
Strategies for Sustainable Urban Living: Lessons from Seneca Cities offer opportunity, connection and access to essential services, but they also concentrate challenges such as pollution, waste, high energy use and pressure on green spaces. Making urban life more sustainable depends on choices by councils, businesses and communities—as well as the everyday habits of residents. The…

What Makes a Strong Institution? Strong institutions are essential to a fair, stable and prosperous society. They help communities work together, protect people’s rights and ensure that decisions are made responsibly. Institutions include public bodies, courts, schools, universities, businesses and community organisations. Their purposes may differ, but the qualities that earn people’s trust are often…

BESS Solutions: Storing Energy for a More Flexible Power System A battery energy storage system, commonly known as a BESS, stores electricity so it can be used at a later time. By charging when energy is available and discharging when it is needed, a BESS can help businesses, communities and energy networks manage changing demand…

SDG 3.1: Ending Preventable Maternal Deaths Sustainable Development Goal 3 (SDG 3) is about ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for everyone, at every age. Its first maternal-health target, SDG 3.1, sets a clear global ambition: by 2030, reduce the global maternal mortality ratio to fewer than 70 deaths per 100,000 live births. What does…