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UN Economist: SDGs Must Reduce Inequality, Prevent Conflict
August 06, 2018
Elliot Harris, the Chief Economist in the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, has stated that the comprehensive social and economic targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can address “the root causes of conflict” around the world by reducing economic inequality and environmental degradation.
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UNESCO Promotes Citizenship Education for Sustainability
August 06, 2018
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently hosted an event highlighting how its Global Citizenship Education program helps advance “sustainable development” by indoctrinating students in the UN-defined values of “human rights, social justice, diversity, gender equality and environmental sustainability.”
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UNESCO Builds Latin American SDG Action Plan for Education
August 06, 2018
Government officials from Latin America and the Caribbean recently convened in Bolivia for a technical meeting hosted by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to craft a roadmap toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to education, including by introducing them in school curricula.
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Asian Bank Commits $80 Billion to “Climate Finance”
August 06, 2018
The Asian Development Bank has announced that it will fund climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in the South Asia and Pacific region in the amount of $80 billion as part of a broader “Strategy 2030” initiative aiming to fulfill global social and environmental goals ranging from reducing inequalities to “fostering regional cooperation.”
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UN Agency Warns of Early Arrival of “Earth Overshoot Day”
August 03, 2018
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change has publicized the findings of a nongovernmental organization that the world has already reached “Earth Overshoot Day,” when humanity has “used up” its resource budget for the year 2018, leading to catastrophic biodiversity and other losses associated with resource depletion and global warming.
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