With Christmas just a couple of days away, I’m guessing you’ve already sorted out sustainable present-giving and planned low-emission travel. Perhaps you’ve followed some of the advice in our Advent blogs on how to arrange a people- and planet-friendly Christmas. But, maybe the food isn’t yet prepared. So there’s still time to make good choices. To choose people- and planet-friendly food we can look to the Planetary Boundaries and Sustainable Development Goals for guidance. What kinds of food will ... Reduce poverty Reduce deforestation Preserve biodiversity Promote good health and well-being Promote decent work Reduce pollution and so on? Fortunately the answer is relatively simple since we can respond to many of these...

For a sustainable future we need to switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy, as captured in SDG 7. The renewable revolution is underway, but a large gap remains. In 2015, for the first time, the capacity of new renewable energy installations exceeded the capacity of new fossil fuel production (oil, coal and gas). The investment to fund the new renewable projects was a USD 265.8 billion, which was more than double the USD 130 billion allocated to new coal and natural gas-fired power plants. That sounds like great news but unfortunately the picture isn’t so rosy. According to the IEA, 23% of all power generation today is from renewables. With the...