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CLIMATE – On the occasion of COP26, Emmanuel Macron will co-chair with Prince Charles and the President of Mauritania a meeting dedicated to the “Great Green Wall”. The megaproject, relaunched in January 2021 during the “One Planet Summit” aims, by 2030, to slow down the Sahara, thanks to the largest plantation in the world. Y.R – 2021-11-01T09:18:37.776+01:00 It is one…

The World Bank Group on Tuesday issued a guarded growth forecast for the global economy this year, saying that a four per cent overall expansion was likely, although the recovery will likely be a “subdued” one. Policy makers must move decisively, according to January’s Global Economic Prospects, and although it is already growing again following the 4.3 per cent contraction of 2020, the COVID-19…

The Earth could cross an ominous temperature threshold in just seven years. A new study cuts the time for drastic action. LONDON, 4 January, 2021 − Within the next seven years, the world could undergo irretrievable change. It could emit enough greenhouse gases from fossil fuel combustion to cross the threshold for dangerous global heating in the year 2027. Or it could exceed…

Today the European Commission published the final report of a two-year study on how to set up and implement carbon farming in the EU. Building on this study and on the input from several EU-funded projects and events, the Commission plans to launch the carbon farming initiative by the end of 2021. The study “Technical Guidance Handbook – setting up and implementing result-based…

The Times Higher Education issues annual Impact Rankings based on four approaches to advancing the SDGs: research, stewardship, outreach, and teaching. In the 2021 rankings. The top ten include universities in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, the US, and New Zealand, while schools in other countries rank first on specific SDGs. In a separate initiative, the presidents of 56…

University presidents from 30 countries have signed a ‘Joint Statement of Global University Leaders on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’, witnessed by United Nations officials. At what was described as the first global online forum for university presidents on the ‘Role of Universities in the 2030 Agenda’, hosted by Zhejiang University in China on 24 March, presidents from…