Empathy is an important factor in getting people to act on environmental issues. Virtual reality can bring oceans closer to home for those who can’t experience the wealth of marine ecosystems.
While inequality is a global problem, its growth is most pronounced and the political, social and economic challenges it poses are most complex and pronounced in the global South.
More and more students want their universities to lead the way on sustainability issues. But are institutions doing enough to produce industry leaders who can meet that challenge?
The WTO is set to wrap up negotiations on harmful fisheries subsidies This could help rebuild the oceans’ fish stocks, and support the communities that rely on them.
Kai Mausch, Center for International Forestry Research – World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF); David Harris, Bangor University, and Javier Revilla Diez, University of Cologne
Broader local engagement and inclusion of multiple voices could improve development projects
The oceans play a key role in regulating life on Earth. We must shift our view of them from as something to use if we hope to develop them sustainably.
African city planners need to promote inclusive cities where residents are not captive walkers but walk because it is accessible, safe and pleasurable to do so.
Valérie Verdier, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD); Olivier Dangles, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD); Philippe Charvis, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD), and Philippe Cury, Institut de recherche pour le développement (IRD)
The period in which we are living is conducive to reflection in order to co-construct new knowledge systems and think research differently.