JULY UPDATE * GEC Global Meeting – join us in London * MWM SDG event and report launch * Connect with new GEC members CONVENOR UPDATE An update from Oliver Greenfield – Convenor of the GECAs the smoke clears on post-Brexit Britain there is at least one pertinent lesson for us. Political order rests on …
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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 …
Speaking Schedule for the Clean Energy Expo — July 12
Tuesday, July 12, 2016 9:20 AM – 4:30 PM Cannon House Office Building Independence Avenue and 1st Street, SE Washington D.C. Exhibits in Cannon Caucus Room (Room 345) Policy Forum in Room 340 The Policy Forum will be livecast here. Free for visitors and open to the public Free Ben …
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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
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
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 …
UN Meeting for the International Day of Cooperatives
2016 Program – Cooperatives in Action UN Meeting for the International Day of Cooperatives Monique F. Leroux, President of the ICA, confirms cooperatives’ power to act in implementing new UN Sustainable Development Goals Win Your 2016 Pass to the Summit Make a #CoopsFor2030 pledge and become a finalist! Program …
Webinar July 11: Carbon Risk in Investment for Government & Business
Please join us for an invitation-only webinar on Monday, July 11, 1:30 – 2:30 PM ET for business leaders and local elected officials, co-presented by the American Sustainable Business Council and the Mayors Innovation Project, to explore the role businesses and governments play in transitioning to clean energy and away …
WRI Digest: This Week, Think About a Menu Change
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
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 …