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UN: If national and international financial systems don’t change, the Sustainable Development Goals will not be achieved

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If national and international financial systems don’t change, the Sustainable Development Goalswill not be achieved, says a new 2019 UN Financing for Sustainable Development Report, prepared jointly with more than sixty international organizations, including the IMF, the World Bank Group and World Trade Organization. This report is the basis for discussions at the ECOSOC Forum …

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On the nexus between circular economy, climate change, Agenda 2030

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A shift towards a circular economy can address some of the challenges posed by the increasing scarcity and depletion of natural resources and bring about many societal benefits, improve social welfare, including by creating new jobs and businesses. Currently, the world lacks a shared vision of the circular economy, even though Agenda 2030 and the …

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On International Cooperation and Governance of Trans-boundary Waters

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08.04.2019 According to the UN water, the 263 transboundary lake and river basins cover almost half the Earth’s surface. 145 States have territory in these basins, and 30 countries lie entirely within them. There are approximately 300 transboundary aquifers, helping to serve the 2 billion people who depend on groundwater. According to the UN (2008) …

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WEF: A strengthened framework of global cooperation is needed to accelerate progress on shared challenges and lessen tensions among and within countries

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The recent White paper by the World Economic Forum “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a New Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution” suggests that major shifts underway in technology, geopolitics, environment, and society give birth to a new phase of globalization – Globalization 4.0 – whose trajectory will depend on how multilevel governance …

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On the recent developments in Climate Litigation

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Climate litigation is becoming one of the legal avenues, taken by the citizens, environmental groups, local governments (cities), shareholders and investors. The amount of climate change-related claims aiming to hold the governments accountable and the companies liable is on the rise worldwide. According to one of the leading international law firms White and Case listed, …

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WIPO discussed Intellectual Property Issues, raising in the context of the negotiations on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction

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The meeting, held by WIPO on April 3, 2019, was a side event of the Intergovernmental Conferenceon an international legally binding instrument under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity of areas beyond national jurisdiction (General Assembly resolution 72/249) and aimed at …

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Unprecedented levels of urbanisation coupled with revolutions in transport, energy, and data technology offer new opportunities to reshape cities

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Unprecedented levels of urbanization coupled with revolutions in transport, energy, and data technology offer new opportunities to reshape cities, – suggests the recent Report by the Coalition for Urban Transitions. The Report finds that dense development can bring about not only new risks, but also opportunities to improve the economic, social, and environmental performance of …

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Global Commission on Economy and Climate: Evidence from the 70 national and subnational economies that have put a price on carbon or are about to shows it does not slow economic growth.

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03.04.2019 The conventional wisdom that carbon pricing slows down economic growth has been triggered in the recent research from the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, that finds that bold climate action could deliver at least $26 trillion in economic benefits through 2030. However, evidence from the 70 national and subnational economies that have …

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UNEP: Trade in environmentally sound technologies offers triple win opportunities for environment, prosperity, and development

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02.04.2019 The recent Report “Trade in environmentally sound technologies: implications for developing countries”, prepared by the UNEP admits the significant potential of trade to contribute in implementing the Paris Agreement, the 2030 Agenda and achieving the SDGs. Indeed, there is growing consensus that trade plays a crucial role in driving a shift towards more climate-resilient …

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On the need of the comprehensive governance approaches to water, security and conflict nexus

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Historically, water-related problems led rather to a greater level of the international cooperation over water governance, than to conflicts. At the same time, the increasing frequency of the climate-related events, growing water demand due to the economic and demographic growth in developing countries creates a new dynamic and new scale water risks. Increasingly, different stakeholders …

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