UN Environment and The UnSchool of Disruptive Design have developed an action plan for every individual to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. #AnatomyofAction is a practical and handy evidence-based action kit that supports individuals in taking action through their “15 ways in 15 days challenge.” The challenge highlights five key lifestyle …
Implementing the Paris Climate accord and transformative 2030 Agenda requires a series of fundamental socio-economic and technological transformations aimed at the transition to sustainable, people-centered and climate-resilient economies. Economic diversification is an important tool of such transformations. It is one component of economic resilience (i) against the impacts of climate change (increasing water scarcity, increasing …
A hundred days have passed since protests began in Hong Kong. A hundred days since citizens went out to the streets to show their repulsion to the extradition billproposed by the Hong Kong government in February 2019, which would allow Hong Kong citizens to be extradited to Taiwan, Macau and mainland China, jurisdictions with which …
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Last year, global flows of foreign direct investment fell by 13%, to $1.3 trillion, achieved the lowest level since the global financial crisis. A modest recovery of 10% is projected in 2019. (UNCTAD, 2019) In this context, competition for international investment is increasing worldwide and sparks a boom of special economic zones (SEZs). Global tally …
Water is at the heart of global 2030 Agenda, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, and the 2015 Paris Agreement. It plays a central role in securing human rights, supporting economic development, mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change (IPCC, 2008; IPCC, 2018), improving human well-being and health, achieving most of …
Last month, the City of Milan invited the public to attend the conference “L’approccio di Milano alla rigenerazione urbana: sviluppo e sostenibilità ambientale contro gli immobilismi di ritorno” (The Approach of Milan toward Urban Regeneration: Development and Environmental Sustainability against the Immobility of Going Backward). The conference was hosted in the historic Sala Alessi of …
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Facebook is one of the leading players in the global advertisement industry. The company has committed to reducing its carbon footprint. Despite the positive trends in global economic growth, youth employment has worsened in recent years. There are presently 71 million young people unemployed, and many millions more are in precarious or informal work. (UNDESA, …
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08.08.2019 The latest El Paso (Texas) and Dayton (Ohio) massacres have just rekindled the never-ending debate on the use and legality of firearms in the United States. The Second Amendment, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, of the U.S. Constitution reads: “(…) being necessary to the security of a free State, …
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Sustainable development assumes a fundamental transition to a new economic paradigm, built on an inclusive, holistic and a long-term view of the economic well-being that should be achieved through higher levels of economic production, inclusive and sustainable industrialization, economic diversification and technological upgrading. Such a fundamental transition requires a series of connected transformations of socio-technical …
Implementing the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement, achieving the SDGs, assumes a transition from our petroleum-based linear economy to the climate-neutral circular economy paradigm. The goals of this transition are: (i) building a more innovative, inclusive and low-emissions economy through modernizing the existing and developing new supply chains and business models; (ii) reducing our …
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