sustainable (Karen Kirstine Christensen-Dalsgaard, The Conversation, WEF)

Cities are now driving significant environmental problems, such as elevated pollution levels, climate change and habitat loss. This can be improved by increasing...

Climate Change/Sustainable Development – The industries most at risk from extreme weather – and how to protect them (John Alarcon, Yingzhen Chuang, WEF)

Adapting economies to climate-related impacts has become a major priority. Parametric insurance – which pays out depending on the severity of an event...

Social Innovation/Sustainable Development/SDGs – How collaborations with social entrepreneurs are helping to make the SDGs a reality (Kristine Pearson, Colin McElwee, WEF)

Social innovators are tackling some of the world’s greatest threats – and by working more collaboratively, are shifting the entire landscape of the...

Sustainable Development/Fairer Economies/Human Rights – The elephant and the mouse: how corporate giants can avoid trampling on their stakeholders (John Morrison, Julia Olofsson, WEF)

• Business is increasingly keen to be seen to be doing due diligence on ESG. • The 'affected stakeholder' concept is a key way of...

Sustainable Development – How the creative manufacturing and handmade sector can craft a post-COVID-19 future (Alison Phillips, WEF)

The COVID-19 pandemic brought many creative manufacturing and handmade businesses to a standstill; The sector's workforce is one of the world's largest, but...

Climate Change – Waste less, sell more – how one startup is using AI to transform food retail (WEF)

Image: ReFed How AI can reduce supermarket food waste | World Economic Forum (weforum.org)

Sustainable Development – Sustainable Development Spotlight: 17 Rooms for the Sustainable Development Goals (Brookings)

John McArthur, senior fellow and director of the Center for Sustainable Development at the Brookings Institution, explains the “17 Rooms” initiative, a collaborative experiment...

(Climate Change/Sustainable Development/India) Development Amid Disruption: Uncommon Pathways for the Common Good (ORF)

APARNA ROY From changing demands, to technologies and competitions, the world is facing various disruptions that could have a transformative impact to people’s daily lives. https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/development-amid-disruption-uncommon-pathways-for-the-common-good/

(Emerging Technologies/Sustainable Development) What taking VR and AR mainstream means for sustainable development (WEF)

Doreen Bogdan-Martin For the privileged few, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) have become commonplace, increasingly used in everything from entertainment and online commerce...

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT – Mission Sustainable Development (Jeffrey D. Sachs, Project-Syndicate)

Nearly 60 years ago, President John F. Kennedy put the United States on a mission to the future by proclaiming that it would land...