Why “Leave No One Behind” is Impossible: Dare to Select
Editor’s Note: Ever since Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals were agreed to by the UN General Assembly in 2015, there has been an oft-repeated “transformative promise” underpinning all the other goals: Leave no one behind (LNOB). And it
Keeping Farmers Safe and Business Running: One Coop’s Pandemic Response
When Donald Delgado took the helm of UNICAFEC last November, the coffee cooperative was at a crossroads. Since its founding in 2001, the cooperative had been led by one man, Alfredo Alarcón, and his sudden death left a hole in
Universal Education Can be Achieved by 2030 by Investing in Technology
We are in the midst of an education crisis: 100 million young children will never get a chance to attend school while another 250 million go to school yet leave without ever having learned how to read, write, or use
A way of life under threat: Dried wetlands lead to human displacement
This is Part 2 of the Wetlands International article series. Part 1 on the conservation of the Andean region can be accessed here. During our visit to dried wetlands, we stopped and spoke to Bonifacia Mamani, an elderly farmer of
Q&A with Carcel: garments made behind bars
The main cause of female incarceration is poverty. It is predominantly young, poor, single-mothers with a low level of education and income. Out of this situation, Carcel, a Danish fashion brand, has forged an identity of homogenous Scandinavian design with
Utilizing Sustainable Business to Scale Up the Fair Trade Market
Alter Eco introduces a scalable impact model to support indigenous farmers in the Global South and rural, marginalized communities with fair trade products It can be a struggle for many companies to implement fair trade products or organic food into their business
A Short History Of The SDGs
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS AUTHORED BY Paula Caballero, Senior Director of the Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice. IT IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDG's) - SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. These are
Adapting to Climate Change in Peru
EDITOR’S NOTE: THIS PIECE IS PART OF A SERIES EXPLORING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. SEE THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES HERE. From coastal deserts to Amazonian rainforests to Andean highlands, Peru is one of the world's most ecologically diverse countries. It is also vulnerable