Sustainable Development Diplomacy Wageningen
Wageningen, The Netherlands
It has been a good week for the Netherlands regarding their climate commitments. After launching the global centre of excellence on climate adaption they have now joined the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network. This global network brings partners together to work on climate adaptation in developing countries. Read more about the Netherlands joining the …
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A new report by Oxfam Novib states that the Netherlands are the third worst corporate tax haven in the world, just after Bermuda and the Caiman Islands. The report, called Tax Battles: The Dangerous Global Race to the Botton on Corporate Tax, ranks three other European countries in the top-15 as well. Oxfam argues that these …
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11 December has been declared the International Mountain Day by the United Nations General Assembly in 2002, to create awareness about the importance of mountains and their inhabitants. According to the FAO, why are mountains so important? They cover around 22 percent of the earth's land surface, mountains play a critical role in moving the …
Do you still remember when the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was established, and what its main achievements are? Refresh your knowledge now, right in time for the next CBD Conference of the Parties that will commence this Saturday in Cancún, Mexico. Refresh your knowledge here.
After four years of negotiations, following 52 years of conflict, the Colombian government has now formally ratified a peace agreement with the FARC. Only last month, the Colombian people rejected an earlier version of the peace treaty in a national referendum. This time, Colombia's president Santos has opted to skip another referendum and go directly …
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Soils across the Arctic are a ticking time bomb of climate change that could release large amounts of additional carbon dioxide, CO2, as early as the middle of this century. This is the result of a study in Nature that has been released today. The first global study of soil carbon loss due to warming, …
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On 14-15 November, the first-ever Wildlife Justice Commission Public Hearing will take place in The Hague, after a year-long investigation into wildlife trafficking hub Nhi Khe, Viet Nam. Despite the “overwhelming body of evidence” presented to the Vietnamese and Chinese law enforcement authorities, there is still a lack of decisive action to prosecute and close …
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Donald Trump wins the elections and becomes the 45th President of the United States of America. What implications will this have for global sustainable development?https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/09/donald-trump-wins-us-election-news
UNITED NATIONS — The landmark Paris agreement on climate change will enter into force on Nov. 4, after being pushed past a key threshold Wednesday by a coalition of the world’s largest polluters and small island nations threatened by rising seas. President Barack Obama hailed the news as “a turning point for our planet,” and …
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