The Global Gender Gap Index 2021 (WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM)

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The 15th edition, the Global Gender Gap Report 2021, comes out a little over one year after COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic. Preliminary evidence suggests that the health emergency and the related economic downturn have impacted women more severly.

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UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2021

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The Food Waste Index Report aims at supporting the goals of SDG 12.3. It does so by presenting the most comprehensive food waste data collection, analysis and modelling to date, generating a new estimate of global food waste; and publishing a methodology for countries to measure food waste, at household, food service and retail level, to track national progress towards 2030 and to report on SDG 12

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TOWARDS A PANDEMIC TREATY?

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World Leaders met yesterday virtually to discuss about a new treaty that "that would help the world deal with future health emergencies like the coronavirus pandemic now ravaging the globe" shares Reuters.

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DEBT RELIEF: The Time to Act is Now

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Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has been teetering on the brink of a global debt crisis. One year on from the Secretary-General’s policy brief on debt, he is launching a second policy brief, entitled Liquidity and Debt Solutions to Invest in the SDGs: The Time to Act is Now

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Virtual Launch of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2021

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This is the virtual media launch of the 2021 edition of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific, on Tuesday, 30 March 2021, from 9:00 to 10:30 (Bangkok time). Published annually since 1947, the Survey provides analyses to guide policy discussion on the current and emerging socio-economic issues and policy challenges to support sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific.

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Renewables in Cities 2021 Global Status Report

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REN21’s Renewables in Cities Global Status Report (REC) series provides an overview of the status, trends and developments of renewable energy in cities, using the most up-to-date information and data available.

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New global tracker to measure pandemic’s impact on education worldwide

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Tracker a collaborative effort of Johns Hopkins University, the World Bank, and UNICEF.The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted education for 1.6 billion children worldwide over the past year. To help measure the ongoing global response, Johns Hopkins University, the World Bank, and UNICEF have partnered to create a COVID-19 – Global Education Recovery Tracker.

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Open Society Fund Invests in Global Access to Biologics

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NEW YORK—The Open Society Foundations is investing $6 million in a Belgian biotech company that is seeking to develop new approaches to manufacturing processes that should enable greater global access to biologic pharmaceutical drugs and vaccines.

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European Green Deal: Commission presents actions to boost organic production

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The Commission presented an Action Plan for the development of organic production. Its overall aim is to boost the production and consumption of organic products, to reach 25% of agricultural land under organic farming by 2030, as well as to increase organic aquaculture significantly.

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The Listening Project by the Milken Institute

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"Early in the weeks of 2020, the Milken Institute and The Harris Poll launched a research program called The Listening Project to survey the most urgent needs and challenges of people around the world. In February, we asked more than 10,000 people in 27 countries what needs, if met, would have the greatest impact in their lives and that of their family and community"

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COVID-19: Schools for more than 168 million children globally have been completely closed for almost a full year, says UNICEF

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UNICEF unveils ‘Pandemic Classroom’ at United Nations Headquarters in New York to call attention to the need for governments to prioritise the reopening of schools

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High-level Meeting on the Implementation of the Water-related Goals and Targets of the 2030 Agenda

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One-day high-level meeting is promoting the implementation of the water-related goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda in support of the implementation of the Decade on Water and Sustainable Development (2018-2028) and the high-level political forum on sustainable development (HLPF).

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NIKE STATEMENT ON XINJIANG

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Nike is committed to ethical and responsible manufacturing and we uphold international labor standards. We are concerned about reports of forced labor in, and connected to, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Nike does not source products from the XUAR and we have confirmed with our contract suppliers that they are not using textiles or spun yarn from the region.

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WHY YOUR ORGANISATION NEEDS A CSO ( From Korn Ferry)

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The global human resource consultancy firm Korn Ferry came up with an interesting paper on why corporations must invest in sustainability by appointing a Chief Sustainability Officer.

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“The excitement about Generation Equality is something you can now feel and touch”— UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

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Remarks by Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka at the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, interactive virtual side event on the Generation Equality Forum: The road to Mexico, Paris and beyond

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Join the call for the global recognition of the right to a healthy environment

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"Civil society organisations, social movements, local communities, and Indigenous Peoples have come together to call on the United Nations Human Rights Council to recognise without delay the human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment".

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UNILEVER'S Climate Transition Action Plan

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"The two biggest threats the world currently faces are climate change and social inequality – threats that are deeply intertwined. Climate change is not only an environmental crisis but one which will impact the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people around the world" says ALAN JOPE CEO, Unilever

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UNILEVER'S Climate Transition Action Plan

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Keeping the Promise: An Independent Review of the UN’s Annual List of Perpetrators of Grave Violations against Children, 2010 to 2020

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"The report’s findings cover the last ten-year period and include several cases where influential member states have evaded listing, by lobbying to be delisted or avoid being listed altogether, despite committing grave violations against children.

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Call for submissions: International Day of Sport for Development and Peace 2021

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What are you planning to do for IDSDP this year, given the current crisis? Share your plans and any examples of adaptation and innovation with the sportanddev community.

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UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2021

TOWARDS A PANDEMIC TREATY?

DEBT RELIEF: The Time to Act is Now

Virtual Launch of the Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2021

Renewables in Cities 2021 Global Status Report

New global tracker to measure pandemic’s impact on education worldwide

Open Society Fund Invests in Global Access to Biologics

European Green Deal: Commission presents actions to boost organic production

The Listening Project by the Milken Institute

COVID-19: Schools for more than 168 million children globally have been completely closed for almost a full year, says UNICEF

High-level Meeting on the Implementation of the Water-related Goals and Targets of the 2030 Agenda

NIKE STATEMENT ON XINJIANG

WHY YOUR ORGANISATION NEEDS A CSO ( From Korn Ferry)

“The excitement about Generation Equality is something you can now feel and touch”— UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

Join the call for the global recognition of the right to a healthy environment

UNILEVER'S Climate Transition Action Plan

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Keeping the Promise: An Independent Review of the UN’s Annual List of Perpetrators of Grave Violations against Children, 2010 to 2020

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