The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 calls for making cities inclusive, safe, climate resilient, sustainable and inclusive. Urban mobility has become a top goal for cities around the world. This objective is strongly related to the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) of India agreed under the Paris Agreement and the New Urban Agenda (NUA), which together…
While governments are struggling with high public expenditures, and urgent climate and development priorities, advanced economies began utilizing capital markets, instead of just aid budgets, to finance Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) priorities. Tools like sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs), green bonds, and carbon prices have become common methods to direct private capital toward public goods. From Niche…
Photo Credit: Facebook @Captured moments Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Aug 29, 2025 04:15 ISTWritten By: Janmojaya Barik When Bhutan celebrated the birth of its crown prince by planting 108,000 trees, it was more than paying tribute to a royal child. It was testament to the world what is truly important in an era…
Photo Credit: Antara Mrinal Clear Cut Education DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Aug 29, 2025 02:52 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal In the realm of international development, the Social Development Goals (SDGs) are highly regarded. Some indicators of the progress that SDGs are making are positive and still, some are stagnant. This highlights where research, policy, and funding…
Photo Credit: Batx Energies Clear Cut Livelihood DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 09, 2025 04:20 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal When the Geological Survey of India made an announcement in February 2023 that there is an inferred resource of 5.9 million tonnes of lithium ore in Reasi, Jammu & Kashmir, it felt as a small tremor in…
Photo Credit : euronews.com Clear Cut Climate DeskNew Delhi, UPDATED: Sep 08, 2025 03:19 ISTWritten By: Antara Mrinal A group of women in the Koraput district of southern Odisha, gathered beneath the boughs of a neem tree with pieces of paper, colored pencils, and decades of lived experience. What they produce are not abstract diagrams…
