Rural development

The energy transition has proved to be a boon for some and a curse for others, as our author demonstrates taking the example of Zambia. Here, mining operations are taking a heavy toll on the environment, while working in…

Natural resources

In the last five years, rising trends in global resource use have continued or accelerated, and demand for resources is expected to increase further. This means that without urgent and concerted action, by 2060, resource…

Natural resources

Global grasslands are a source of biodiversity and provide a host of benefits to humans, including food production, water supply, and carbon storage. But their future looks bleak without action to halt their degradation…