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#1263392020-12-18
Putting nature first. The European Commission’s strategy for the Decade of Action
The year 2030 features prominently in any discussion about the biggest challenges facing the international community in the coming years. This is the deadline by which the 193 UN member states have committed to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that constitute a global action ...
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#1263682020-12-21
"One Yangtze" Sustainable Development Forum encourages communication between capital market and environmental protection field through ESG investing
Huatai Securities Co., Ltd. (601688.CH; 6886.HK; HTSC.LI; "Huatai Securities" or "The Company") sponsored the "One Yangtze" Sustainable Development Forum in Beijing, to encourage communication between the capital market and ecological environment protection field.
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#1264352020-12-23
Build forward better through nature in the post-pandemic era
The challenge is not ‘to build back better’ but ‘to build forward better’ where the nature and climate nexus lies within the development paradigm.
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#1272462021-02-22
Gold and diamonds fail to shine as drivers of Amazon development
An analysis of social and economic parameters in gold and diamond mining regions in the Brazilian Amazon shows that these activities have done little to boost development for locals.
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#1276782021-03-15
The SDGs: What Does It Look Like to Make Progress on Climate Action?
The Biden administration has been vocal about prioritizing climate action throughout the executive branch, including appointing the first ever Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, who has mostly recently been in talks with European leaders about climate action. The timing couldn’t ...
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#1288072021-05-25
Comprehending the environmental dimensions of SDGs
Countries are on track to miss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to environmental protection, two UN entities warn in new report issued on 22 May to coincide with the International Day for Biological Diversity.
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#1289942021-06-02
Explainer: Biodiversity offsets and putting a price-tag on nature
Ecosystems and biodiversity are showing rapid decline as humans significantly alter nature. How can we ensure that nature doesn't become a casualty of rapid human development?
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#1294042021-06-21
The pandemic has revived hope that a more sustainable world is possible
Some of the most striking images from the early days of the pandemic, when public health orders and lockdowns ground economies to a halt, were the arresting photos of the Himalayas, suddenly visible from across northern India, as decades of unrelenting smog finally abated.
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#1294702021-07-07
Why 'systems change' in 2021 demands better technology
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals are focused on giant goals such as zero hunger, zero poverty, gender equity and climate change response. They were designed to be met by 2030, but the latest projections show we’re on track for 2092. Business as usual is clearly not working.
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#1319112021-11-24
ECOBARI to enable marginalised communities in India adapt to Climate Change
WOTR, a Pune-based development organisation dedicated to poverty eradication through sustainable ecosystem based adaptation, and IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, along with other partners have launched the ECOBARI (Ecosystem-Based Adaptation for Resilient Income) collaborative. The new ini ...
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#1320532021-12-06
Ensuring long-term sustainability: Biodiversity protection imperative for survival of humankind
While the efforts to combat the climate crisis are gathering traction slowly, the pace isn’t nearly fast enough as our ecosystems are collapsing and species are becoming extinct at an unprecedented rate.
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#1323802022-01-11
Protecting and enhancing the environment to be at the heart of new infrastructure developments
Plans to ensure wildlife can be better protected and enhanced in developments have been set out in a consultation launched today by Environment Minister Rebecca Pow.
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#1325772022-01-18
Finding pathways to synergistic development of Sustainable Development Goals in China
While the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) index is a widely employed method of measuring progress in the United Nations (UN) SDGs, as it allows comparisons across countries and regions, it does not usually offer any indication as to how to move the SDGs forward.
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#1353282022-07-13
Urgent nature action needed to salvage Sustainable Development Goals: UN report
The climate crisis, COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine are threatening to stall progress on several key environmental targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), humanity’s blueprint for a better future, warns a new report from the United Nations.