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COP27 Finance Awards Concept Celebrating Most Committed Banks, Insurances and Stock Exchanges

(November 9, 2022, Sharm El Sheik, COP27) -- At the UNFCCC Innovation Hub four partners came together to present the joint efforts of UNGSII, UNSDSN, UNFCCC and YKC to celebrate those companies within the banking, insurance and stock exchange sectors most committed to the SDGs.

2022-11-09

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A team of analysts looked at the top 500 stock listed companies’ legally binding annual reports published between 2017 and 2022 and read line-by-line how they spent their budgets and what they are planning to do regarding one or more of the 17 SDGs and 169 targets. These signed self-commitments are then benchmarked against selected opinion-leading media such as BBC, WSJ, and FT on how they report on these described commitments as well as against how financial analysts’ judgements on the...

Davos, May 28, 2022. WEF didn’t manage to use its multi-stakeholder platform to present solutions to concerns caused by the war in Ukraine. Related issues like food shortages and geopolitical issues have gained visibility without illustrating the “Spirit of Davos” from the past such as in 2002 after 9/11 or during the Greek crisis. Other prominent topics in international news focused on the overall state of the economy and economic outlook, inflation, and monetary policy. The Covid-19 pandemic was not that prominently mentioned and related political and corporate solutions struggled to gain recognition.

2022-05-29

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The end of Globalization 2.0 leads to boosting SDGs thanks to Lighthouse Cities

Davos, May 27, 2022. While the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz highlighted the risk of a potential end of Globalization, the participants of this years UNGSII SDG Lab enjoyed the perspectives presented by the Mayors of Brasov and Sarajevo who inspired the audience with their concrete steps to move forward on implementing the SDGs. Both the SDG3 Health Project Fund and the SDG8 Energy Project Fund were presented and should be able to create the first projects in Q3 this year during the Green Cities Conference hosted in Brasov Sep 5-7, one of the largest Cities in Romania.

2022-05-27

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20 years after 9/11: The media still reduce Muslims to terror

New York, September 10, 2021.

2021-09-10

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Merkel, Draghi, and Guterres to approach Global Solutions at Summit in Berlin

Press Release Merkel, Draghi, and Guterres to approach Global Solutions at Summit in Berlin – Global Solutions Summit will contribute to the “Great Realignment” – Berlin, 21 May. Chancellor Angela Merkel, Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and UN Secretary General António Guterres will discuss solutions for the challenges of G20 members together with 150 experts from politics, economy, science, and civil society. Again, this year VIPs will meet at the Global Solution Summit in Berlin on 27/28 May. The focus will be on practical implementation approaches to strengthen the global health systems, the world economy, education as well as on climate change. The discussion will be held as the follow-up of the G20 Summit in Saudi Arabia (November 2020). One of the targets to be discussed will be to find out concrete examples for applications regarding the 1 Trillion Trees Initiative as well as for Green Growth.

2021-05-21

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