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Harder but not impossible: COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals

GreenBiz

Neither nature nor global politics has been especially kind to the U.N. Harder but not impossible: COVID-19 and the Sustainable Development Goals. Alan AtKisson. Mon, 02/22/2021 - 01:00. Now it is 2021. There are no silver linings in a global pandemic. But there are unexpected things to observe and to learn from.

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Top 8 Sustainable Fishing Practices: Small Business Sustainability Guide

Green Business Bureau

A great example is the innovative idea that New England marine biologists came up with when they noticed the declining cod population while the haddock seemed to be thriving. Reducing bycatch may require some innovative thinking and adjustments to the current designs and methods of fishing. Sustainable Fishing. Eliminating Bycatch.

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Climate Week NYC to go ahead in September 2020

Envirotec Magazine

Last year, over 350 events took place throughout New York City as part of the official program, which brought together political announcements, business leadership events, and grassroots activity. This will allow far more businesses, citizens and politicians across North America and the world to join, says a press release.

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Innovative thinking and new skills are the key to a net zero future

Business Green

The manufacturing sector holds the key to delivering a net zero economy, but operators need to invset now in skills and innovation, argues the Stewart McKinlay from the Manufacturing Skills Academy. By its very nature, the manufacturing sector has, throughout its history, faced up to external challenges by innovating.

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Smart Energy Finances: Decarbonisation purchasing moves up the ESG agenda

Smart Energy International

The majority take a critical view of the economic and political framework for sustainability measures in purchasing or in materials management in their company: 61% perceive challenges, although 51% have already considered new sustainability measures in purchasing. ESG for utilities: decarbonisation on the up.

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Self-guided learning opportunities for Black History Month, February 2021

Planet Pulse

Black Women and Political Leadership – Oakland History Center librarian Dorothy Lazard will host Linda Burnham, co-founder of the Women of Color Resource Center, and Judy Juanita, Laney College professor and former Black Panther Party newspaper editor, to discuss the developing role and influence of Black women in political leadership. .

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COP27: The most important meeting in human history?

Business Green

If COPs did not exist you would need to invent them. Is the COP27 Summit that kicks off in Sharm El Sheikh this weekend the most important COP meeting yet, and therefore one of the most critical gatherings in the entire history of humanity? In some ways this is an absurd contention. goal alive, even if its pulse was weak.

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