By Project Everyone team and delivered in partnership with UNICEF World’s Largest Lesson brings the Global Goals to children all over the world and unites them in taking action. Since our launch in September 2015, we have reached over 130 countries and impacted over 8 million children each year. We believe all children everywhere should […]
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By SDG Watch Europe Over the past five years, since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), “the EU has made progress towards almost all goals” according to the latest SDG monitoring report released today by Eurostat. Although that sounds like good news, SDG Watch Europe, the leading civil society […]
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By Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) You can read the original article on GCAP’s website here. The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted and worsened systemic inequalities. During the lockdown, 80% of urban workers in India have lost their livelihoods, and globally the level of extreme poverty has skyrocketed. People worldwide are facing health problems, loss […]
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By World Vision Romania The life of children and families in the villages where World Vision Romania is active has always been tough due to difficult access to proper food, medicines, and hygiene products, amongst other factors. Now, because of the current pandemic, their situation has become even more desperate. World Vision Romania is there […]
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By Telma Costa, CPADA CPADA took the SDGs to schools as part of the Make Europe Sustainable for All Project. Through a scavenger hunt, students and teachers were able to get familiar with the 17 SDGs, and think about how they can have different meanings in the reality of different countries. For example, for those […]
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By Inese Vaivare, Lapas LV In March, we held a hackathon devoted to responding to the COVID-19 emergency, where professionals from different backgrounds gathered to generate ideas. The goal was to find a way to digitally connect high-risk people in need with volunteers who could help, people usually active on social media. The platform #stayhome […]
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By CAN Europe This joint statement on the COVID-19 crisis accompanies a set of recommendations from NGOs in February 2020 on Making the European Green Deal work for International Partnerships. As NGOs working on climate, environment, social justice and sustainable development issues, we stand in solidarity with local communities, vulnerable groups and those on the […]
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The next UN Environment Assembly UNEA-5 will take place in Nairobi on 22-26 February 2021. The theme of the next Assembly is “Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.” The theme calls for strengthened action to protect and restore nature and nature-based solutions to achieve the sustainable development goals in their three […]
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By World Vision Ireland The current pandemic has forced many planned events to be cancelled, changed and postponed. The MESA implementing partners in Ireland – World Vision Ireland and the Irish Environmental Network – had planned a conference focusing on SDGs, Fashion and Waste during Fashion Revolution Week. However, like many others, we had to […]
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By David, Slovenia By 2030, it is expected that 5 billion people will live in cities worldwide. However, this increasing trend towards urbanization brings about several issues. Among these urban challenges are traffic congestion, the disappearance of green spaces, waste management, pollution, and the need to provide enough job opportunities, adequate housing, and resources such […]
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