The Business and Sustainable Development Commission has recently launched a flagship report “Better Business, Better World” that calls business leaders for action and seize the concept of sustainable development as the greatest economic opportunity of our time. The Commission encourages business leaders to strike out in new directions and embrace an economic model which is not …
The SDSN Youth Greece group participated in four events/conferences in Athens. After building partnerships with TEDxAUEB and the Athens Science Festival, and having AISEC Greece and SAFIA join the SDSN Youth Network in Greece, the SDSN Youth team was invited to attend events organized by the respective organizations. During these four events the SDSN Youth …
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As part of its SD Talks Special Series initiative, the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development is pleased to announce the launch of a free webinar series on Data for Sustainable Development in partnership with Data-Pop Alliance. The webinar series aims to examine the critical role that data can play in achieving sustainable development. UNSSC and Data-Pop Alliance have …
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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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With Professors Richard Layard and John Helliwell as well as Andrea Illy, we are very pleased to invite you and your colleagues to attend the launch of the 2017 World Happiness Report, presented in partnership with The Ernesto Illy Foundation. This year’s event will take place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on …
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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Professor Sachs will be giving a public conference in Madrid next Tuesday, 14 March at 1 pm (CET) on the role of universities to implement the SDGs (in English). The conference can be followed live through the Campus universitaire de Moncloa website. The link will be posted in the SDSN Spain social media accounts: Twitter (@reds_sdsn) and Facebook. You can also follow the …
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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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UN Statistical Commission Side-Event: Organized by the Philippines Statistics Authority(PSA), UNDP, the Transparency, Accountability & Participation (TAP) Network, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and DataShift To meet the ambition of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), national implementation efforts must be matched by an equally comprehensive and inclusive monitoring and accountability framework. While National Statistical …
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 …
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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Climate Change has large impacts on natural systems and habitats posing challenges for our societies. Robust knowledge about climate change and related impacts for vulnerable regions is of utmost importance for building resilience and implement policy frameworks in effective ways. The ECRA General Assembly is organised by the European Climate Research Alliance in Brussels (Square …
WHEN: Wed Mar 08 04:00PM – 05:00PM, 2017 (GMT) WHERE: http://bit.ly/MarchMoL Password: Leaders2030 Tune in for March’s Meet our Leaders Live Q&A with Hendrik Du Toit, Chief Executive Officer of Investec Asset Management Limited (IAM), an international specialist bank and asset management firm, which is guided by a philosophy of sustainability and corporate responsibility! In this live webinar, viewers can …
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SAVE THE DATE! On the 7th of March, the MEP Water Group is organising, in cooperation with the Maltese EU presidency, a public session from 14h30 to 16h30 at the European Parliament, Altiero Spinelli Building, 3rd floor, room E2. The session will unveil the water-related priorities of the Maltese EU presidency, focusing on the water quantity issue …
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Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director UN SDSN Global, will be doing a Facebook Live session on February 24th at 10:00 am EST. He will be talking about his new book, ‘Building the New American Economy’, and the American economy under Trump. There will be time for Q&A after his presentation. To join, click on his Facebook …
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Also live online @UNSDSN Organized by the New York Society for Ethical Culture Following the 2008 financial crisis greater scrutiny was placed on Wall Street practices, resulting in reform laws like the Dodd-Frank bill. But has Wall Street learned its lesson? According to a recent survey of 1,200 financial professionals, 20 percent felt it was sometimes necessary for …
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SAVE THE DATE! On the 7th of March, the MEP Water Group is organising, in cooperation with the Maltese EU presidency, a public session from 14h30 to 16h30 at the European Parliament, Altiero Spinelli Building, 3rd floor, room E2. The session will unveil the water-related priorities of the Maltese EU presidency, focusing on the water quantity issue …
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