by sdgadmin | Feb 1, 2024 | News and Evens
“It is time for a profound shift in our approach to economic policies. It is time to integrate human rights into the heart of the international financial architecture.”Half of humanity – 3.3 billion people – live in countries where governments are compelled to spend...
by sdgadmin | Jan 16, 2024 | News and Evens
AI’s impact, digital jobs, healthcare system transformation, geopolitical risks, and climate change are just some of the key issues for 2024. The World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, 15-19 January, aims to revitalize cooperation on these issues...
by sdgadmin | Jan 15, 2024 | News and Evens
Recent years have heralded a particularly disruptive period in human history. Against the backdrop of a warming planet and the spillover effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we face some of the most challenging economic and geopolitical conditions in decades. And things...
by sdgadmin | Jan 3, 2024 | News and Evens
The 2023 UN Conference of Parties – or COP28 – like its predecessors, concluded with mixed results. Some have lauded the “historic” consensus text which includes the need to “transition” away from fossil fuels. Others have lamented the vague language and non-binding...
by sdgadmin | Dec 24, 2023 | News and Evens
The end of COP27 closed with a historic agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries that shoulder the heavy burden of climate change. But, after launching the fund on day one, many of the other decisions at COP28 made that agreement look...
by sdgadmin | Dec 23, 2023 | News and Evens
The goals of the Paris Agreement will be missed unless there is a rapid and substantial increase in investment in emerging market and developing countries, leading finance experts have warned. The report states: “We are far behind on climate action globally, as...
