This post originally appeared on Sense & Sustainability on December 9, 2015. When 193 world leaders gathered in New York this last September to agree on the post-2015 sustainable development agenda, fittingly entitled “Transforming Our World”, the atmosphere was one of celebration and great optimism. After all, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (and 169 targets)ContinueContinue reading “Accounting for ecosystem services to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”
Category Archives: International Law and Policy
Statement on COP21 participation
The Paris Agreement is a done deal. Despite its foreseeable shortcomings, it is a global climate agreement that will shape transformational pathways of change for our economies and societies in the next decades and beyond. Every young individual around the world should read this text, or learn more about it from the excellent reviews that are alreadyContinueContinue reading “Statement on COP21 participation”
#KnowYourGoals – A Campaign for the SDGs
Last July 28th, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Youth Network announced #KnowYourGoals – a global campaign to bring awareness of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to communities all over the world! In partnership with oikos and Project Everyone, #KnowYourGoals calls upon everyone – organisations and individuals – to host an event during the monthContinueContinue reading “#KnowYourGoals – A Campaign for the SDGs”
Comments on Goal 9 of the UNSDSN draft report Indicators for SDGs
After the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network unveiled its Action Agenda for Sustainable Development in June 2013, suggesting ten operational priorities for the post-2015 development agenda and proposing 10 goals (the so-called Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs) with 30 associated targets to replace the expiring Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) , intensive work has been conducted by the 12 ThematicContinueContinue reading “Comments on Goal 9 of the UNSDSN draft report Indicators for SDGs”
Europe’s woes? Look in the mirror
by Dario Piselli, Greening USiena coordinator As we anticipated a few days ago, I (acting as the coordinator of Greening USiena) participated to a public meeting with European Commissioner for the Environment Janez Potočnik last friday. The initiative, which took place at Stazione Leopolda in Pisa, focused on the challenge of achieving a sustainable use of resources withinContinueContinue reading “Europe’s woes? Look in the mirror”
A look at CITES’ procedures and effectivity
by Dario Piselli, Greening USiena coordinator Since one of the most incendiary CITES meeting ever has wrapped up in Bangkok earlier this week, an in-depth look is needed in order to have a clear picture of how the conservation measures adopted by the Plenary could influence the international trade of those species that have been driven onContinueContinue reading “A look at CITES’ procedures and effectivity”
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