Ulrika Modéer
Assistant Secretary General & Director of Bureau of External Relations & Advocacy @UNDP🌏 Former State Secretary from Sweden working for a sustainable future
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Chocolates for the future
It’s 8:30 a.m. and as she does every morning, Marlen Sánchez, a special education teacher, prepares to teach her chocolate workshop.
‘The only uncertainty is how long we’ll last’: a worst case scenario for the climate in 2050
In their new book, the architects of the Paris climate accords, Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, lay out radical but hopeful alternatives for the future of humanity
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‘The only uncertainty is how long we’ll last’: a worst case scenario for the climate in 2050
#Read #Läs #Share #Dela #Act #Agera
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Inga företag har råd att räkna bort Afrika
LEDARE. I torsdags rapporterade Bloomberg om Ghanas nya övertecknade rekordlånga obligationslån, 41 år. Har intresset med Coronaviruset att göra, frågade reportern. Finansministerns svar handlade om råvarupriser men reflektionen är befogad....
Ulrika Modéer
Hade missat men så bra att @Diledare @Torunnilsson uppmärksammar att Afrika är en kontinent att räkna med och potentialen i det nya frihandelsavtalet👉🏼
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Saving coral reefs from a changing climate future | UNDP in Mauritius & Seychelles
The United Nations Development Programme, in partnership with the governments of Mauritius and Seychelles, has launched a regional project to restore coral reefs in both countries. The six-year “Restoring marine ecosystem services by restoring...
Shrinking country: Serbia struggles with population decline
BLAGOJEV KAMEN, Serbia (AP) — Uros Trainovic remembers when his small mining village in eastern Serbia was a vibrant home to 200 families, had a school of its own, a doctor and a shop. How...
Mission 1.5 a game-changer
UNDP is responding to the most pressing issue we face as a species with what we hope will be the largest-ever global survey on climate change.
Say IDONT: Top 7 things you didn’t know about child marriage
UNITED NATIONS, New York – Around the world, Valentine’s Day is celebrated as a time of joy and romance. Yet for millions, fairy tales of love and marriage are just that – fiction. Hundreds of millions of women and girls alive today were married off...
Making a difference to the Mongolian cashmere value chain with Blockchain
Convergence provides comprehensive advisory and product development services, with a primary focus on blockchain technology and Digital ID solutions.
EIB, UNDP to increase their collaboration with 2020 Action Plan | UNDP in Brussels
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) continue strengthening their cooperation, by signing a new action plan for 2020. The plan will intensify their support for the Sustainable Development Goals...
Hidden treasures in the NAI Library are now searchable online
Would you like to read a condolence letter from Olof Palme to the widow of Amilcar Cabral, or perhaps speeches by ZAPU leader Joshua Nkomo? These are some of the treasures stored in the NAI Library basement. Now you can browse them online – and, who...
Ulrika Modéer
Would you like to read a condolence letter from Olof Palme to the widow of Amilcar Cabral, or perhaps speeches by ZAPU leader Joshua Nkomo? These are some of the treasures stored in the @NordicAfrica Library basement. Now you can browse them online
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How the WHO is leading the fight against coronavirus misinformation
To tackle the coronavirus ‘infodemic’, the WHO is working with social media companies such as Google and Tencent to fight rumour and myth, and ensure correct information is easily and prominently available. Everyone has a duty to share wisely, click...
Experimentation in action: the Good, the Bad, the Unexpected | UNDP in Viet Nam
This blog post is the second in a three-part series that shares Viet Nam Accelerator Lab journey applying innovation and experimental practices to help Da Nang city solve its wicked problems.
UN launches world’s biggest survey of public opinion on climate change
Celebrities and youth activists met today with UN officials, governments and civil society to launch Mission 1.5, a campaign that aims to bridge the gap between people and governments on ambitious climate action.
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First ever local auction to boost Kazakhstan’s renewable energy market | UNDP in Europe and Central Asia
Kazakhstan for the first time conducted a solar auction that will lease out 100 hectares of public land to develop solar energy, connecting 40 000 householders to the grid.
Fossil fuel pollution behind 4m premature deaths a year – study
Burning gas, coal and oil costs world’s economy $8bn a day and particularly harms children
Lönsamt för AP-fonden att rensa bort oljebolag
Andra AP-fonden har i flera år valt bort vissa kol-, olje- och gasbolag. Det har varit en lönsam strategi. Nu har fonden plockat bort 60 bolag i andra sektorer.
African migration: Numbers, motivations and 'root causes' – get them right!
Negative public opinion in Europe is a major obstacle to holistic and sustainable policies on African migration. A new policy note from NAI argues for a shift away from politicised opinions about immigration, or misplaced ideas of humanitarian...
Ulrika Modéer
Numbers, motivations & 'root causes' – get them right! Negative public opinion in Europe is a major obstacle to holistic & sustainable policies on African migration argues a new policy note from @NordicAfrica #ScalingFences
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New trends in mine action
More than 600 delegates are gathered in Geneva this week to discuss ways to rid the world of landmines.
These 4 trends will define the future of development, Achim Steiner says
UNDP chief Achim Steiner outlines how inequality, governance, climate, and the Fourth Industrial Revolution will define development going forward.
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4 trends that will define the future of development👉🏼
Inequalities, decarbonization, the 4th industrial revolution and governance. This is the time when we need to come together and find solutions together
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