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How open data can help countries address climate emergency impacts

GreenBiz

magnitude earthquake in Aceh, Indonesia, in 2016, disaster managers were able to able to identify which communities were at greatest risk due to rapid access to data. magnitude earthquake in 2016 in the Pidie Jaya Regency, Aceh Province of Indonedia. . Delfina Grinspan. Wed, 04/07/2021 - 01:30. In the aftermath of the 6.5 Shutterstock.

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2016 Year In Review

Sustainable Development Network

2016 was a year full of action, excitement and surprises in the arena of sustainable development. Winter The World Happiness Report 2016 Update , which ranks 156 countries by their happiness levels, was released in Rome on March 16th in advance of UN World Happiness Day, March 20th. Some of the key highlights are summarized below.

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COP22 Low-Emissions Solutions Conference will bring together cities, government, academics and business to scale up climate solutions

Sustainable Development Network

The parties formalized their collaboration on the conference by signing a Memorandum of Understanding today at the Climate Action 2016 summit in Washington DC. The Government of Morocco will host the conference in partnership with UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, World Business Council for Sustainable Development and ICLEI.

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Solutions at the Heart of COP22

Sustainable Development Network

The 22nd United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) session of the Conference of the Parties (COP22) successfully brought together climate experts, NGOs, and high-level government delegates to operationalize the Paris Agreement, which entered into force on November 4, 2016.

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Degrowth and the Global Movement for Environmental Justice

EJOLT

It is also used for secondary and university education and for doctoral theses and articles and academic books. The EJAtlas, which is the result of academic-activist collaboration, is popular with environmental justice organizations in many parts of the world. So, which actors could play a key role?

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The Role of Sustainable Development Solutions Networks (SDSNs) in the protection of the environment

Sustainable Development Network

SDSN: Goals and Actions Normal 0 21 false false false DE X-NONE X-NONE The SDSN pursues to connect the world’s academic, research and knowledge-generating institutions in order to help them realize the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement. Colombier M., Segafredo L., Williams J. Castelló D.