Just eight days of global military spending could fund 12 years of free, quality education for every child on the planet – Global Citizen
Think about it. Eight days.
Author: Hari Srinivas
The world is a better place
Seven charts that show the world is actually becoming a better place
DYK, some 200,000 people around the world are lifted above the US$2-a-day poverty line every day? Or that more than 300,000 people get access to electricity and clean water for the first time every day?
Water Policy Brief
The global climate crisis is inextricably linked to water. Climate change increases variability in the water cycle, inducing extreme weather events, reducing the predictability of water availability, affecting water quality and threatening sustainable development, biodiversity and the enjoyment of the human rights to water and sanitation worldwide.
Life-long Learning
Reskilling is a looming challenge for society. The World Economic Forum’s 2018 Future of Jobs Report found that by 2022, no less than 54% of all employees will require significant re- and upskilling, needing about 101 days for extra learning.
SDGs Report
The year 2030 is just over a decade away, and we need to ask if our actions today really aim to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UNSTATS’ “The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2019” provides evidence-based insights to answer this question.
Human Migration Tends
Migration and Refugees
Over all of history, humans have moved, where to move away from dangers and conflicts, or towards better living conditions elsewhere.
These tends are particularly clear during the laat 50 years. The article, “Migration Moves – The Shifting Patterns of Movement” explores the patterns of migration worldwide during the last 50 years
Food Waste
Did you know? The global costs of food waste are approximately $2.6 TRILLION (¥ 280 兆) per year?
– UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Health and Sanitation
Oceans and climate
An interesting article on the intrinsic links between the oceans and climate, by the Housing-Climate-Environment Working Group, a civil society initiative
From aerosols to fish-and-chips
Damage to the Ozone Layer and Climate Change Forming Feedback Loops
Increased solar radiation penetrating through the damaged ozone layer is interacting with the changing climate, and the consequences are rippling through the Earth’s natural systems, effecting everything from weather to the health and abundance of sea mammals