Category: December 2021
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Turning point. The pandemic as an opportunity for change: a vision by Nick Meynen
By European Environmental Bureau (EEB) Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, we know that a return to ‘normal’ is not possible. The ‘old normal’ was a fictional world anyway, in […]
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DEEPENED INEQUALITIES DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
By SDG Watch Europe The short-term wellbeing costs of COVID-19 have been severe. The pandemic is having profound effects on poor and marginalized groups, increasing poverty rates and widening gaps […]
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Progress on the SDGs in Norway
By the Norwegian Forum for Environment and Development Norway presented its second VNR at the High-Level Political Forum in 2021. The report shows that Norway is making good progress on many of […]
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Mobilisation to act for SDGs in Latvia
By LAPAS The mobilisation of different stakeholders to act for Sustainable Development Goals implementation has been the leading goal of the Latvian Platform for Development Cooperation (LAPAS) throughout all 2021. […]
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The Italian Alliance for Sustainable Development (ASviS): think global, act locally
By ASviS On 18 January 2022, ASviS, partner of the Italian Pavillion at EXPO 2020 Dubai, together with the EU Commission, will present a High-Level Forum at EXPO 2020 Dubai, […]
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Walk the talk: SDG Walk in Bern, Switzerland
By Platform Agenda 2030 In November, Switzerland’s capital Bern got its first SDG walk. The walk brings life to the SDGs by linking them to existing initiatives and institutions. From […]
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Sustainable food systems: what is Switzerland’s responsibility?
By Platform Agenda 2030 One-third of the world’s population has no secure access to sufficient and healthy food. This is not due to insufficient food production; sufficient calories are produced […]
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1st SDG Dialogue Forum Austria: Building forward better with the 2030 Agenda
By SDG Watch Austria Austrian government officials, civil society and experts discussed current opportunities and challenges of sustainable development caused by the COVID-19 pandemic at the first SDG Dialogue Forum […]
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European Volunteering Capital 2023
By CEV On 5 December 2021, on the occasion of the International Volunteer Day 2021, CEV announced, during the closing ceremony of the EVCapital Berlin 2021, Trondheim Kommune (Norway) as […]
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EU adopts guaranteed access to services for Europe’s children in need
By Caritas Europa The EU recently adopted the European Child Guarantee, asking the Member States to prevent and combat the social exclusion of children in need by guaranteeing effective and […]