Regional instruments can help strengthen the global governance of marine plastic pollution, including by contributing to a possible new global agreement, explains a report published by the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam.

Renewables are seen as to reconcile the urgently needed decarbonisation of energy systems and sustainable economic development. The list of possible social and economic benefits by renewable energies is long.

This policy brief presents recommendations for action on black carbon, an air pollutant and climate forcer, in the European context.

Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals entails an immense demand for natural resources. This could threaten global ecological development, a new study warns.

It is now widely known that the natural resources and livelihoods of rural poor people are under increasing pressure. Growing demand for natural resources as well as ongoing and projected climatic changes indicate the necessity for developing and discussing adaptation strategies.