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A paltry 14 percent of climate finance is going to the least developed nations and just 2 percent to small island developing states, which have done least to cause the climate crisis but are being hit hardest. Climate finance provided and mobilised by developed countries for developing countries tot

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Data & Reports , Economy , Energy , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development / 11/04/2020

Two Indian banks linked to ecosystem destruction

Soumya Sarkar Although top global banks are bankrolling biodiversity loss and ecosystem destruction at an unprecedented scale, the finance sector has largely evaded scrutiny till now At least 50 global banks invested more than USD 2.6 trillion in 2019 alone in projects identified as drivers of biodi

Climate , Data & Reports , Economy , Energy , Environment , Featured , Health , Sustainable Development , Transport / 11/03/2020

Export of used vehicles a major contributor to air pollution

Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the developing world are of poor quality, contributing significantly to air pollution and hindering efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, according to a new report by the UN Environment Progra

Biodiversity , Climate , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Governance , Health , Monitoring , Sustainable Development / 10/31/2020

IPBES report details path to exit current ‘pandemic era’

John C. Cannon Rather than solely reacting to future outbreaks with containment, new treatments, and the development of vaccines, the authors of the report write that a proactive approach is necessary. A new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Serv

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Environment , Monitoring , Sustainable Development , Waste / 10/28/2020

Over 200,000 tonnes of plastic leaking into the Mediterranean each year

A new IUCN report finds that an estimated 229,000 tonnes of plastic is leaking into the Mediterranean Sea every year, equivalent to over 500 shipping containers each day. Unless significant measures are taken to address mismanaged waste, the main source of the leakage, this will at least double by

Business , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Economy , Education , Gender , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Labour , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 10/27/2020

No country has achieved gender equality in last 25 years

Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely changed over the last quarter of a century, according to The World’s Women 2020: Trends and Statistics, a new UN report. Unpaid domestic and care work falls disproportionately on women, restraining their economi

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 10/13/2020

One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, according to first ever UN estimates

Almost 2 million babies are stillborn every year – or 1 every 16 seconds – according to the first ever joint stillbirth estimates released by UNICEF, WHO, the World Bank Group and the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.&nb

Aid , COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Governance , Health , Human Rights , Labour , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 10/10/2020

New global index shows catastrophic failure to tackle inequality across countries

Norway tops index, United States flails at 26, South Sudan ranks last, majority of world’s countries are woefully unprepared for COVID-19 Very low spending on public healthcare, weak social safety nets and poor labour rights meant the majority of the world’s countries were woefully ill-equipped

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Gender , Governance , Health , Sustainable Development / 10/03/2020

Adapting and responding to the pandemic: civic spaces in Southeast Asia

Nicola Nixon Focusing on health, food, and information needs, CSOs throughout the region have been working since the first outbreak to help minimise the pandemic’s impact. In many cases, CSOs responded to the crisis faster, more nimbly, and more effectively than governments. Civil society organisa

Biodiversity , Climate , Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Governance , Monitoring , Resources , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 09/23/2020

New global biodiversity goals are being developed before the last ones were met

Sandra Cordon Three major reports on nature say we’ve missed our set 2020 targets The Earth’s biodiversity is being destroyed through overconsumption, unsustainably intensive agriculture, deforestation and climate destruction, yet there is still time to change course if humankind acts swiftly an

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