Sustainable development

14 May 2008 -- With senior ministers gathered in New York for high-level talks on sustainable development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called today for a “second green revolution” that would embrace innovative agricultural methods, produce enough food to feed the burgeoning global population, and promote eco-friendly urban and rural development, especially in Africa.    » read more »

Key Seafood Buyers Support Vision for a Long-Term Sustainable Fish Supply

NEW YORK (May 8, 2008) – The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), in partnership with more than a dozen conservation organizations, today released clear, realistic steps companies can take to develop and implement a comprehensive corporate policy on sustainable, wild-caught and farmed seafood.

Chilean sea bass: Photo by Mike McCune (CC)    » read more »

JOHANNESBURG, November 14, 2007 – Many African economies appear to have turned the corner and may be moving to a path of faster and steadier economic growth needed to reduce high levels of poverty, according to the World Bank Africa Development Indicators 2007 (ADI), released here today.    » read more »

November 14, 2007 -- Oakland, Calif.—Most of the world suffers from abject poverty. Half of the world’s people live on two dollars or less per day and roughly 600 million live on no more than one dollar per day. Why do some nations get richer while others remain poor? What prevents development in some resource-rich countries while others thrive on very little? And why do robust economies sometimes collapse?    » read more »

5 November 2007 -- New Zealand, a small country with large ambitions, hopes to become the world's first truly sustainable nation, according to Steve Maharey, New Zealand's Minister of Research, Science and Technology.

Maharey spoke at a 31 October breakfast seminar sponsored by AAAS and the Washington Science Policy Alliance. Maharey led a delegation of New Zealand science officials who were in Washington to renew a long-standing agreement with the United States for cooperation on science and technology.    » read more »

11 October 2007 -- In the poorest parts of the world, especially in rural villages and outlying city slums, people are confined to their homes by darkness at night. The only light they have usually comes from a smoky fire or an air-polluting kerosene lantern. But an entrepreneur from Houston, Texas is trying to change that by distributing flashlights powered by energy from the sun in developing nations.    » read more »

Key Components of Spitzer Administration’s 15x15 Plan to Reduce Energy Consumption and Fight Climate Change

August 28, 2007 -- New York State First Lady Silda Wall Spitzer and David D. Brown, Executive Director of the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York (DASNY), today announced two important initiatives to promote the construction of green homes and State-owned buildings throughout the State.    » read more »