Innovative Index-Based Agriculture Insurance: Where Hope Meets Possibility
Farmers in Bangladesh face the twin challenges of coping with COVID-19 related atrocities while constantly being battered by monsoon floods. Fortunately, there was some respite for 316 flood-struck Bangladeshi Boro Rice Farmers who received a claim of Bangladeshi taka (BDT)
If We Want To Achieve The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, We Need To Start Increasing Farmers’ Incomes
Agricultural development plays a pivotal role in addressing global poverty. Roughly 80% of the world’s poorest people—close to 650 million—live in rural areas in developing countries and rely largely on farming to make a living. This continues to hold true
Assembling the Puzzle: Conceptual Framework and Methods for Assessing Food Systems
Sustainable food systems can play a big role in ensuring the availability and access to safe, nutritious and affordable food, creating decent jobs and livelihoods, contributing to balanced territorial development and protecting the earth’s natural resources and biodiversity. But our food
Data4WASH, A Platform to Improve Access To Clean Water
Data4WASH is an interactive online platform designed for open source use. Verified data generated from different GPS coordinates is curated onto the WASH map portal and used to make a case for driving investment into the design and installation of
UNDP Shortlists 28 Growth Stage Impact Ventures for the SDGs
UNDP, École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (the EPFL), Orange, and SAP have selected the top 13% most innovative and investment-ready ventures that are transforming access to health, energy, and waste management in developing countries. For the second year in a row,
Singapore Making Leaps In Green Finance
On October 13th, Ravi Menon, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, had some promising news to share. Menon took (virtual) center stage as the key-note speaker of the Financial Times ‘Investing for Good’ digital conference. The announcement was the
Sustainability: The Biggest Economic Opportunity Of Our Times
Sustainability focuses on the long-term, a concern for future generations, leaving our people and planet better than it is today. The mission is crucial, but the task at hand is challenging given its complexity: sustainability encompasses a triple bottom line
EcoLogistics Principles: A Pathway to Sustainable Urban Freight
Cities generate an estimated 75% of all global CO2 emissions and urban freight contributes up to 40% of these emissions. The industry's environmental impact is only set to increase further as global freight demand is estimated to triple between 2015
The Education Outcomes Fund: An Interview With The CEO Amel Karboul
A good education can be a gateway to a better quality of life for anyone if they are given the opportunity. So why is it that in today's globalized world, many children are still not being offered the same opportunities
Why Zero Food Waste Cities Are the Way to 2030 UN Climate Goals
Urban Areas Can Lead the Way in Establishing a Framework to Reduce Food Waste. Five years ago, the UN General Assembly set optimistic goals for the world of tomorrow. Covering everything from access to education to gender equality, these Sustainable Development
11 Climate Innovations To Put Quest For SDGs Back On Track
Low-carbon innovation is an important tool in our bid to reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 – not only because one of those goals focuses on access to energy, but because climate projects deliver a huge range of
Nature Loss — Risky Business
Ever since New York shut down in March, I have been feeling as if I am living in a Sci-Fi movie. Daily news reports with COVID-related tragedies and havoc around the world. People in plastic suits with face shields and