If Virus Tests Were Sodas by Nobel Prize Winner, (Paul Romer)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 01May
"Imagine a world in which the only way to get a soda is to get your doctor to write a prescription. It costs $20 per can. Your insurance company pays. The economy produces about 100,000 sodas each day" says Paul Romer, Nobel prize winner for Economy (2018)
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Women Leaders Virtual Roundtable on COVID-19 & the Future issues call to put women and girls at the centre of response efforts (OECD)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 01May
21/04/2020 - On 20 April 2020, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women, and Gabriela Ramos, OECD Chief of Staff and Sherpa to the G20, convened and chaired the Women Leaders Virtual Roundtable on COVID-19 and the Future to address the disproportionately negative impact the COVID-19 pandemic has on women and girls.
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Social Impact Talent Report: ECHOING GREEN

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 01May
"Echoing Green’s annual Social Impact Talent Report highlights best-in-class social change leaders that we believe have the potential to launch bold new ideas for solving the most pressing and entrenched problems around the world."
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An inclusive, green recovery is possible: The time to act is now (OECD Secretary General, Angel Gurría)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 01May
"Governments have a unique chance for a green and inclusive recovery that they must seize – a recovery that not only provides income and jobs, but also has broader goals, integrates strong climate and biodiversity action, and builds resilience."
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ANTI-APARTHEID HERO, DENIS GOLDBERG DIES

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Apr
The iconic anti-apartheid activist, defined by the Guardian newspaper as a "giant" in the fight against racial discrimination in South Africa and a close associate of Nelson Mandela had died at the age of 87.
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Press Release: THE Impact Rankings 2020: results announced ( by Ellie Bothwell)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Apr
The Sustainable Development Goals are really key for universities. The 2nd edition of the Times Higher Education’s pioneering Impact Rankings confirms that universities from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, UK and Italy are the best. This year the ranking was expanded and made more holistic to include more SDGs
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Oxford Foundry COVID-19 Action Plan

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Apr
The Ventures enabler and accelerator of University of Oxford's Saïd Business School is scaling up its work to support new ventures that can be rapidly scaled up to fight covid 19.
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Payment Getaways In Nepal

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Submitted by Bishal Dulal 30Apr
During these days of lock down, technologies enabling e-payments can be really become useful. Let's review the principal e-payment platform in the country.
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New Zealand off track in terms of reductions of emissions: only minimal progress

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Apr
In 2018, New Zealand's gross greenhouse gas emissions were 78.9 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent - a 24 percent increase in emissions compared to 1990
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Indigenous Populations in the Amazon are suffering from coronavirus and illegal logging practice ( from Green Peace International)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Apr
Diego Gonzaga, a content editor for Greenpeace International based in San Francisco, US writes about how covid has already reached the indigenous population of the Amazon in Brazil that are also suffering from the negative consequences of fires smoke induced by illegal loggers.
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