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UNDP Chief Urges Faster Implementation of SDGs
August 29, 2019
In a recent interview promoting the UN Sustainable Development Goals, United Nations Development Program Administrator Achim Steiner expressed the need to "embrace the challenge of transformation," stating that failure to meet the goals would ultimately raise the risk of social unrest, ecological collapse and economic crisis at a global scale.
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Oxfam Promotes Global Participation in "Strike for Climate Justice"
August 29, 2019
In advance of a UN climate emergency summit, Oxfam is hoping "millions of people will walk out of their homes, offices, farms, and factories to join young climate strikers on the streets."
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DESA, INTOSAI Take Step Toward Auditing SDG Implementation
August 28, 2019
The UN Department of Social and Economic Affairs (DESA) and the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) Development Initiative (IDI) take a step toward auditing government implementation of the SDGs.
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Eden: Social and Emotional Learning Constitutes “Social Engineering”
August 28, 2019
In a National Review commentary, Max Eden compares the increasingly global social and emotional learning movement to the failed Common Core movement.
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UNESCO Convenes World Youth Conference on Kindness
August 27, 2019
The UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development organized the first World Youth Conference on Kindness, with the aim to impart critical competencies in global youth to transform themselves and build long-lasting peace in their communities.