Top 5 Sustainable Countries
Friday, 14 February 2020 / Published in Fact-On!

Ranking the Top 5 Sustainable Countries of the World

We humans love ranking ourselves. Whether it be in school to find out who got the highest mark or in sports to see which team is performing better. It is a great benchmark tool that helps us compare our progress with competitors.  However,
Life on Land
Thursday, 13 February 2020 / Published in Blogs

A Bug’s Life or its Extinction?

Will Life on Land be Extinct? If the 6th mass extinction is really underway, the Armageddon has begun with insects. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ (IPBES) 2019 global assessment report revealed that “In total, at least one million species are facing
Thursday, 23 January 2020 / Published in Blogs

96% of the World’s Biomass is Livestock and Humans, and We Still Can’t Feed Everyone?

Global hunger is on the rise and under-nutrition is still impacting millions of children. United Nation’s SDG Knowledge Platform estimated as of 2017 821 million people were undernourished 770 million
Wednesday, 22 January 2020 / Published in Blogs

Academia’s Role as a Stakeholder for a Sustainable and Cohesive World: Female Quotient Lounge, Davos 2020

Swiss Learning Exchange was in the Female Quotient Lounge, Davos when the session on Academia was going on.   Academia can play a critical role in building a sustainable and cohesive
GDP
Wednesday, 22 January 2020 / Published in Blogs

Is the Financial Industry Fueling Climate Change?

“Financial industry is as culpable as the fossil fuel industry in creating the climate emergency”. Strong words from Jennifer Morgan (international executive director of Greenpeace) during World Economic Forum’s conference
Tuesday, 21 January 2020 / Published in Blogs

Davos 2020 – Youth Activists or Businesses: Who will Save Our Planet?

We are at the brink of causing irreversible damage to our mother earth. It is costing our economy trillion dollars in damage every year. We are at the risk of
Tuesday, 21 January 2020 / Published in Blogs

Davos 2020 – SDG 5 Gender Equality: The 28 Trillion-Dollar Business Opportunity

With such an attractive opportunity presented to private companies, will SDG 5 (gender equality) be the first to be achieved by 2030? Well if you are like me and you
Monday, 20 January 2020 / Published in Blogs

Davos 2020 – Are Big Business Adopting the SDGs or Hijacking the Agenda?

Davos 2020 kicks off today. For its 50th anniversary, World Economic Forum (WEF) decided its theme for Davos was going to be “Stakeholders for Cohesive and Sustainable World”. With so much
Responsible Consumption and Production
Wednesday, 08 January 2020 / Published in Blogs

Are the Top 5 Sustainable Countries in the World the Best We Have?

As reported by EPI in 2018, the top 5 sustainable countries in the world are.   Switzerland France Denmark Malta Sweden  If a developing country is looking to be more sustainable,
Wednesday, 08 January 2020 / Published in Blogs

SDGs: Moon-shot or Achievable?

A common dialogue surrounding sustainable development goals (SDGs) is promoting the use of clean and renewable energy. However, there are 17 SDGs and bringing affordable and clean energy is only one of them.