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The Nobel Prize for economics was awarded to Harvard University professor Claudia Goldin on Monday for her research that has advanced the understanding of the gender gap in the labour market. Ms. Goldin is just the third woman to win the prize out of 93 economics...

Every continent, every region and every country is feeling the heat, but I’m not sure all leaders are feeling that heat,” he said in his opening remarks to presidents and prime ministers assembled for their annual gathering in the General Assembly. “The fossil fuel...

While Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement have taken widespread actions to address climate change and its impacts, ambition and implementation must be accelerated rapidly. Many creative and actionable solutions to overcome challenges are ready to be implemented, finds...

The UN Child Rights Committee today published authoritative guidance on children’s rights and the environment with a special focus on climate change. The guidance specifies the legislative and administrative measures States should urgently implement to address the...

Lawyers may seem unlikely allies in the fight against the climate emergency but, according to a new survey, they are playing an increasingly important role in holding corporations and governments accountable for failures to tackle the climate crisis. Research by the...

Do you feel as though your job is getting harder? If so, you’re not alone, as a study commissioned by Microsoft has shown. The tech giant surveyed 31,000 people in 31 countries for the 2023 Work Trend Index: Annual Report and analyzed trillions of activities carried...

The Perception Change Project  efforts are centered around three main axes: making information accessible, changing the narrative, leading action taking campaigns and organizing raise-awareness event. Read more….

Each report provides a synthesis of the latest research and developments in the climate change litigation field, outlining general trends to date as well as focusing on cases filed in the previous 12 months.This edition contains an update on case numbers, metrics and...

Amazon has partnered with a wide range of external certifications, including governmental agencies, non-profits, and independent laboratories, and created their  own certifications to help them distinguish more-sustainable products. They focus on certifications that...

A new World Bank report, Detox Development: Repurposing Environmentally Harmful Subsidies, shows the extent of global subsidies and the opportunity offered by repurposing them. Compared to what countries pledged in the Paris Agreement, every year, they spend about six...

The 2023 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a visual resource showcasing progress and setbacks in achieving the SDGs through interactive storytelling and data visualization. It provides decision-makers, the development community, academics, journalists,...

The founding members comprise a core group charged with developing solutions to address the barriers to private sector investment in emerging markets. The quality of their individual – and combined – expertise, leadership, and success in business and finance...