Category: Sustainability and Environment

United Nations: The 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development Report 

The 2023 Financing for Sustainable Development Report: Financing Sustainable Transformations warns of a lasting sustainable development divide as SDG financing needs are growing but development financing is not keeping pace. It calls on the international community to align financing with sustainable development by combing three sets of actions. First, scale up development cooperation and SDG investment. Second, strengthen the international financial architecture. Third, accelerate national sustainable industrial transformations.

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UN Report > Global trade slows, but “green goods” grow

According to a new report from the United Nations Conference
on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), global trade was worth a record $32 trillion in 2022, but amid deteriorating economic conditions and rising uncertainties, growth turned negative in the last half of the year and is set to stagnate in the first half of 2023.

The silver lining was the strong performance of trade in environmentally friendly “green goods,” says UNCTAD’s latest Global Trade Update.

“This is good news for the planet,” says Alessandro Nicita, one of the report’s authors, “as these goods are key to protecting the environment and fighting climate change.”

Update: Sustainability for a better world

Business trends in 2023 revolve around corporate sustainability. From adopting the circular economy to cleaning up the global supply chain, 2023 is the year that companies must put sustainability in business into action. University of Navarra IESE Business School professors explore ways to put sustainability at the heart of business.

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Easing Supply Chain Bottlenecks for a Sustainable Future

World Trade Organization (WTO) members and stakeholders from every part of the supply chain shared perspectives on the underlying causes and trajectory of continued supply chain disruptions. They also discussed the resources, interventions and innovations needed to ease crippling disruptions, logjams and price hikes.

Court Orders Shell to Pay Compensation for Oil Spill in Nigeria

A Dutch appeal court says that the Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell was responsible for oil pipeline leaks in the Niger Delta and ordered it to pay unspecified damages to farmers.

Six park rangers shot and killed in mountain gorilla sanctuary

At least six park rangers were shot and killed and several others wounded Sunday in Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Microsoft Founder Bill Gates on the Impact of Tariffs on Poor Countries