There is a economic paradigm that not focuses solely on how we collectively generate wealth but also on the ways in which we ...

For US institutions in particular, engagement with the SDGs will require coordination across research priorities, operations, and partnerships.

Rice paddies in the swamps and marshes maximize arable land, yielding food and economic security during the growing season. Innovative financial instruments can align financing with sustainability and ...

July 7 - As world leaders returned from the once-a-decade International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville, they brought home a set of landmark commitments, collectively known as the ...

The UN meets every year to try and reach a consensus on how to beat back some of the biggest threats, Svenningsen said, but ...

Climate disasters threaten intergenerational equity by exposing future generations to rising risks. We develop a model in which a government learns about disaster risk and enforces a sustainability ...

In 2012, world leaders at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro began to discuss a set of universal goals that would meet the environmental, political and economic ...

Much angst is being expressed over the fact that the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are off track. U.N. Secretary General António Guterres sounded the alarm in July: “Halfway to ...

University of Iowa graduate student Emma Davis is one of two students enrolled in the UI’s Master of Science in Sustainability Development program. While she will be able to finish her studies, she ...

Ben Myers is the Senior Vice President, Sustainability, at Boston Properties (BXP), the largest publicly-traded developer, owner and manager of Class A office properties in the United States. He is an ...