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International Women’s Day: Eight Actions for A More Equal World

International Women’s Day: Eight Actions for A More Equal World

Over nearly a decade leading the United Nations, I have seen our world repeatedly tested – by climate shocks, deepening poverty, violent conflict and shrinking civic space.

But I have also watched many solutions take root, and they shared one common denominator: women.

As the world marks International Women’s Day, it is time to recognize that gender inequality is the greatest human rights challenge of our time – and advancing equality is one of the strongest drivers of sustainable development and peace.

via: Malay Mail

A Rescue Plan for Sustainable Development

A Rescue Plan for Sustainable Development
This month, leaders will gather in Sevilla, Spain, on a rescue mission: to help fix how the world invests in sustainable development. 

The stakes could not be higher. A decade after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and many global commitments to finance them, two-thirds of the targets are lagging. And the world is falling short by over $4 trillion annually in the resources developing countries need to deliver on these promises by 2030.
via: The National

How to Foot the Bill on Urgent Climate Action

How to Foot the Bill on Urgent Climate Action
Governments need to make certain that multilateral development banks step up to finance the transition to renewable energy, the secretary-general of the UN says.

This week’s annual meetings of the World Bank could have important implications for the climate crisis and could help shift the trajectory of global warming. Multilateral development banks can make or break the transition to renewable energy, and governments are their shareholders. It’s time for those governments to step up and make sure the banks are prepared to advance the process. 
via: Bloomberg

Amid backsliding on climate, the renewables effort now must be tripled

Amid backsliding on climate, the renewables effort now must be tripled

A report released Monday by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is a litany of broken climate promises. Together with the IPCC’s previous two reports on physical science and adaptation in the past year, it reveals the yawning gap between climate pledges and reality. And the reality is that we are speeding toward disastrous global warming of more than double the limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100, as cited in the Paris agreement of 2016.

via: The Washington Post (USA)

Global leaders agree on the challenges facing humanity – why can’t we agree on action?

Global leaders agree on the challenges facing humanity – why can’t we agree on action?
As Secretary-General of the United Nations, I spend much of my time speaking with world leaders and taking the pulse of global trends.  It’s clear to me that we are at a defining moment in international relations.  Global decision making is plagued by gridlock – and a fundamental paradox lies at the heart of it.
via: The Independent (London)

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