New global tracker to measure pandemic’s impact on education worldwide

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 29Mar
Tracker a collaborative effort of Johns Hopkins University, the World Bank, and UNICEF.The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education for 1.6 billion children worldwide over the past year. To help measure the ongoing global response, Johns Hopkins University, the World Bank, and UNICEF have partnered to create a COVID-19 – Global Education Recovery Tracker.
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Open Society Fund Invests in Global Access to Biologics

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 26Mar
NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations is investing $6 million in a Belgian biotech company that is seeking to develop new approaches to manufacturing processes that should enable greater global access to biologic pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines.
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European Green Deal: Commission presents actions to boost organic production

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 26Mar
The Commission presented an Action Plan for the development of organic production. Its overall aim is to boost the production and consumption of organic products, to reach 25% of agricultural land under organic farming by 2030, as well as to increase organic aquaculture significantly.
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The Listening Project by the Milken Institute

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 26Mar
"Early in the weeks of 2020, the Milken Institute and The Harris Poll launched a research program called The Listening Project to survey the most urgent needs and challenges of people around the world. In February, we asked more than 10,000 people in 27 countries what needs, if met, would have the greatest impact in their lives and that of their family and community"
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COVID-19: Schools for more than 168 million children globally have been completely closed for almost a full year, says UNICEF

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 26Mar
UNICEF unveils ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at United Nations Headquarters in New York to call attention to the need for governments to prioritise the reopening of schools
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High-level Meeting on the Implementation of the Water-related Goals and Targets of the 2030 Agenda

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 25Mar
One-day high-level meeting is promoting the implementation of the water-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda in support of the implementation of the Decade on Water and Sustainable Development (2018-2028) and the high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF).
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NIKE STATEMENT ON XINJIANG

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 25Mar
Nike is committed to ethical and responsible manufacturing and we uphold international labor standards. We are concerned about reports of forced labor in, and connected to, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Nike does not source products from the XUAR and we have confirmed with our contract suppliers that they are not using textiles or spun yarn from the region.
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WHY YOUR ORGANISATION NEEDS A CSO ( From Korn Ferry)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 25Mar
The global human resource consultancy firm Korn Ferry came up with an interesting paper on why corporations must invest in sustainability by appointing a Chief Sustainability Officer.
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“The excitement about Generation Equality is something you can now feel and touch”— UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 25Mar
Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, interactive virtual side event on the Generation Equality Forum: The road to Mexico, Paris and beyond
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Join the call for the global recognition of the right to a healthy environment

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 25Mar
"Civil society organisations, social movements, local communities, and Indigenous Peoples have come together to call on the United Nations Human Rights Council to recognise without delay the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment".
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