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The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Debunking Some Long-Held Myths of the Energy Industry
The coronavirus pandemic has exposed some hard truths to the world’s largest oil and gas majors, energy analysts have told CNBC, with many reeling after historic second-quarter losses laid bare the financial frailty of the industry.
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- Coronavirus, Energy
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- global development, SDGs
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The UN Development Goals Are ‘Seriously off Track,’ an Expert Says
Reducing inequality within and among countries is a Sustainable Development Goal that is not progressing, as evidenced in demonstrations that erupted in many parts of the United States and abroad this year.
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- Coronavirus, Education, Impact Assessment
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- financial inclusion, SDGs
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Analysis: COVID-19 and the Global Economy: Role of SDGs
The UN's Sustainable Development Goals will become even more significant in the post-pandemic economy.
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- Coronavirus, Finance
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- SDGs
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Report: Plastics, the Circular Economy and Global Trade
Plastic pollution has become a pressing challenge with damaging effects on human health and environmental well-being. Many governments are seeking ways to decrease single-use plastics and firms are working towards developing more closed-loop plastics to build sustainable value chains.
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- Environment
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- circular economy, recycling, SDGs
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$25 Million Gift Launches Ambitious New Effort Tackling Poverty and Climate Change
The King Climate Action Initiative at J-PAL will develop large-scale climate-response programs for some of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
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- Coronavirus, Environment
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Viewpoint: Data-Driven Collective Action Is Imperative For A Post-Covid-19 Development Agenda
It is feared that decades of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) may simply be erased, thanks to the pandemic. In times like these, the development community must look inwards and ultimately refocus its efforts to serve the most vulnerable and prevent large-scale socio-economic devastation.
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- Coronavirus, Impact Assessment, Technology
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- data, global development, SDGs
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Poverty Alleviation Efforts Are Shaping the Success of Environmental Targets
Social protection programs can facilitate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but can also create trade-offs across divergent social and environmental goals that can undermine their effectiveness, say the authors of new research published in the journal PNAS. This is one of the largest studies on the sustainability implications of social protection, funded by the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures at The University of Sheffield.
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- Environment
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Analysis: Could Digital Currencies Make Being Poor Less Costly?
Blockchain-based payment systems can bring the more than 1.7 billion people who are unbanked or underbanked (including 25% of U.S. households), into the formal economy. And in doing so, they can render obsolete the expensive, usurious payment and informal financial services those people use to make ends meet.
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- Finance, Technology
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