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Food insecurity in Pakistan is a persistent problem that requires concerted government action to address.

Food Insecurity in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities

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Pakistan suffers from food insecurity because of inadequate agricultural productivity, unstable political arrangements, and corruption. Many of the poor lack purchasing power and access to adequate food supplies. However, the country has also been subject to extreme weather and disasters. Since 2013, drought has become a frequent phenomenon and the 2022 floods are the worst […]

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Government, Innovation, Strategy, Sustainability, Technology
African cities like Nairobi face many challenges in their quest to create ideas for a sustainable city.

Green Future: African Ideas for a sustainable City

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Ideas for a sustainable city are top of mind for many countries when it comes to planning for the future. Sustainable cities enhance the economic, socio-cultural, environmental, technological, institutional, and governance structures using strategic guidelines and components (Cepeliauskaite and Stasiskiene 2020). They are resilient to social, economic, and natural shocks and built to be environmentally

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Government, Innovation, Society, Strategy, Sustainability
Community sustainability initiatives facilitate the growth of social enterprises and public education programs that are guided by environmental values.

Community sustainability initiatives: What’s the Best Policy?

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Community sustainability initiatives are local policies that take into account multiple human needs. A sustainable community is a place where people of diverse backgrounds and perspectives feel welcome and safe, where every group participates in decision-making, and where prosperity is shared. Therefore, initiatives for a sustainable community are those that address the goal of ‘Social

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Government, Society, Strategy, Sustainability
artificial intelligence for sustainability is a new and exciting field

Can we use Artificial Intelligence for Sustainability?

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“We’re at the beginning of a golden age of AI. Recent advancements have already led to invention that previously lived in the realm of science fiction – and we’ve only scratched the surface of what’s possible.” – Amazon CEO, Jeff Bezos, at his public conference on Artificial Intelligence (2022). During the last few years, Machine

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Business, Environment, Innovation, Strategy, Technology
With increasing water scarcity around the world due to environmental changes and population growth, a new approach to sustainability for water consumption is urgently required.

Sustainability for water consumption: Are we prepared?

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Sustainability for water is an issue of worldwide concern. Global warming and population growth are driving up demand. Yet, the problem is not that rainfall and water supplies are drying up, but that access to fresh water is becoming increasingly scarce. Today, more than 844 million people do not have reliable access to clean water.

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Environment, Science, Society, Strategy, Sustainability

Indigenous People Behind Bars: How to Break the Cycle

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Australia’s prison population is rising. Between 2010-2020, the prison population jumped from around 29,700 to just over 41,000. This means around 1 in 500 Australians are in jail. However, of those behind bars, 29% are Indigenous people. This is despite them making up around 3.3% of the general population. The alarming numbers of Indigenous prisoners

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Government, Society, Strategy
The Global South used to refer to large parts of the African continent, South America, the Middle East and much of the Asian subcontinent including China

The Global South: Pathways to Global Equity

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The term ‘Global South’ was first used by academic and social activist, Carl Oglesby, in 1969. He used it to describe the persistent socio-economic dominance held by Western and European powers over countries in Africa, South America, the Middle East and much of the Asian subcontinent including China.

Today, in the context of accelerated globalisation and a worldwide environmental crisis, the concept of a Global South has acquired more and more relevance – both as a geo-political shorthand and an international imperative.

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Business, Society, Strategy
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Climate change and the “SDGs”: What are they and how do they help?

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A holistic approach to sustainability includes economic, social, and environmental sustainability. This means, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) encompass all three sustainability views. Climate change and SDGs have complex relationships. They’re often indivisible or reinforcing relationships but sometimes they can be counteracting. What are these “SDGs”? The Sustainable Development Goals are a universal call to

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Environment, Strategy, Sustainability

Why Life Cycle Assessment Matters For Your Products Success

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62% of respondents in a global study want companies to behave in a more sustainable and eco-friendly way. And businesses that want to stay ahead of the curve will need to prove that they can walk-the-talk. This is where Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) comes in. It’s a must-have for businesses looking to make products more

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Business, Environment, Strategy, Sustainability
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