Ed note. Commentary below comes via Project Syndicate, and is reprinted here with permission. Author David Griggs is Director of the Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI) in Australia. Emphasis added.

During a recent speech to the World Trade Organization, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced that sustainable development will be the United Nations’ top priority during his second ...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development highlights the role of academia in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and considers universities and colleges as valuable ...

Lima, 10 October 2015 – The World Bank Group and UN-Habitat share a vision of sustainable urban development. The adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a new opportunity to end ...

Scarcely a day goes by without a grim new report warning of “dire consequences” if the world does not quickly adopt new protocols on “sustainable development.” Most of these studies are produced or ...

“The problem appears to be that sustainable chemistry and green chemistry are sometimes used interchangeably, but can and do mean very different things depending on the point of view of the person ...

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Submitted by U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation Corporate Citizenship Center The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC) and Siemens Corporation presented the 3rd annual ...