Ulrika Modéer
Assistant Secretary General & Director of Bureau of External Relations & Advocacy @UNDP🌏 Former State Secretary from Sweden believing in a sustainable future
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Cement giant Heidelberg pledges carbon neutral concrete by 2050
In a first for the sector, the world's fourth largest maker said it would cut emissions in line with Paris climate goals
Ulrika Modéer
We need more of these #GoodNews👉🏼 Cement giant pledges carbon neutral concrete by 2050
#ClimateActionNow
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Green Finance Solutions for Global Goals
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Scottish-Government backed Global Ethical Finance Initiative (GEFI), together with the New York Declaration on Forests Global Platform, gather experts in Edinburgh, Scotland today to develop...
On Extinction, Food, Climate and Inequality
UNDP Head of Ecosystem and Biodiversity Midori Paxton writes about the current ecological meltdown and its inextricability with other crisis such as climate change and inequality.
Ulrika Modéer
Our ecological meltdown, loss of #biodiversity and ecosystem services is inextricably intertwined with #inequality and #climatechange. Equal access to food by the increasing global population, projected to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, is a good illustration
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The mountain where wishes come true
Ogtay Ganiyev finds it hard not to live in the mountains. “These people are simple, honest and hardworking. From birth the mountains have…
Microcredit for Macro Gains - United Nations Development Programme | UNDP
“I no longer find problems paying my children’s school fees on time”, says Moses Monje, a renowned carpenter in the town of Budadiri in the Sironko district of Mount Elgon, Uganda. In the past, Monje used coffee and food crops to earn supplemental...
Big tech firms are racing to track climate refugees
Global warming will cause millions of people to flee their homes. But will this disaster be a surprise goldrush for companies like Facebook, Palantir, and Microsoft?
Ulrika Modéer
In a world with an increasing number of displaced people we need to ask. What will their “digital identity” look like? Who will hold the keys? How do we protect the rights of refugees and migrants? Interesting read below👇🏼
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Nu duger inga ursäkter – här är FN:s Globala mål för dummies
Min 11-årige son tittar på mig med genuin oro i blicken: – Men mamma, hur kommer det att gå för mina barn? För barn är klimatfrågan ofta högst upp på agendan. Hur är det med dig? För att vi ska förändra på riktigt gnäll inte om att ”samhället” måste...
Ulrika Modéer
Bra grepp av @fridaboisen- som gör FN:s Globala mål till en del av sin vardag👇🏼För vår vardag är en del av våra barns morgondag och våra handlingar påverkar människor på andra sidan jordklotet. ”Nu duger inga ursäkter- här är 17 mål för dummies”
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Mozambique Looks Beyond Cyclone Idai to Better Protection in the Future
Countries in parts of coastal Africa face special challenges — both physical and financial — as they seek protection from climate change.
Ulrika Modéer
Mozambique is one of the worlds most vulnerable countries to #ClimateChange. With help from @UNDP, @WorldBank, @GFDRR and others, #Mozambique tries to confront the danger of extreme weather. The world community needs to ensure #ClimateActionNow
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2019 Ranking Digital Rights Corporate Accountability Index
24 of the world’s most powerful internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies' disclosed policies and practices affecting users’ freedom of expression and privacy.
UPDATED: Guterres condemns armed attack against UN peacekeepers in Mali
A violent attack against the United Nation's Integrated Stabilization Mission for Mali (MINUSMA) that left one peacekeeper dead on Saturday, drew strong condemnation from Secretary-General António Guterres.
On the frontlines of the global climate emergency
From New Zealand to Fiji, from Tuvalu to Vanuatu — Secretary-General António Guterres calls for urgent climate action to save south…
Documenting Climate Change by Air, Land and Sea
The New York Times photographer Josh Haner has spent the past four years capturing the effects of climate change around the world and under water.
Special Edition of SDG Progress Report Finds Need for 'Trajectory Shift' | News | SDG Knowledge Hub | IISD
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Ulrika Modéer
The @UN has released the unedited version of the annual progress report towards the #GlobalGoals. We need political leadership and urgent, scalable multi-stakeholder action to take us in the right direction👉🏼
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Fler plastbitar i haven än stjärnor i Vintergatan
Avlägsna ögruppen Kokosöarna i Indiska oceanen är nedsmutsad med över 400 miljoner skräpföremål, visar en ny forskningsstudie.
Ulrika Modéer
”En nästan obebodd liten grupp korallöar i Indiska oceanen är nedsmutsad med över 400 miljoner skräpföremål, visar en ny forskningsstudie. Numera tros det finnas fler plastbitar i haven än stjärnor i Vintergatan.” #SaveOurOcean
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Sendai Target E: Just one more year to go!
How UNDP is working with countries to increase their resilience to disasters.
Skolan möter världen
När: 12-13 maj 2016Målgrupp: Lärare, skolledare, kommunala beslutsfattare, lärarstudenter och utbildningssamordnarePlats: Sida, Valhallavägen 199, Stockholm
Forskare: Feltolkning att FN:s klimatpanel förordar kärnkraft
I kärnkraftsdebatten används klimatrapporten från IPCC som argument för utbyggd kärnkraft. ”Feltolkning”, säger nu en av huvudförfattarna bakom rapporten.
Leave no one behind - making inclusion a reality
Asako Okai's Statement at the opening ceremony of the Fourth World Reconstruction Conference, Geneva
Good Growth Conference
Sharing knowledge, inspiring action, cultivating change
Join us in the Peruvian Amazon for a unique learning and networking experience
designed to put sustainability at the heart of agricultural commodities.
May 13, 2019
LIMA high-level...