SD in Depth

The vast majority of people living in rural areas in developing countries rely on peasant food and seed systems. These systems are essential to food security, preserving biodiversity and promoting sustainable development. Peasants produce 70 per cent of the world’s food, but remain to be vulnerable and exposed to the societal risks such as poverty, …

The social, humanitarian and cultural committee of the United Nations meeting this month adopted a draft of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and Other People Working in Rural Areas Read More »

The today’s urgency to tackle the most pressing societal challenges such as climate change, environmental degradation, conflict and terrorism is coupled with the loss of credibility in international cooperation, multilateralism and collective action. The Paris Peace Forum, initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron, aims to revive collective governance, strengthen international cooperation, norms and institutions at …

The Paris Peace Forum, aimed at reviving collective governance, strengthen international cooperation for tackling most pressing societal challenges, took place on November 11-13 Read More »

Forests play an important role in producing and regulating freshwater flows, and forested watersheds are essential for sustaining freshwater supply. The SDGs related to water (SDG 6) and land (SDG 15) explicitly acknowledge the linkages between forests and water. Forests figure prominently in Article 5 of the Paris Agreement, particularly with respect to their role …

UNECE: The services provided by forest ecosystems for water quality are largely underestimated Read More »

Inclusive and sustainable industrialization is essential to achieve sustainable development. None should be left behind in benefiting from industrial development. The gains it generates should be shared inclusively and pro-environmentally. increasing welfare of the poorest, – says the UNIDO Industrial Development Report 2018 “Demand for Manufacturing: Inclusive and sustainable industrial development”. The Report highlights the …

UNIDO: Inclusive and sustainable industrialization is essential to achieve sustainable development Read More »

There is a strong evidence that the today’s problem of hunger is not related to quantity and production, but can be sourced to limited access to food, inefficient distributional policies and other factors contributing to the rise of hunger such as: (i) economic downturns, (ii) unsustainable use of the natural stocks and resources such as …

FAO: Parliamentarians are fundamental custodians of political commitments on food security and nutrition Read More »

According to the OECD estimates, the global economy is on course to quadruple by 2060. It will be accompanied by the increase in global population, demand for producing goods and services, consequently the demand in primer materials. A preview of the OECD’s The Global Material Resources Outlook to 2060released this week sees global materials use …

OECD: The world’s consumption of raw materials is set to nearly double by 2060 as the global economy expands and living standards rise, placing twice the pressure on the environment that we are seeing today Read More »

The recent Report Toward Optimal Provision of Regional Public Goods in Asia and the Pacific the United Nations recognized regional integration as an important tool to support national efforts in implementing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The outcome document of the Rio+20 summit, The Future We Want: Our Common Vision, emphasized that “regional and …

The 2030 Agenda raises issues in terms of the orientation of IPR systems towards the needs of sustainable and inclusive development Read More »

The New York state has tried a different strategy to attack the fossils giant, Exxon Mobil Corporation, through the enforcement of the anti-fraud law. After three years of investigation, Barbara D. Underwood, the New York attorney general, brought the lawsuit before the Supreme Court of the State of New York under the Martin Securities Fraud …

Classic legal strategies in the climate litigation: New York State sues Exxon Mobile Corporation for misleading investors on climate change Read More »