Scientists have developed new drones that can identify ideal places to grow trees and sow one billion plants every year, an advance that may help combat deforestation. Deforestation and forest degradation make up 17% of the world’s carbon emissions — more than the entire world’s transportation sector, according to the UN. Researchers from U.K.-based company […]
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Hey, have you heard? We are taking new volunteers aka SustyVibers!!! If you are or know a young person between the ages of 16 and 35 – tell them to get in formation and apply to be SustyVibers. With over 50 active volunteers within our network – we are set to change sustainability advocacy in
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While the plight of tigers, sharks, and rhinos may be sad, does it really matter to mankind if these species go extinct? Should we care if the only way to see these beasts is in a zoo or aquarium? Preserving these species is not only in the interests of zoologists and animal lovers, it is
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As Sri Lanka continues to struggle with the aftermath of the devastating floods that struck the country in late May, its government is making moves to boost its resilience to climate change, as well as slash its carbon emissions by investing in renewable energy. The May 2017 floods had a death toll of about 200 people, displaced
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The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) implements the Siemens Integrity Initiative in Nigeria (SII). This anti-corruption project is implemented in five other countries with support from the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Nigeria Network. Recall that the UNGC has ten principles from which it regulates and coordinates private sectors and NGOs, the 10th being Anti-corruption.
Lagos Business School’s First Bank Sustainability Centre is hosting the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Business Network Convening with the theme “Nutrition: Everyone’s Business” in July. The convening is organised in collaboration with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). The event will focus on the state of nutrition in Nigeria, the activities of SUN Business Network
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Extremely high May and June temperatures have broken records in parts of Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the United States, the United Nations weather agency reported today, warning of more heatwaves to come. The heatwaves have arrived unusually early, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said, noting at the same time that average global
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BACKGROUND More women are pursuing entrepreneurship in Africa per capita than anywhere else in the world. For this reason, Spark* is conducting a continent-wide search to bring together an unrivaled group of 15 African Female Founders for its YHER Accelerator. ABOUT THE PROGRAM The Y-HER Accelerator Program is a powerful opportunity for passionate female impact
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D-Prize expands access to poverty-alleviation interventions in the developing world. The challenge focuses on the distribution of solutions to poverty to the people who need it most that already exist and produces new “distribution entrepreneurs” – social entrepreneurs who start new ventures that distribute proven life-enhancing technologies to millions of people living in extreme poverty. Can
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All Kenyan schoolgirls are to get free sanitary pads, the government has said! It is hoped the move will improve access to education in a country where many cannot afford sanitary products like pads and tampons. According to the UN’s education agency, one in 10 girls in sub-Saharan Africa misses school during their period. Some
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