Sustainable development redefined
In Paris, two events – the recent terrorist attacks and the forthcoming Climate Summit – one of horror and the other of hope, signify the two principal challenges of our…
Economic Corridor: Some Facts
Within a year of the announcement of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) formation, the energy and infrastructure projects, planned under it are being rolled out into realities. The year 2015…
Let the people grow
For almost three centuries economists had thought that inequality was the inevitable result of economic growth in at least the early stages of the economic development of a country. This…
Key to climate deal lies outside the UN arena: analysts
The marathon effort to forge a world pact on climate change now hinges on what happens outside the UN arena in the coming months, analysts said after another faltering negotiation…
US expects climate talk progress, cites China cooperation
The United States and China, the two largest emitters of greenhouse gasses, have been at loggerheads for years over any international treaty that would mandate reductions. But the US envoy…
Spain recovery far from guaranteed despite economic upturn
At one of the night bars in Madrid's central Lavapies neighbourhood, the staff feel hopeful that business is about to get better. "People never stopped coming here" during Spain's six-year…
SMEs, academia can turnaround economy
Activating the most under-utilised potential of the economy; SME and academia/professionals is the way forward for economic uplift. Federal and provincial governments are taking a fresh start; it's an opportunity…
Averting a climate disaster
The talks held since the Earth Summit of 1992 under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) have been called “the most important negotiations ever undertaken in the…
