The Effect of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Persons with Disabilities

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The Effect of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Persons with Disabilities” on 28 May organized by UNITAR, The United Nations Institute for Training and Research.

RAINFOREST ALLIANCE REPORT with FoRewoRd FRom the BoARd chAiR DANIEL KATZ Board Chair

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The Rainforest Alliance has been working to protect nature and improve livelihoods around the world for 33 years. With staff based in 34 countries and six continents, we’re a truly global organization with a powerful, international alliance.

EU greenhouse gas emissions kept decreasing in 2018, largest reductions in energy sector

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The European Union (EU) cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 23.2 % from 1990 to 2018, according to latest official data, published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). Over the period, the EU’s contribution to global emissions is estimated to have decreased from 15 % to 8 %. In 2018, the EU’s emissions decreased by 2.1 %, confirming the EEA’s preliminary estimates.

Europe's moment: Repair and prepare for the next generation

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the European Commission has put forward its proposal for a major recovery plan. To ensure the recovery is sustainable, even, inclusive and fair for all Member States, the European Commission is proposing to create a new recovery instrument, Next Generation EU, embedded within a powerful, modern and revamped long-term EU budget.

HAY FESTIVAL DIGITAL

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The main programme runs 22–31 May and features free live broadcasts and interactive events from more than 100 award-winning writers, global policy makers, historians, pioneers and innovators, celebrating the best new fiction and non-fiction, and interrogating some of the biggest issues of our time. Follow the steps on the sign-up video below to register on our crowdcast platform, and then join any

National Sorry Day 2020 (AUSTRALIA)

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Observed annually on 26 May, National Sorry Day remembers and acknowledges the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who were forcibly removed from their families and communities, which we now know as ‘The Stolen Generations’

Social Causes of Nepal

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this article is about social causes of nepal

GREAT ARTICLE FROM GREENPEACE ON THE COMMONS: Commons: how the art of co-operation is the only way out of this crisis

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This article written by Paula Tejón Carbajal, Stacco Troncoso, Ann Marie Utratel 20 May 2020 explains the basic foundations of the commons, "dynamic, living systems created to meet shared needs".

Lessons on the role of volunteers in the COVID response in the UK: Right volunteers, right place, right time ( by Shaun Delaney, NCVO)

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Shaun is a volunteering development manager at NCVO, explains the experiences of volunteers' mobilization to fight the pandemic: big partecipation; there were issues of coordination; the importance of keeping it local

FROM THE WEF: How the Fourth Industrial Revolution can help us beat COVID-19 BY David Alexander Walcott

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"We must embrace the tools of tomorrow to defend the security of our future, and good leadership is needed now more than ever. The Fourth Industrial Revolution gives us the tools we need to battle this global threat " writes David Alexander Walcott

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