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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2020 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development | SIPRI
SIPRI is proud to announce that the 2020 Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development will focus on ‘The Geopolitics of Peacebuilding’.
The United Nations works with artists to forge a new frontier in online activism
Seven celebrity activists take on seven causes with seven different creative storytelling techniques: music, dance, comedy, sports, and even juggling.
Ulrika Modéer
#Share our Initiative as we partner and forge a new frontier in online activism. @UNDP digital comms world: “baking social good into the business of digital content.” co-lab with @AdamAJRbrothers @carlvmercer @mashable #ForPeopleForPlanet
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Eyes on the Goals
Seven social influencers spotlight the role that digital and social media can play in achieving the Global Goals.
Ulrika Modéer
Let’s move and keep our eyes on the Goals. We have a fight to win and need to team up. As part of the #DecadeofAction @UNDP & Sustainable Partners Inc. have partnered with seven unique social influencers to spotlight initiatives to achieve the #GlobalGoals
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RSVP - #UN75 Inaugural Launch Event with the UN Secretary-General
Event Address: ECOSOC Chamber, United Nations Headquarters New York
Klimatexperten tipsar om den miljövänliga semestern
Intresset för natur och miljö vaknade tidigt. I dag är Johan Kuylenstierna en av landets största profiler i klimatfrågan och trots utmaningarna är han full av optimism.
Solar for Health: Five Ways Solar Power Can Make Universal Healthcare a Reality | United Nations
The UN Chronicle, produced by the United Nations Department of Global Communications, has served as the Organization’s flagship magazine since 1946, providing authoritative information and debate on the activities of the larger United Nations...
Human Development Report presentation (28 January 2020)
HDR 2019 "Beyond income, beyond averages, beyond today: Inequalities in human development in the 21st century"
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UNDP) - ABOUT THE REPORT
When the Human Development Report first appeared in 1990, it captured...
Mexico releases Latin America's first feminist foreign policy
Mexico becomes the latest country to release a feminist foreign policy, with the government last week publishing a road map for how it will put gender at the center of its international engagement.
Ulrika Modéer
#Mexico becomes the first country in Latin America to adopt a feminist foreign policy! So much needed in a world where we see a backlash for women’s rights when we need them more than ever to move forward in a decade of action #ForPeopleForPlanet #ForHer
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The Global Risks Report 2020
The 15th edition of the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report is published as critical risks are manifesting. The global economy is facing an increased risk of stagnation, climate change is striking harder and more rapidly than expected, and...
Ulrika Modéer
At the top of @wef Global Risks Report we find 5 risks related to the survival of our 🌍 climate action failure, extreme weather, biodiversity loss & human caused env. disaster. @UNDP made a #ClimatePromise join our efforts in #NatureforDevelopment
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Ny rapport: De fem största hoten mot världen
För första gången någonsin är samtliga risker i topp fem relaterade till miljön, då World Economic Forum presenterar sin årliga riskrapport. Samtidigt som politiker och näringsliv behöver gå samman för att lösa de många hållbarhetskriserna väntar...
Blackrocks vd varnar: Agera nu – nästa kris blir unik
Investerarna kommer snart – snabbare än de flesta väntar sig – att vända sig ifrån företag som inte i tillräcklig utsträckning kan visa att de är hållbara och klimatsmarta. Och styrelserna kommer att hållas ansvariga.
Den salvan avfyrar Larry Fink,...
World's Largest Asset Manager Puts Climate At The Center Of Its Investment Strategy
"We believe that sustainability should be our new standard for investing," BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says. The investment giant's move puts pressure on companies to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
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Ulrika Modéer
When @blackrock- the 🌍's largest asset manager, says it will make #climatechange central to its investments you know we will see change. But given the crisis we need #divestments and @SdgImpact in a decade of action #forpeopleforplanet
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Ten humanitarian crises and trends to watch in 2020
Keep a close eye on these topics over the next 12 months. Here’s why.
Ulrika Modéer
10 humanitarian crises & trends to watch in 2020. But as we are examining under-reported crises, long-running conflicts, extremism, sudden disasters, slow-burning emergencies and the humanitarian consequences of migration we need to #invest in #prevention
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”Nej, koldioxidutsläppen i Tyskland har inte ökat”
Klimatforskaren Christian Azar: Uppskattningsvis har koldioxidutsläppen från elproduktionen i Tyskland minskat med knappt 30 procent.
900 miljarder till tysk tågsatsning
Den tyska regeringen viker 62 miljarder euro för att rusta upp och stärka järnvägsnätet. Transportminister Andreas Scheuer kallar överenskommelsen ”det viktigaste moderniseringsprogrammet i Tysklands historia”.
2019 Toyota North American Environmental Report
Toyota’s North American Environmental Report. This year’s report features information about our four focus areas – CARBON, WATER, MATERIALS and BIODIVERSITY – plus related OUTREACH activities.