21 MAR 2019 15 MIN READ / 2519 WORDS Commentary/Five ways the finance community engages with natural capital Over the past decade, green finance has been embraced as a key to the future of sustainable development. Banks, corporations, states, and other financial actors are attracted to this new economic sector, but what are the risks and opportunities? And what’s new?
07 MAR 2019 10 MIN READ Feature/Mongolian slums offer lessons for tomorrow’s sustainable cities The ger district on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar expands as more people move from rural areas in search of a better life. Booming urbanisation is poised to put a strain on shared resources, but a combination of local and global knowledge may be key to tackling this.
28 FEB 2019 19 MIN READ 9 PEOPLE LIKED THIS Feature/Cities without sewers Where conventional sanitation is out of reach, old methods paired with new science can get human waste safely back in the ground, with environmental benefits and more. A project in Haiti is leading the way for cities without sewers.
07 FEB 2019 11 MIN READ 9 PEOPLE LIKED THIS Commentary/Small fry are beautiful: rethinking development in small-scale fisheries
03 JAN 2019 19 MIN READ 8 PEOPLE LIKED THIS Feature/Moving from “doing less badly” to “sustainability”
01 MAR 2018 12 MIN READ / 1804 WORDS 11 PEOPLE LIKED THIS Commentary/Machines learning development Algorithms are all around us, from banking machines to agriculture. Is it time to rethink how they shape development?
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