Announcing: The Historical Peace Index in partnership with the University of Oxford

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News, Trendspotting, Beyond GDP

“Ethical Markets highly recommends the new Historical Peace Index from the Institute of Economics and Peace, the Global History Databank (SESHAT) in partnership with  Oxford University, with its creative approach to this key issue. ~Hazel Henderson,  Editor“ ANNOUNCING The Historical Peace Index  The Seshat: Global History Databank (Seshat) and the …

Launch: Message Primer – IPBES Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News, Earth Systems Science

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Media Information Alert Issued by the IPBES Secretariat on 19 November 2018 NB: This Primer is available in all six official UN languages here IPBES to Launch First Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Since 2005 “The loss of species, ecosystems …

Trump’s Diminishing Power – Jeffrey Sachs and Paul Gilding “Rethinking Animal Agriculture”

Jay OwenSustainability News

The Sunday Newsletter View this message in a web browser     SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2018   This week at Project Syndicate, Jeffrey Sachs thinks that a politically wounded Donald Trump will be even more dangerous for America and the world; Ricardo Hausmann takes Mexico’s president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to task for his …

Making Agriculture Cool

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News

Diversifying Crops to Help Overcome Drought in Brazil Mario Osava Dozens of trucks used to leave São Gonçalo every day, carrying the local agricultural production, mainly coconuts, to markets throughout Brazil, including the cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, more than 2,000 kilometers away. The prosperity of that …

SDG Update – 1 November 2018

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen, Sustainability News

POLICY BRIEFS Leaders Urge Support for Multilateralism to Achieve Development Goals at UNGA 73 Debate Catherine Benson Wahlén, Thematic Expert for Human Development, Human Settlements and Sustainable Development (US) Leaders addressing the 73rd UN General Assembly (UNGA 73) in September and October 2018 drew attention to the importance of multilateral …

World to Open Negotiation of New Biodiversity Action Framework UN Conference, Egypt, 14-29 Nov

Jay OwenSustainability News, Earth Systems Science

Contacts: * Johan Hedlund, Associate Information Officer, Convention on Biological Diversity [email protected]; +1 514 287-6670 * Terry Collins [email protected]; +1-416-878-8712   World to Open Negotiation  of New Biodiversity Action Framework:  UN Conference, Egypt, 14-29 Nov   Begins two year negotiation of post-2020 biodiversity action framework     In collaboration with the Government of …

Newsletter: November 2018

Jay OwenSustainability News

Unpacking The Plastic Dilemma SustainAbility is publishing a blog series for businesses looking to shape their plastic strategy, accelerate change and pursue the necessary scales of innovation and collaboration to address the plastics challenge. Over the coming weeks SustainAbility’s Nicola Ledsham will explore the following five focus areas: Removing avoidable …

Water woes in Baltimore, faith and the city in Hong Kong and soil-hunters in Zimbabwe – Your weekly city news update

Jay OwenSustainability News

Hindu devotees sit together on the floor of a temple to observe the third day of Rakher Upabashin in Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 10, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain Hong Kong Christians, rights groups oppose ‘irresponsible’ land plan “We believe we have a responsibility towards protecting the Earth and doing all we …

We Must Remove Carbon from the Atmosphere

LaRae LongSustainability News, Resource Efficiency

“Most of these CO2 capture  proposals and experiments are ineffective and untested!  In our Green Transition Scoreboard 2018: “Capturing CO2 While Improving Human Nutrition & Health“ we identify all the more effective, viable and sustainable  methods of  capturing and re-using CO2 and all the investors and start-up companies leading the …