Amid the backdrop of rapid global economic expansion and increasing population, the sustainable utilization of land resources ...

The World Bank, in collaboration with George Washington University (GWU) and the University of Virginia (UVA), hosted the 1st World Bank-GWU-UVA Conference on “The Economics of Sustainable Development ...

A new international study calls for a fundamental reset in how humanity understands and pursues sustainable development. The article is published in the journal Communications Sustainability. The ...

Sustainable transportation refers to transportation methods that minimize environmental impact while still safely and efficiently moving people and goods. While the primary focus is on reducing ...

Sustainable lifestyles, green-tech innovation, and government-led transformation each offer promising routes to make significant progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the ...

Today, more than half the world’s population lives in cities—a figure expected to grow by 2.4 billion by 2050. Cities are at the heart of humanity’s future, but they are also ground zero for some of ...

The 2030 deadline for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is fast approaching. We need fresh, bold ideas if we are to attain sustainable development for all. It is clear ...

The United Nations’ ambitious development agenda aims to protect people and the planet via seventeen goals. But experts say governments aren’t doing enough to implement them. In 2015, the UN General ...