Free trade 'will not go away' - leaders and experts weigh in on trade in a post-COVID world (BY Christopher Alessi Digital Editor, World Economic Forum)

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"A virtual meeting focused on how to ensure international trade benefits humanity and the planet in the 21st century. Sessions throughout the day focused on: subsidies and industrial policy; the future of the trade system; society, trade and COVID-19; reimagining investment; green trade recovery; digital trade, services and payment; and facilitation via innovation" BY WEF

Record temperature trajectory threatens to breach 1.5°C global heating threshold (from UNEP)

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New climate data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) predicts that the annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least 1.0°C above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900) in each of the coming five years (2020-2024) and there is a 20 per cent chance that it will exceed 1.5°C in at least one year.

"Global Technical Meeting on 'Reimagining Volunteering for the 2030 Agenda" has started

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The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) will host the Global Technical Meeting on Reimagining Volunteering for the 2030 Agenda. The online special event will take place from 13 to 16 July 2020 during the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

The 2020 Angel City Games started

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A great festival of adaptive sports trainings and talks has started, organized by Angel City Sports

World Population Day 2020: UN Secretary-General's Statement

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"The #COVID19 pandemic affects everyone, everywhere, but it does not affect everyone equally. It is deepening existing inequalities & vulnerabilities, particularly for women & girls".

Almost a third of lemurs and North Atlantic Right Whale now Critically Endangered - IUCN Red List

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Almost a third (31%) of all lemur species in Madagascar are now Critically Endangered – just one step away from extinction – with 98% of them threatened, according to today’s update of The IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This update completes a revision of all African primate assessments, concluding that over half of all primate species in the rest Africa are under threath.

Multi-stakeholder Approaches to Education for Sustainable Development in Local Communities: Towards Achieving the SDGs in Asia

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10th July, UNESCO ASIA PACIFIC BUREAU (Bangkok) recognizes that local communities are the driving force of a sustainable society and a crucial part of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is a new essential report on understanding what local communities can do to promote education for sustainable development.

Green Economy & COVID-19 Recovery: Implications for the Decade of Action (UNEP)

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We will discuss the future of the Decade of Action in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Now more than ever, the world is in need of an economic transformation – one that promotes both the sustainable well-being of individuals and of the environment in tandem. The choices that policymakers, businesses, and individuals make now will determine if we prosper and accelerate a more sustainable world.

ODI: Global Reset Dialogue

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The Overseas Development Institute, ODI, has convened global experts and stakeholders to reflect and question the future of development cooperation in a post covid-19 era.

Youths urge ASEAN Leaders to invest in future-ready education

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JAKARTA, 3 July 2020 – Twenty young leaders from across ASEAN Member States (AMS) met virtually with ASEAN Leaders at the sidelines of the 36th ASEAN Summit held on 26 June.

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