Call for Entries: Sustainable Development Photo and Video Storytelling

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 02Apr
Tying in with the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development 2021, the UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES) and Technische Sammlungen Dresden aim to mobilise professional and amateur photographers and videographers to advocate for sustainability through a storytelling contest.
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EU Parliament seals ban on throwaway plastics by 2021

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 01Apr
On the 27th March, the EU Parliament approved a new law banning single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws and cotton buds sticks.
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Climate Justice Priorities in Southeast Asia (The Heinrich Böll Stiftung )

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 01Apr
On 19 March, the Global Climate Strike Day, activists from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand share their priorities for climate action in the region in 2021, the second year of the Corona virus pandemic.
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Energy and climate leaders from around the world pledge clean energy action at the IEA-COP26 Net Zero Summit

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 01Apr
Decision makers from more than 40 countries focus on critical need for international collaboration and policy implementation to accelerate clean energy transitions ahead of COP26 in November
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Primary Rainforest Destruction Increased 12% from 2019 to 2020 (GLOBAL FOREST WATCH)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 01Apr
he tropics lost 12.2 million hectares of tree cover in 2020, according to new data from the University of Maryland and available on Global Forest Watch.
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Citizens Call for a Gender-Equal World: A Roadmap for Action

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 31Mar
A first-of-its-kind international survey by Women Deliver and Focus 2030 finds that the global public overwhelmingly supports gender equality, and a resounding majority is ready for their governments to take action.
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FIFTH OF WORLD’S LARGEST COMPANIES NOW HAVE NET ZERO TARGET, NEW REPORT FINDS

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 31Mar
"A new report published today by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) and Oxford Net Zero and co-authored by the Blavatnik School’s Thomas Hale reveals that at least one fifth (21%) of the world’s 2,000 largest public companies, representing sales of nearly $14 trillion, now have net zero commitments".
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The Global Gender Gap Index 2021 (WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 31Mar
The 15th edition, the Global Gender Gap Report 2021, comes out a little over one year after COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic. Preliminary evidence suggests that the health emergency and the related economic downturn have impacted women more severly.
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UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2021

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Mar
The Food Waste Index Report aims at supporting the goals of SDG 12.3. It does so by presenting the most comprehensive food waste data collection, analysis and modelling to date, generating a new estimate of global food waste; and publishing a methodology for countries to measure food waste, at household, food service and retail level, to track national progress towards 2030 and to report on SDG 12
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TOWARDS A PANDEMIC TREATY?

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Mar
World Leaders met yesterday virtually to discuss about a new treaty that "that would help the world deal with future health emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic now ravaging the globe" shares Reuters.
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