Perspectives
Interested in key sustainability issues? Read our science-based blog posts and op-ed pieces – our perspectives.
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The treaty may enter into force well before 2020, but let’s not wait and see - let’s start delivering actions.
By following the example of pioneers such as Norway and California, governments could help EVs rise from their tiny niche to market dominance by 2030.
What do the Sustainable Development Goals mean for high-income countries? Insights from studies in Sweden, Japan and the Netherlands.
If companies, civil society and governments band together to publish transparent information on agricultural supply chains it could help protect the Amazon.
We're used to vast IPCC reports, but tailored studies focused on land, cities and the 1.5°C warming ceiling may be more useful to policy-makers.
Science, technology and innovation can help identify and assess sustainability challenges, and help to ensure coherent agendas when implementing the SDGs.
The EU’s energy and climate policies, although often portrayed as being two sides of the same coin, are still not sufficiently harmonized.
Dependence on biomass for household energy imposes a huge burden on women in sub-Saharan Africa. Women also play a key role in modernizing energy systems.
Colombia is only beginning to tackle climate risks and competing demands on water, but it now has a strong community of practice ready to tackle the challenges.
To fulfil the SDGs vision of universal sanitation access, we need to recognize the value of sanitation outside the household.
The Paris Agreement has given us huge momentum for building a resource-efficient, low-carbon and resilient global economy. Now it’s time to realize that vision.
Along with trying to reduce consumption, policy-makers should consider measures that target the production of coal, oil and gas.
The Paris Agreement has laid a foundation for global climate action, but doesn't guarantee that its goals will be achieved. The real test is what we make of it.
Is the concept of partnerships an empty promise, or can they make a genuine impact on deforestation while reducing rural poverty?
Wealthy governments risk inflating the private sector’s contribution to a USD 100 billion target to climate-proof developing countries.