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Nearing the conclusion of a sometimes fractious two-week meeting, nations of the world agreed on a historic package of measures deemed critical to addressing the dangerous loss of biodiversity and restoring natural ecosystems. Convened under UN auspices, chaired by China, and hosted by Canada, the 1

Biodiversity , Climate , Education , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Monitoring , Resources , Science & Technology , Sustainable Development , Water / 11/19/2022

15 big issues poised to impact oceans and coasts

Mary Hoff Experts from around the world put their heads together to consider effects of emerging trends on marine and coastal biodiversity. In the spirit of the annual University of Cambridge–led horizon scan of emerging conservation issues, 30 experts from around the world last year put their hea

Biodiversity , Data & Reports , Education , Environment , Forests , Monitoring , Science & Technology , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 09/19/2022

Language barriers in conservation research could be hurting biodiversity efforts. What can be done about it?

Eva Amsen Some researchers say that ignoring non-English papers could have disastrous consequences for conservation Last year Eliza Grames had an unusual request for librarians at the University of Connecticut, where she was pursuing a Ph.D. in ecology and evolutionary biology. Grames, now a postdoc

Climate , Education , Gender , Governance , Human Rights , Labour , Opinions , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 09/18/2022

This Far…Go Further: Women and the Carbon Market!

Tasneem Balasinorwala and Diya Deb As we make our way one step at a time to make carbon markets and carbon projects the domain of women in the local communities, we looked at the Gold Standard Guidelines on gender equality requirements. What is Gold Standard: The Gold Standard has been&

Aid , Education , Gender , Health , Human Rights , Science & Technology , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 07/30/2022

Under attack, global sexual health ‘can’t rely on US’

Fiona Broom For almost 40 years, the controversial US ‘global gag rule’ has been used by Republican presidents to block federal funding to non-US organisations that provide abortion counselling, referrals, and related services, or those that advocate for greater legal rights to abortion. Religio

Aid , Business , Economy , Education , Featured , Labour , Opinions , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 07/01/2022

Social innovators spur growth — from moringa to mourning flowers

Radhika Mia Social entrepreneurs are transforming the lives of 722-million people worldwide, and in Sub-Saharan Africa alone in 2020 about 28-million to 41-million jobs were created by social enterprises Landmark research recently released by the British Council, called “State of social enterprise

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Education , Featured , Human Rights , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 06/23/2022

COVID-19 worsens global learning crisis, risking $21 trillion in lifetime earnings

70 per cent of 10-year-olds in ‘learning poverty’, unable to read and understand a simple text As a result of the worst shock to education and learning in recorded history, learning poverty has increased by a third in low- and middle-income countries, with an estimated 70 per cent of 10-

COVID-19 , Data & Reports , Education , Governance , Health , Human Rights , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 05/30/2022

COVID-19 could derail SDGs for next five years – report

Dann Okoth The report singles out lost education as one of the worst consequences of the pandemic, warning that its effects could be felt until the end of the century. The COVID-19 pandemic will further derail the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the next five yea

Aid , Data & Reports , Economy , Education , Governance , Monitoring , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 04/30/2022

A new way of measuring rural poverty yields unexpected results in Malawi

This so-called Rural Multidimensional Poverty Index (R-MPI) was built on the widely accepted notion that household income alone does not fully capture a person’s wellbeing. Various indicators, such as food security, living standards, education and health are just as important to human developm

Climate , Education , Environment , Featured , Governance , Human Rights , Opinions , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 04/26/2022

While Australians are joining radical climate activism, the government is designing new laws to stop them

These laws, and their hurried legislation, have been criticised by civil society groups for attempting to undermine the ability for anyone to exercise their freedom to protest. Australia is witnessing a new surge in civil disobedience as a form of climate activism. Earlier this month, protestors fro

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