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Food Policy

Target, measure, act: Global scale-up needed to accelerate food waste reduction

One year on from the establishment of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), nations and businesses have been urged to target, measure and reduce food waste in line with Goal 12.

Publication Date: 
23/09/2016
Edie (UK)
Tags:
Food Security, Food Policy, Global, Green House Gases, Agriculture, Economy, United Kingdom (UK), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Poverty

World leaders must show us the money to hit goals on poverty, inequality - U.N. adviser

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - World leaders need to ramp up investment to achieve a set of global goals agreed a year ago to combat poverty, inequality, and make the world a safer place by

Publication Date: 
21/09/2016
Reuters
Tags:
Poverty, Economy, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Children, Education, Maternal Health, Women
Agriculture

New agri-business alliance formed to help deliver SDGs

A coalition of 36 leading agri-businesses have joined forces to launch the Global Agri-business Alliance (GAA), aiming to tackle environmental and social challenges affecting agricultural supply ch

Publication Date: 
20/09/2016
Edie (UK)
Tags:
Agriculture, Sustainable Development, Food Security, Nutrition, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Climate Change
Science And Technology

UN report calls for a greater place for science in international decision-making

Science is a public good and deserves to be valued more highly and used effectively by decision-makers at all levels.

Publication Date: 
19/09/2016
Big News Network
Tags:
Science And Technology, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Energy Efficiency, Developing Countries, Climate Adaptation
Agriculture

Agri firms launch global alliance to boost green farming

Industry-led Global Agri-Business Alliance aims to tackle food security, supply chain issues and sustainable agriculture

Publication Date: 
16/09/2016
Business Green
Tags:
Agriculture, Food Security, Global, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Africa, Asia, South America
Agriculture

$15 million in USAID funding looks to spark 'new era' in agricultural data collection

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and FAO have signed a $15 million agreement aimed at boosting the capacity of developing countries to track key agricultural data -inf

Publication Date: 
08/09/2016
Big News Network
Tags:
Agriculture, United States Of America (US), Aid, Developing Countries, Food Security, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Biodiversity

Protected Planet Report 2016: how protected areas contribute to achieving global targets for biodiversity

The Protected Planet Report 2016 has been launched at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii.

Publication Date: 
02/09/2016
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC)
Tags:
Biodiversity, Protected Area Conservation, Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Biodiversity Conservation, Convention On Biological Diversity (CBD), Fisheries, Invasive Alien Species, Traditional Knowledge, Global
Water Supply

Achieving universal access to water and sanitation by 2030: the role of blended finance

The Millennium Development Goals helped rally the world around the challenge of providing access to improved water supply and sanitation (WSS). By 2015 hundreds of millions of people had gained access to improved water sources and better sanitation. Despite this, with hundreds of millions more still lacking access, much remains to be done.

Publication Date: 
30/08/2016
James Leigland, Sophie Trémolet, John Ikeda
Water and Sanitation Program
Tags:
Water Supply, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Finance, Private Sector, India, Global
Water Resources

Asian water development outlook 2016: strengthening water security in Asia and the Pacific

Water security in Asia and Pacific has progressed overall in the past 5 years, but major challenges remain, including overexploited groundwater, demand from rising populations, and climate variability, according to the new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Publication Date: 
30/08/2016
Asian Development Bank
Tags:
Water Resources, Water Management, Governance, Environment, Economic Development, Climate Change, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Asia, India, Urban Water Supply, Sanitation, Natural Disasters
Water Supply

Water and sanitation interlinkages across the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

This UN-Water Analytical Brief analyses the central role of water and sanitation to describe the links and interdependencies between the targets of Sustainable Development Goal 6 on water and sanitation and those of other Goals.

Publication Date: 
29/08/2016
UN Water
Tags:
Water Supply, Sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Drinking Water, Economy, Environment, India, Global, Water Quality

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