News, comment and features on sustainability and sustainable development in the developing world
August 2024
Opinion
Brazil led the way. Now the UK should get behind the assault on hunger and poverty
Kevin Watkins
At its recent summit, Lula gave the G20 a chance to show its commitment to real change – and Britain can take the lead, says Kevin Watkins
January 2024
Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
Plenty more flying fish in the sea? Tobago’s fears as Bajan boats move in
I thought most of us were going to die from the climate crisis. I was wrong
September 2023
Climate crisis: Africa is talking but is the west listening?
Africa’s largest meeting on the crisis finished last week amid arguments over ‘false solutions’ and unfulfilled promises. But will the lofty ideals presented translate into better lives for Africans?
July 2023
‘This will not be swept away’: the bamboo homes helping Pakistan’s post-flood rebuild
A year on from devastating floods, a renowned architect is leading a project to build affordable and sustainable homes while empowering communities in the process
May 2023
After a plastic bag ban, Kenya takes another shot at its pollution problem
Despite a single-use bag ban in 2017, Nairobi and its waste collectors are still inundated with plastic. Can a new law pin responsibility on the manufacturers?
April 2023
The world desperately needs a fairer economy – here’s how we can make that happen
Mia Mottley and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Inflation and the climate crisis are hitting developing economies hardest. Trade is the key to helping them, say Mia Mottley, prime minister of Barbados, and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization
February 2023
Economics viewpoint
It’s high time to rethink how the World Bank operates
Many believe there is little future in trying to tackle problems of the 2020s with institutions created in the 1940s
January 2023
From poaching to production: the fish farm that rehabilitated a Rwanda lake
An initiative to repopulate depleted waters is teaching villagers sustainable agriculture, providing jobs and improving diets
December 2022
‘Means of survival’: Tanzania’s booming charcoal trade drives unchecked deforestation
Crisis Somalia
Somalia is not just a story of violence and state failure. Focus on our strengths
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
November 2022
‘It all hinges on the herders’: world’s largest soil carbon removal project enlists Kenyan pastoralists
Gold, guns, gangs: on patrol with the elite unit saving Ivory Coast’s forests
August 2022
Environmentalist Elizabeth Wathuti: ‘Perhaps I had something President Biden really needed to hear’
Kenya’s rising climate star tells how her speech at Cop26 grabbed a world leader’s attention, and urges policymakers to go beyond mere pledges
June 2022
From bricks to bags to eco art: six innovative uses for plastic waste around the world
From upcycled school benches in India to plant pots in Peru, people are finding enterprising and ingenious solutions to a perennial problem
April 2022
Opinion
Global disasters are coming harder and faster. Here’s how we can cut the risks
Mami Mizutori
The UN’s annual report on mitigating calamities shows that a radical rethink is needed to protect those who suffer most
February 2022
Kenya to use solar panels to boost crops by ‘harvesting the sun twice’
Successful trials found growing crops beneath panels – known as agrivoltaics – reduced water loss and resulted in larger plants
October 2021
Opinion
We know who caused the climate crisis – but they don’t want to pay for it
Vanessa Nakate
The Cop26 Secret Negotiator
Covid restrictions could hinder Cop26 delegates and observers
The Secret Negotiator
September 2021
‘Betting on a low-carbon future’: why China is ending foreign coal investment
Xi Jinping’s promise reflects growing awareness of the climate crisis in China and falling renewable prices
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