News Feed Newsletters (on-line) Blogs Twitter Feeds Image Wall Sustainable Development Goals – The Guardian‘The strain is the worst of my lifetime’: how Bill Gates is staying optimistic September 13, 2022Covid and Ukraine war were major setbacks in pursuit of global development goals, philanthropist admits, but cutting back on aid would be ‘tragic’The figures are bad, progress has stalled and all the trends that had been building hope in the world becoming a fairer place are showing sharp about-turns. Yet Bill Gates, who has poured […] Tracy McVeighUrgent action needed on crucial development targets, next PM warned July 19, 2022UK at risk of breaking global commitment to help deliver UN sustainable development goals on poverty, environment and inequalities, say NGOsThe next British prime minister must halt the government’s “back-sliding” in its support for crucial global development targets, NGOs have warned.A report published by Bond, the network for British development charities, said that without urgent […] Saeed Kamali DehghanThe big idea: should other species have their own money? March 14, 2022Are digital wallets for orangutans and a ‘Bank for Other Species’ harebrained fantasies, or genius ways to boost conservation funding?Only about 120,000 orangutans remain in the wild, and despite the whopping $1bn that has been spent on protecting them since 2000, their numbers continue to decline. The orangutan is the most endangered great ape, but […] Laura SpinneyWe can afford to reverse poverty and climate breakdown. What we can’t afford is the alternative | Kevin Watkins January 24, 2022Our global finance system is failing to rise to the challenges we face. It’s time it was reimagined – and grounded in our shared humanity“The peoples of the Earth,” Henry Morgenthau said, “are inseparably linked by a deep underlying community of purpose.”In July 1944, Morgenthau, the US Treasury secretary, was closing the Bretton Woods conference […] Kevin WatkinsBritish Airways looks to recycled cooking oil fuel to cut jet emissions December 2, 2021Airline signs deal with UK refinery but questions remain over sustainable aviation fuel’s net zero credentialsBritish Airways has signed a deal for aircraft fuel made from recycled cooking oils and other household waste to be produced at scale in the UK and to be in use as early as 2022 to help power its flights.The […] Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent Sustainable Development Goals – UNSelected Posts:VEGANISM: The Next Stage in Human (R)evolution?WHICH - The Hydrogen Home (November 2021)A Crisis of Conscience!A New Year and Big News!A Cleaner World - “That’s just business”Food for thought… The Internet in 2022: Help or Hindrance to…
