The Citizens Assembly is a 12 month online programme to develop a project to help achieve the Global Goals in your country. As a member of the United For 2030 Citizens Assembly, you will take part in a 12 month programme to develop a project that can help achieve a Global Goal in your country. […]
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Original Publications: UNwomen.org/UN.org Violence against women continues to be an obstacle to achieving equality, development, peace as well as to the fulfillment of women and girls’ human rights. All in all, the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – to leave no one behind – cannot be fulfilled without putting an end to violence against women
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Source: The Guardian A trio of disastrous wildfires has resulted in at least 31 deaths and thousands of lost homes and businesses in California. The Camp fire is now the most destructive and joint most deadly in California’s history, having burned through 111,000 acres, at one point growing so quickly, eating up a football field-size piece of
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Having to ration water is very challenging. As a kid, my sister and I shared a 4-liter bucket of water to bath on the bad days. And yes, it was always enough- we just employed a trick my mama showed us and everything worked out just fine. I also remember we recycled all bathwater and
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People are talking trash and we love it. Collin’s Dictionary publisher announced “Single-use” as the Dictionary’s Word of the Year for 2018 , yesterday November 7th. Single-use is defined as “made to be used once only”, it refers to “items whose unchecked proliferation are blamed for damaging the environment and affecting the food chain,” according to a
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Scientists in Britain and the United States say they have engineered a plastic-eating enzyme that could help in the fight against Plastic pollution. The enzyme is able to digest polyethylene terephthalate, or PET – a form of plastic patented in the 1940s and now used in millions of tonnes of plastic bottles. PET plastics are
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The search is on for the 2019 Agropolis Fondation Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize for Agriculture and Food as well as the 2019 Olam Prize for Innovation in Food Security. Now on its 5th edition, the Agropolis Fondation Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize was created in 2009 to recognize the exemplary contribution of scientists in
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To mark the World Cleanup day on Saturday, September 15 2018, SustyVibers from different parts of the countries came out in droves to cleanup their environment and educate people on the dangers of indiscriminate waste disposal on our streets, beaches, rivers and forests. The Susty on the Streets Lagos team came out to clean the
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Deadline: November 2, 2018 This fellowship creates opportunities for indigenous leaders to explore solutions to the impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss using the traditional knowledge of men and women. Since 2011, Conservation International has supported fellows from over 15 countries, linking conservation and science with indigenous traditional knowledge. Indigenous and traditional peoples’ knowledge,
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Renewable Energy forms one of the pillars for delivering global sustainable environment and the commitment to climate change targets. The renewable energy industry has matured, with huge investments being ploughed into it globally. Global new investment in renewable energy (excluding large hydro-electric projects) was around US$241.6 billion in 2016, with over 138.5GW of added renewable
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