Globally, the level of hunger and malnutrition is still “serious”, – says the Global Hunger Index 2018 (GHI). If the fight for “Zero hunger” is not accelerated, about 50 countries will not reach the objectives by 2030. Globally, the level of hunger and malnutrition is still “serious”, – says the Global Hunger Index 2018 (GHI) …
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The 2018 UNCTAD World Investment Forum is taking place in Switzerland on October 22-26. This year the event is entirely dedicated to financing sustainable development. Implementing the transformative 2030 Agenda and achieving the SDGs require significant capital — public, private, blended finance, particularly in key sectors such as infrastructure, food security and rural development, sustainable …
The 14th AGM of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) is taking place in Switzerland from October 16 to October 20. The IGF was one of the Partnership Initiatives launched at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in 2000 (Johannesburg, South Africa). The Forum serves as a platform for …
Where are we at the 2018 World Food Day? Is the “Zero Hunger” SDG number 2 near to be reached? The Global Hunger Index 2018 provides an answer and many questions at the same time. Progress has been made, but the trend should be accelerated. On October 11, The ‘Forced Migration and Hunger’ conference was …
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October 13 is the International Day for Disaster Reduction. The overall theme of the International Day for Disaster Reduction (IDDR) in 2018 is reducing the economic loss of disasters. In advance of IDDR the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction has public the report, that demonstrates a dramatic rise of 151% in direct economic losses …
03.10.2018 “The changing landscape on global trade and the environment adds a new dimension to historical challenges and requires new thinking on global and national governance mechanisms”, – says the joint publication “Making trade work for the environment, prosperity and resilience”, prepared by WTO and UN Environment issued yesterday. It details how governments can work …
Legally binding instrument to regulate, in international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises, as well as the zero draft optional protocol annexed to the instrument will be discussed this month in Geneva Open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, established …
OECD: Three years on from the commitments made at COP21 in Paris, the overwhelming majority of governments have not taken the necessary action to contain growing risks to the climate. With emissions on the rise again, OECD governments need to get serious about shifting their economies to a low-carbon model and stop investing in carbon-intensive …
At the week-long meeting in the Republic of Korea government delegates considered the key findings of the report line-by-line and adopt these as the “Summary for Policy Makers” (SPM), that got approved few days ago and released today. The report’s full name is Global Warming of 1.5°C, an IPCC special report on the impacts of …
Climate change affects women’s and men’s assets and well-being differently—in terms of agricultural production, food security, health, water and energy resources, climate-induced migration and conflict, and climate-related natural disasters, – said Åsa Regnér, Assistant Secretary-General of the UN and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women at “Empowering women through the sustainable management of natural resources: …
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