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Babatunde Osotimehin: “The Youth Agenda Has Never Been More Important”
More than 1.8 billion people – nearly a third of the global population – are between the ages of 10 and 24, comprising the largest-ever generation of young people. According to Babatunde Osotimehin,...
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The End of Sustainability?
The original version of this article, by Melinda Harm Benson and Robin K. Craig, appeared on Ensia. The time has come for us to collectively reexamine – and ultimately move past – the concept of...
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Suzanne Ehlers: Global Development Agenda Needs Re-Framing to Focus on Rights...
Successfully incorporating the rights of young people and women into whatever development agenda succeeds the Millennium Development Goals next year hinges not only on the scope of new goals, but how...
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Securing Rights or Results? A False Choice in Integrating Youth Into...
“The greatest challenge we have today is that we have a world that is pushing back on rights,” said Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), at the...
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Silver Buckshot: Alternative Pathways Towards Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
In 1986, global nuclear weapons stockpiles peaked at nearly 70,000 warheads. By the beginning of 2013, there were just over 17,000, with only 4,400 kept operational. This dramatic reduction was the...
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Proven and Promising Solutions to Strengthening Maternal Health Supply Chains
In 2012, as part of the Every Women Every Child movement, 13 vital health commodities were identified by a UN panel that could save the lives of more than 6 million women and children over the course...
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Opportunity Costs: Evidence Suggests Variability, Not Scarcity, Primary...
Nearly 1 billion people lack reliable access to clean drinking water today. A report by the Water Resources Group projects that by 2030 annual global freshwater needs will reach 6.9 trillion cubic...
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Effective Conservation Efforts Must Recognize Livelihoods, Participatory...
A new report from the International Institute for Environment and Development seeks to understand why Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable National Park continues to be exploited despite park officials’...
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On the Path Past 9 Billion, Little Crosstalk Between UN Sessions on...
The original version of this article, by Andrew Revkin, appeared on The New York Times’ Dot Earth blog. The United Nations and the streets of Manhattan are going into global warming saturation mode,...
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Displacement Planning Critical for Climate Change Strategies, Studies Show
Planned relocation should be a major component of national strategies for disaster risk management, climate change, and development, says a recent report by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees...
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Wael Hmaidan: Development Goals Unattainable Without Addressing Climate Change
When it comes to sustainable development, not all goals are created equal, says Wael Hmaidan, the director of Climate Action Network International, in this week’s podcast. Climate change “intersects...
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I Went to UNGA and All I Got Were These Five Questions
The original version of this article, by A. Tianna Scozzaro, appeared on Population Action International’s All Access blog. As the dust settles on an exciting United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), I...
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More Focused Priorities Critical for Sustainable Development Goals, Says...
Leaders from around the world gathered in New York last month to discuss the replacements for the Millennium Development Goals, which expire next year. The topics included human rights, economic...
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UN Further Refines Population Projections: 80 Percent Probability of 10-12...
Seasoned demography geeks know to anticipate the release of the UN Population Division’s World Population Prospects in the spring of odd-numbered years. An off-cycle update published last month in...
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What’s Youth Got to Do With It? Investing in Youth Sexual and Reproductive...
“Half of the world’s population is under 30 – any development agenda would have to address their needs, including their health needs, as part of accomplishing development goals,” said Jennifer Adams,...
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Overlooked Among 50 Million Displaced Worldwide, Women and Girls Lose Out
The original version of this article, by Andrea Ó Súilleabháin, appeared on the International Peace Institute’s Global Observatory. Mass displacement has become a significant feature of recent...
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Innovative Technology and Trainings Empower New Generation of Midwives
Imagine you are a physician working in a rural health center in a developing country. You’re helping a woman deliver her baby, and it’s just arrived but is not breathing. Meanwhile, the mother has...
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A Reset for International Development? UN Debates What to Include in...
The 69th UN General Assembly was “an absolutely extraordinary opportunity” to rethink global development, said Genevieve Maricle, a senior policy advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to the UN Social and...
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Pentagon Sustainability Report, IPCC Synthesis Highlight Climate Challenges...
The culmination of five years of work by three working groups comprising hundreds of scientists around the world, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment was released in parts...
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UNFPA: World’s 1.8 Billion Young People Need to Be More Involved in Development
“A world in which a quarter of humanity is denied full enjoyment of their rights is an unjust world,” said Kate Gilmore, deputy executive director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA). “It’s...
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