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A data visualization platform that tracks countries’ progress on meaningful access to information

July 8, 2020 sarah Jonas COVID-19, Data Visualization, Information Technology, Technology, United Nations

The Technology & Social Change Group at the University of Washington Information School has released the Development and Access to Information Dashboards, a data visualization platform that tracks the progress of countries and regions on key indicators related to three dimensions of meaningful access to information: Connectivity, Freedom and Gender Equity.

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How to Tackle Climate Change, Food Security and Land Degradation

July 7, 2020 sarah Jonas 2015 Paris Agreement, afforestation, Agriculture, Benefits, Biodiversity, Bioenergy, Carbon, Carbon Capture and Storage, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Storage, Clean Air, Clean Water, Climate, Climate Change, climate mitigation, Cropland, Crops, Development, Disasters, Ecosystem Services, Ecosystems, Energy, Environment, Ethanol, Farming, Food, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Habitat, Human Ecology, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, IPCC, LAND, land degradation, Mitigation, New Jersey, NJ, Policy, Risk Management, Rutgers, Rutgers University, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Shrubs, soil, Sustainability, Sustainable, Sustainable Development Goals, Trees, United Nations, water

How can some of world’s biggest problems – climate change, food security and land degradation – be tackled simultaneously? Some lesser-known options, such as integrated water management and increasing the organic content of soil, have fewer trade-offs than many well-known options, such as planting trees, according to a Rutgers-led study in the journal Global Change Biology.

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Defunding and Departing from the WHO: A Threat to Global Security and Also the United States

June 15, 2020 sarah Jonas Coronavirus, johns hopkins school of nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Patricia Davidson, United Nations, World Health Organization

In the midst of the ravages of the Covid-19 pandemic, President Trump’s announcement that the US will defund and depart from the World Health Organization (WHO) poses a clear and present danger to all Americans and the international community. Infectious diseases do not recognize national boundaries nor a person’s politics. Our responses to them cannot either.

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ASSESSING FORESTS FROM AFAR

March 31, 2020 sarah Jonas Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations

A new study led by the University of Delaware’s Pinki Mondal recommends that in addition to using large swaths of coarse satellite data to evaluate forests on a national scale, it is important for countries to prioritize areas such as national parks and wildlife refuges and use finer scale data in those protected areas to make sure that they are maintaining their health and are being reported on accurately.

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UN GLOBAL COMPACT NETWORK USA SEEKS PROFESSIONALS COMMITTED TO ADVANCING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

February 24, 2020 sarah Jonas Business, Climate Change, Corporate Responsibility, Corporate Sustainability, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, ESG, International Trade, SDGs, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, United Nations

The UN Global Compact Network USA is seeking applicants for this year’s SDG Pioneers program from businesses and other organizations worldwide. Nominate an SDG Pioneer from your organization today!

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As Oceans Warm, Fish Flee

February 24, 2020 sarah Jonas Climate Change, Fish Stocks, marine fisheries, United Nations

New research shows that nations in the tropics are especially vulnerable to the loss of fish species due to climate change. But none of the 127 international fisheries agreements have language that prepares countries for the exits of stock, climate change or range shifts.

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Face-to-face contact with police builds trust in fledgling states

February 13, 2020 sarah Jonas Conflict Resolution, Police, United Nations, War

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Mobile protected areas needed to protect biodiversity in the high seas

January 16, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Climate Change, high seas, high seas biodiversity, Marine Protected Areas, Marine Science, United Nations

In this week’s issue of Science, marine scientists make the case for the United Nations to include mobile marine protected areas in the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLOS, now being updated since its last signing in 1982.

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Rutgers Expert Available to Discuss Climate Change Impacts on Land, Wildfires and Solutions

January 15, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Australia, Brazil, California, Carbon, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Sequestration, Climate, climate adaptation, Climate Change, Climate Change and Land, climate mitigation, CO2, Desertification, Drought, Economy, Emissions, Environment, Food, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Forests, fossil fuel emissions, Fossil Fuels, Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change, IPCC, LAND, New Jersey, NJ, plants, Rainforests, Rutgers, Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, Soils, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Trees, UN, United Nations, Wildfires

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U.S. protections for constitutional rights falling behind global peers

January 14, 2020 sarah Jonas 0 Comments Affordable Care Act (ACA), Canada, Civil Right, Colombia, Discrimination, Equal Rights Amendment, Equality, Equality and human rights, European Union, Gender, Gender Equality, Gender Identity, Germany, Health, health access, Law, law and social policy, Mexico, Public Health, Race And Ethnicity, Religion, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, South Africa, Spain, U.S. Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States

New research from the WORLD Policy Analysis Center at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health (WORLD) shows that the United States is falling behind its global peers when it comes to guarantees for key constitutional rights. Researchers identified key gaps in the U.S. including guarantees of the right to health, gender equality, and rights for persons with disabilities.

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