Sustainability
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Court-ing Growth in India: Cut Red Tape, Create Jobs
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India’s economy must create 1.1 billion well-paying jobs by 2050 before its “demographic dividend” window closes. However, neither the government’s current job-creation strategy nor a service-led approach addresses the magnitude of this problem. The fundamental solution lies in removing regulatory bottlenecks in Indian states and decongesting courts, thus creating conditions…
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A Greener Belt and Road Initiative? China’s Commitment to Sustainability
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In March 2022, China released a set of opinions to push green infrastructure development in its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a trillion-dollar strategy to fund infrastructure projects across 100 countries. Under its “Opinions on Jointly Promoting Green Development of the Belt and Road,” China pledged to develop green capabilities…
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Does Competition Law Stand in the Way of Sustainable Industry?
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In 2015, the ‘Chicken of Tomorrow’, meat from chickens raised in more organic conditions, was born in the Netherlands as a collective move by farmers’ organizations and chicken producers. This decision was the result of producers conceding to fierce campaigning from animal protection organizations. However, the ‘Chicken of Tomorrow’ also…
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The UN’s “Sustainable Development Goals” is a Misnomer
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How do countries pursue socioeconomic development in a sustainable and equitable way? This question has received considerable attention, more so with the COVID-19 pandemic bringing about discussion of a green (economic) recovery. The United Nations formulated 17 Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 to provide a framework for global development, ranging…
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Does the Financial Sector Contribute to Increasing Renewable Energy Consumption?
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Carbon dioxide emissions are one of the major causes of climate change. Developing the renewable energy industry is essential to tackling climate change since that decreases reliance on fossil fuels. As the European Union strategizes for smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth, it prioritizes increasing the ratio of renewable energy to…
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Exorbitant Costs and Minimal Benefits: the Impact of Hosting the Olympics
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Every four years, the world tunes in to watch pageantry, competition, and peak athletic performance at the Summer Olympics. Before the COVID-19 crisis, the 32nd Summer Olympiad was scheduled to take place in Tokyo from late July to early August 2020 and was marketed as the “Recovery Olympics” in light…
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Green Spaces, Gray Cities: Confronting Institutional Barriers to Urban Reform
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In many of the world’s largest urban areas, the basic standards of living set out in the Sustainable Development Goals are woefully out of reach. In the developing world, cities won’t achieve those goals without providing adequate green space. Conceived broadly, green space is anything ranging from parks or clean…
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Energía Fotovoltaica en México: Buen Negocio, Poca Inversión
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En México se han implementado políticas públicas para promover el uso de energías renovables en la generación de electricidad. Sin embargo, en comparación con otros países, estos avances no han sido suficientes para potenciar su pleno desarrollo. En particular, la energía fotovoltaica en México es un mercado muy atractivo para…
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Philadelphia’s Sustainability Director on the Changing Climate for Climate Leadership
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Philadelphia’s Director of Sustainability, Katherine Gajewski, reflects on the rising tide of local government collaboration to address climate change in the face of gridlock at the federal and state levels.
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Food for Thought: Quantifying agricultural intensification using indicator crops
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Researchers look at the worldwide production efficiency of agriculture’s four most important indicator crops and use the information to interpret global sustainability trends.
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Focus on Finance: A Metropolis in the Desert
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Neal Young from the City of Phoenix talks about sustainable growth, transportation, solar energy, budgeting, and pensions in the nation’s Sunbelt.