ITS EDUCATION ASIA ARTICLE

Sustainability round-up: interesting articles from around the web

By Alexandra Taylor

Nearly half the world’s 1.1 billion poor live in conflict settings (UN News)

WORLD FOOD DAY LIVE: Finding solutions to global hunger (UN News)

From Doom to Boom: The Surprising Eco Consumerism Trend (Happy Eco news)

Brazil’s National Climate Curriculum (Happy Eco news)

Negative stereotypes in international media cost Africa £3.2bn a year – report (The Guardian)

The essential ingredient of any vaccination programme? Women (The Guardian)

Asia’s poorest countries owe twice as much in debt as they receive in climate finance: IIED (Eco-business)

How fast is biodiversity declining globally? (Eco-business)

Nitrogen pollution and rising carbon dioxide: A joint threat to grassland biodiversity? (Science Daily)

Canadian climate lawsuit by young people could sway global cases (Reuters)

Nepal's inventive use for waste placentas (BBC News)