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Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News

Wales to measure ‘good jobs’ As zero-hour contracts reach a record high, Wales is to start measuring the proportion of workers with ‘good jobs’ by taking into account security of employment and wages What happened next?: UK law puts gender on development agenda We look back at the progress made …

Eco Business Daily Digest

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, Sustainability News

Extensive pollution is changing the mindset of China’s institutions Just as China industrialised in record time, it needs to fix its air, water, and land pollution crisis urgently, say Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy academics Asit Biswas and Cecilia Tortajada.   CO2 impacts taint pristine island French scientists …

Sustainable Development News digest: June 29, 2016

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP

Sustainable Development News / 30 June 2016 ————————————————————————— Sustainable Development Policy Update July 2016 Monthly Forecast [by IISD RS] In July 2016, the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) will hold its first meeting since governments adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). All eyes will be on its …

Newsletter July 2016

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP

Paraguay’s Secret Archives in the Spotlight In June, 2002 Right Livelihood Award Laureate Martín Almada visited Moscow on the invitation of fellow Laureate Russian NGO Memorial, for the first in a series of public lectures on human rights. Dr Almada, who discovered the so-called ‘Archives of Terror’ in Paraguay, shared …

WRI Digest: This Week, Think About a Menu Change

Jay OwenSustainability News

WRI Digest   This Independence Day, Think About a Menu Change New WRI research shows that Americans can cut their diets’ environmental footprints in half just by eating less meat and dairy. Janet Ranganathan and Richard Waite explain this and other findings in a new podcast. Learn more. “Shifting Diets …

Co-ops for 2030 campaign to launch on International Day of Cooperatives—Saturday, July 2

Jay OwenReforming Global Finance, SRI/ESG News, Sustainability News, Beyond GDP

Co-ops for 2030 campaign to launch on International Day of Cooperatives—Saturday, July 2 In a high-level meeting with United Nations representatives a week ahead of the 2016 International Day of Cooperatives, Monique F. Leroux, president of the International Co-operative Alliance, pledged the cooperative movement’s commitment to the UN Sustainable Development …