World’s dams to lose a quarter of storage capacity by 2050 – UN research
Shanghai, ChinaReuters Nearly 50,000 large dams worldwide could lose more than a quarter of their storage capacity by 2050 as a result of sedimentation build-ups, eroding global water and energy security, according to United Nations research on Wednesday. Dam capacity is expected to drop from six trillion cubic metres to 4.655 trillion cubic metres by […]
ESSAY: THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION COULD UNLOCK A GREEN TRANSFORMATION OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
In an article first published on The Conversation, DIRK MESSNER, director of the Institute for Environment and Human Security at United Nations University, looks at how digital technologies may provide some answers in addressing the pressing need for greater sustainability…
SLAVERY: ERRATIC AID SPENDING COULD DERAIL DRIVE TO END SLAVERY BY 2030
KIERAN GUILBERT, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, looks at how poorly organised aid spending could be hindering efforts to tackle modern slavery…