4. Quality education
Obtaining a quality education is the foundation to improving people’s lives and sustainable development. More than half of children and adolescents worldwide are not meeting minimum proficiency standards in reading and mathematics. Refocused efforts are needed to improve the quality of education. Disparities in education along the lines of gender, urban-rural location and other dimensions still run deep, and more investments in education infrastructure are required, particularly in LDCs.
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How badly will US aid cuts impact Afghanistan?
Trump's funding cuts and USAID shutdown will hit everything from vaccinations to mine clearance – and make many Afghans jobless.
After witnessing the devastation of Cyclone Aila, Lamia Mohsin has dedicated her career to bridging local realities with global climate action and shaping climate adaptation policies.
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Remote sustainability courses could close global skills gap, says University of Cambridge director
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Unless sustainability courses are made more accessible to busy working professionals, the talent shortage will increase, putting the planet’s climate and other sustainability goals further beyond reach, says Dr Theo Hacking at the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
Polisi & Kewangan
Trump's USAID freeze: Where does the money go?
Polisi & Kewangan
'We will die from hunger': Gazans decry Israel's UNRWA ban
Polisi & Kewangan
Unemployed youth cling to Kashmir elections for hope
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Polisi & Kewangan
Aid cuts could erase women from public life
Amid a critical UN meeting on women and with aid cuts causing turmoil, we must remember that investing in women is a priority.
Polisi & Kewangan
Need human rights research? Talk to the Global South
If a tea seller or a street vendor in Mumbai had drafted the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, they might have looked very different. The focus on Global North research in academia needs to shift.
Polisi & Kewangan
Did COP29 fail women?
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Polisi & Kewangan
Universities as ministries for sustainable futures?
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Why the conversation about eco-anxiety needs some heat
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Strengthening Asia's voice for sustainable development
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What has been the effect of this agribusiness company's dual-income policy on the households of its Indonesian workers?
Studio EB
Palm oil frequently makes headlines, but the faceless workers harvesting the fruit of the oil palm less so. What are the challenges of the job and how can their rights be safeguarded?
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In line with the Sustainable Development Goals' aim to eradicate poverty, a Japanese multinational electronics firm is providing power supply stations, solar storage and products to countries with little or no access to electricity.
Yolk Station, a South Korean solar energy company, has installed a renewable energy solution in a remote Kenyan town that can also tackle the problem of child labour.
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Indonesian environmental campaigners took a novel approach to raising climate awareness by publishing five children's books about the country's environmental issues. This podcast explores their creative process and the public's response.
Karbon & Cuaca
Competence greenwashing: Are questionable ESG credentials putting climate goals at risk?
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The stories of Malaysia’s indigenous tribes are now being captured through the fresh lenses of young female filmmakers. In this bilingual podcast recorded in English and Bahasa Melayu, they tell Eco-Business why they've picked up the camera.
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How did Covid change sustainability events?
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Covid-19 didn't kill events, but it did change them. Teymoor Nabili and Veemal Gungadin tell the Eco-Business Podcast how a pandemic transformed the way sustainability events are conceived and organised.
