Month: March 2017

A week full of ‘’sustainability’’ is ahead of us this week as the youth team of the SDSN Greece will be participating in three different events, all of them taking place in Athens. Starting Wednesday 29/03, we have the pleasure to attend the opening ceremony of the annual conference, Youth Model of Parliament, organized by SAFIA (Students’ …

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NEW YORK, March 20—The World Happiness Report 2017, which ranks 155 countries by their happiness levels, was released today at the United Nations at an event celebrating International Day of Happiness. The report, the fifth one to come out since 2012, continues to gain global recognition as governments, organizations and civil society increasingly use happiness …

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Share of renewables in energy consumption in the European Union (EU) reached almost 17 per cent in 2015, with eleven EU Member States already achieving their 2020 targets. On Tuesday 14 March, the European Commission announced that for 2015 the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy reached 16.7 per …

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The World Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has issued its first bond linked to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the global effort to combat climate change, end poverty and promote equality.  According to the Bank, the equity-index linked bonds raised a total of €163 million ($173 million) from …

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The UNSSC Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development is happy to share with us their first explainer video on  Understanding the Dimensions of Sustainable Development, developed in partnership with the  Simpleshow Foundation. The video uses visualization to explain the wider concept of sustainable development. The video is a first in a series of UNSSC explainer videos …

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Five new private companies committed to invest $50 million towards bringing renewable energy to sub-Saharan Africa and Asia.  In sub-Saharan Africa alone, 600 million people live without access to electricity – this is set to change as five new partners join UN Environment’s Seed Capital Assistance Facility (SCAF), committing to deliver clean energy to those …

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A Paradox of today: Despite progress made towards reducing malnourishment  –  Over 800 million people go hungry everyday, while over 2 billion people are overweight and obese. Can we address these challenges so that everyone, everywhere eats well?  Feeding a Hungry Planet: Agriculture, Nutrition and Sustainability, explores the key challenges to ensuring a healthy and sustainable …

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The Global Resilience Summit, yesterday, The Rockefeller Foundation in collaboration with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, Blue State Digital and OnFrontiers, unveiled Zilient: a first-of-its-kind online publishing and knowledge-sharing platform for global resilience practitioners. Zilient aims to provide two primary services: to connect individuals and teams working across the global resilience field, and to elevate high-quality content …

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