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Indicators for the Sustainable Development Goals
Indicators have been proposed for the Sustainable Development Goals from the UN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network: Indicators and a Monitoring Framework for Sustainable Development Goals: Launching a data revolution for the SDGs Such indicators are, of course, vital if we...
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Contrasting images of the natural world
Two images of 'nature' have caught my eye this last few weeks. The first was a pic of tigers incarcerated at ZSL (London Zoo, that was) opening their christmas presents. That is, tearing the Christmas wrapping paper off large cardboard boxes. Just...
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Oxfam's careful arithmetic
I got an email from Oxfam the other day. You probably did too. Its subject line said: "8 billionaires have the same wealth as half the planet." Shocking, of course, if true. And of course, it is. Well, it is...
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Horse manure will bury London 9 feet deep by 1950
This was an 1894 headline in The Times, warning of the doom to come. It features in a YouTube video by the authors of Resource Revolution: How to capture the biggest business opportunity in a century. The horse problem is now...
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New madness from UNESCO
I see that UNESCO, bored with having to sort out ESD's contradictions, is trying to invent a new acronym: ECCAR – Education for climate change awareness and resilience This is less catchy than a dose of flu, and about as welcome. It all...
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Nature Schools
You might (or not) have caught the BBC's brief news item saying that the Wildlife Trusts are planning to set up a Trust to run four nature schools. The Nature Schools website says: "A team led by Warwickshire Wildlife Trust...
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The Path Ahead is surely a rocky one
At the end (page 122) of WWF's 2016 Living Planet report we find this: The Path Ahead The facts and figures in this report tend to paint a challenging picture, yet there is still considerable room for optimism. If we manage to...
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Do ministers really plan to give Britain’s natural assets monetary value?
There was a report very late last year (ie, 31st December) that the government plans to give Britain’s natural assets monetary value and include them in the national accounts. This is, it's said, to be part of the 25-year plan...
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ENSI Update
The venerable ENSI programme seems to have taken on the role of cheerleader (in the nicest way) for the SDGs. Its latest newsletter shows the range of its new focus. There's a first Report on the SDG’s 2016 with a quote...
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The EAC has the Treasury in its sights
Thanks to Steve Martin for his post to SHED-SHARE just before Christmas about the EAC's comments on UK efforts at sustainable development. Here it is: "You might like to read the recent, highly critical report from the Environment Audit Committee,...
