Some of the world’s poorest countries spend more on debt repayments than on health, education and infrastructure combined, severely hampering their chances of developing their economies. At the Summit of the Future, reducing inequality and improving people’s lives by overhauling the entire international financial system will be high on the agenda.
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What if mangroves could float? If so, their narrow range in the space between land and sea could be widened to include vast stretches of the surface of the ocean, bringing big benefits.
A pivotal figure in an indigenous community in the Amazon rainforest region of Ecuador shares his unique insights and perspective, drawn from a lifetime of spiritual experience.
Some one billion people globally under the age of 25 live in regions where they depend on the land and natural resources for jobs and livelihoods, but their future is increasingly under threat due to desertification and land degradation.