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the Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as the Flagship Agency
and Soka Gakkai International in Consultative Status with ECOSOC

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Island Nation Seychelles Praised for Launching World’s First Sovereign Blue Bond

By Jaya Ramachandran

NEW YORK | BALI (IDN) – The Government of the Republic of Seychelles, an archipelago of 115 granite and coral islands in the Indian Ocean, off East Africa, has been acclaimed for showing “the leadership to create the world’s first sustainable Blue Bond”.

The pioneering financial instrument was launched within four weeks of the High-Level Forum the government of Seychelles organised together with the 79-member African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States at the United Nations headquarters in New York focusing on the emerging new “blue economy” underlining the protection and preservation of the world’s heavily-exploited oceans.…

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Changement climatique: comment cette crise aura-t-elle un impact sur la réalisation des ODD ?

Par  Fernando Rosales

L’auteur est coordinateur du programme Développement durable et changement climatique (SDCC) du South Centre.

GENÈVE (IDN) — Les ODD (Objectifs de développement durable) adoptés en 2015 reflètent le consensus multilatéral pour faire face aux problèmes les plus cruciaux auxquels l’humanité est confrontée aujourd’hui. Les 17 objectifs sont multidimensionnels et sont liés les uns aux autres. En même temps, la crise du changement climatique est la menace la plus sérieuse pour l’humanité et elle s’est aggravée au cours des 30 dernières années. Même si l’ODD 14 concerne spécifiquement « l’action climatique », il est très probable que la crise climatique affectera également la réalisation de nombreux autres ODD.…

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UN Announces ‘SDG Hubs’ Connecting Universities with 2030 Global Agenda

By Ramesh Jaura

NEW YORK (IDN) – The critical role of academia in general and the United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI) in particular in advancing the goals of the United Nations Charter was underlined when the Organization celebrated the 73rd anniversary of its entry into force on October 24.

In view of the fact that universities play a vital role in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015, UNAI announced its new SDG Hubs around the world. These are UNAI members selected as models for their innovative engagement related to the SDGs.…

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Southern Africa Turns to Groundwater to Counter Climate Change

By Jeffrey Moyo

CHIMOIO, Mozambique (IDN) – As the blazing heat of the sun beats down on her, 25-year-old Maria Sinorita from Chimoio, a Mozambican town lying approximately 100 km east of the country’s border with Zimbabwe, struggles to draw water from the well in her yard.

For Sinorita, even the water she is drawing from the well is running out and, because she has no option as climate change impacts hit her and many other Mozambicans, she has to dig deeper and deeper for the precious liquid.…

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Too Few Women Peacekeepers Contrary to Commitments

By J Nastranis

NEW YORK (IDN) – UN Secretary-General António Guterres finds it “crippling to our credibility and protection capacity that women represent only four percent of our military peacekeepers and ten percent of police,” though “over the past year, we have seen positive examples of progress”.

Briefing the Security Council’s annual high-level debate on women and peace and security on October 25, the UN Chief noted that women’s organizations continue to make an impact – from keeping dialogue alive in Guinea Bissau, to rebuilding communities in Colombia.…

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Costa Rica Pronta para Alcançar a Neutralidade do Carbono até 2021

Por Fabíola Ortiz

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (IDN) – Há vinte anos, a Costa Rica embarcou em seu programa nacional de pagamento por serviços ambientais (PES), o primeiro no mundo a começar um esquema em toda o país para compensar proprietários de terras por manter as florestas de pé para as pessoas e o planeta.

Agora que o mundo luta para reduzir as emissões de gás das estufas e limitar o aumento da temperatura global até o final do século, esta nação centro-americana de cinco milhões de pessoas serve como exemplo das políticas públicas que abordam a taxação de combustíveis fósseis em favor da proteção da natureza. O país promete tornar-se neutro em carbono até 2021.…

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２０２１年までにカーボンニュートラルを目指すコスタリカ

中米のコスタリカが国の政策として生態系サービスへの支払い（PES）を開始してから２０年が経過した。民衆と地球のために森林保護に取り組む地主に補償を与える世界初の全国的な枠組みである。

今日、国際社会が温室効果ガスを削減し、今世紀末までの気温上昇を抑える努力を続ける中、人口５００万人のコスタリカは、自然保護を優先して化石燃料に課税する方針をとる先例を提供している。同国は２０２１年までにカーボンニュートラル化（CO２排出ゼロ）を実現するという目標を打ち出している。…

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Lesotho and South Africa Among Winners of UN Awards

By Ronald Joshua

GENEVA (IDN) – Bahrain, India, Lesotho and South Africa have won 2018 United Nations Investment Promotion Awards for excellence in boosting investment into sectors that will have social and economic benefits and help countries meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Organized by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the awards honour investment promotion agencies (IPAs) and their governments for their achievements, but also showcase best practices in attracting investment into SDG-related projects that can inspire investment promotion practitioners in developing and developed countries.…

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A Crisis Within a Crisis for the Rohingyas

By Naimul Haq

DHAKA, Bangladesh (IDN) – Despite a well-coordinated effort to address the Rohingya refugee crisis in Cox’s Bazar, a coastal town bordering Myanmar, some major challenges still need attention.

The local administration admits that with over one million forcibly displaced Myanmar citizens arriving in such a short time, it is indeed difficult to manage the environmental damages and rising crime rates faced by the local people. (P16) ARABIC | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SWAHILI
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