A New Approach to Water Management
Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of Mauritius, and Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico, explain the work of the High Level Panel on Water, and call on all levels of government, civil…
Irregular Migration in the Commonwealth
Richard Bourne, Trustee of the Ramphal Institute and a Vice President of the Royal Commonwealth Society, examines the challenges facing the Commonwealth as it strives to contain and reduce undocumented…
Safeguarding Global Commons in the Commonwealth
Andrew Steer, President and CEO of World Resources Institute, considers the consumption and destruction of the world’s common resources, particularly in cities, agriculture, water and energy, and proposes a virtuous…
Going Green Is Not a Hard Choice
Erik Solheim, Executive Director of UN Environment (UNEP), assures us that protecting the environment and pursuing development are perfectly compatible. He calls on Commonwealth leaders to keep environmental considerations at…
Green Infrastructure Investment: A Spotlight on India
Barbara Buchner, Executive Director of the Climate Finance programme at the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI), uses the example of India to highlight innovative financing solutions to scale up low carbon…
Climate Action in the Commonwealth
Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), explains that the next two years are critical to strengthen low-carbon, sustainable pathways, and reaffirms the Commonwealth’s major role…
Realising Women’s Rights in the Commonwealth
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women discusses the critical issue of gender equality and women’s rights, reflecting on progress so far and looking ahead at…