February Sustainable Development

Read the articles selected in February 2017

Italian Chamber of Deputies to host ASVIS international conference

by Lucilla Persichetti

To celebrate the Sixtieth anniversary of the Rome Treaties, that found the European Community, the Italian Chamber of Deputies is hosting on 23 March an international Symposium where the 2030 Agenda will be discussed as a unique opportunity to relaunch the European project and its leadership role in the world.

At Security Council, UN chief Guterres highlights global significance of a peaceful Europe

Source: http://www.un.org, 21 February

UN Secretary-General in a message to the Security Council highlighted the political centrality of Europe crises and conflicts in the world, that impacts economic progress and sustainable development, urging a common effort to define a peace and security agenda.

World’s future food security “in jeopardy” due to multiple challenges, report warns

Source: http://www.fao.org/, 22 February

By 2050 the mankind will have grown to 10 billion people, pushing up global demand for food by 50%. Resource intensive farming systems, which have caused a waste of natural resources, mounting inequality, and climate change, require a shift to more sustainable food and agricultural production.

Hundreds of babies harmed by omeopathic remedies, families say

by Sheila Kaplan

Source: Scientific American, 21 February

“Natural” products too are drugs, potentially harmful and even lethal. The case of the death of some children in America after taking a teething homeopathic remedy makes manifest that also the multi-billionaire homeopathic industry has to be subjected to the same controls and rules of the pharmaceutical one.

International Mother Language Day 21 February

Source: http://www.un.org

With this International Day UNESCO intends to promote the preservation of the mother-language used in all parts of the world, indispensable tools for learning in the schools and in the life, and vehicles of cultures, values, and traditions that inspire understanding, tolerance, and dialogue between the people.

Le long chemin vers des médicaments plus sûrs

by Paul Benkimoun e Sandrine Cabut

Source: Le Monde, 15 February

The death of a healthy volunteer dead in a drug trial in French has tightened up the regulation of clinical experimentation so that a discouragement of pharmacological innovation is feared. But from 2018, an European regulation will assure in all European States a common framework of safety and protection of people.

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Report of the Italian national dialogue on sustainable finance

Source: http://www.asvis.it/

Aligning the financial system with a sustainable model of development is for Italy an opportunity of growth, a way of ensuring the soundness of financial institutions through a regulatory frame that would consider the prominent place of SMEs in Italy and support the transition to a low-carbon economy.

People at the centre: policy Forum on the future of Health

Source: http://www.oecd.org

In a forum held at the OECD Conference about the future of Health emerged the necessity to shape people-centered care-systems, to face their empowered needs and expectations. In a world of increased complexity and opportunity, health systems often offer answers and services rooted in the past.

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Broken California dam is a sign of emergencies to come

by Anne C. Mulkern

Source: Scientific American, 14 February

The crisis at the Oroville Dam in California, triggered by both an infrastructure failure and a weather event, foreshadows what we can expect from climate change and urges to rethink our infrastructure for a climate that won’t be tomorrow but is already today.

Consulta l’articolo:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/broken-california-dam-is-a-sign-of-emergencies-to-come/

Rethinking the American diet

by Ivelisse Estrada

Source: https://green.harvard.edu/, 13 February

About one -third of America’s surface area is devoted to pastureland for beef cattle, that consume far wider croplands and forests. A shift from a beef to a poultry based diet, or to a pescatarian one, or vegetarian (and vegan) would have a significant positive impact on the environment.

Lotta allo spreco di alimenti: un’opportunità per l’UE di migliorare, sotto il profilo delle risorse, l’efficienza della filiera alimentare

Source: http://www.asvis.it

After this report of the European Court of Auditors, the waste of food is a problem to face in all phases of the production chain, focusing on prevention. On the other side, the food donation should be eased by law. The European policies against waste have to be strengthened and better coordinated.

Study opens the door to better sleep, work, and health

by Katie Hammer

Source: https://green.harvard.edu/ 7 February

A national study conducted by researchers at Harvard Chan School shows that working in green-certified buildings has an impact on cognitive functions and produces a better sleep quality at night, underlining the importance to optimize the human condition in built environments.

Graph of the month

Source: http://www.oecd.org

Inappropriate use of antimicrobials is a problem concerning 50% of human consumption, and in many cases is as high as 90%. It is necessary to think of interventions targeted not only to consumers but also to clinician operators, like the delivery of rapid diagnostic tests and economic incentives for providers.

Mass extinctions tied to past climate changes

by David Biello

Source: Scientific American, 24 October 2007

A new analysis of the temperature and fossil records from the Permian age has shown for the first time a link between the mass extinctions of plants, animals and ocean organisms and the temperatures occurred 520 million years ago, similar to those recorded today, that threaten the future of next generations.

Cancer Le coaching sportif à l’essai

by Gilles Rof

Source: Le Monde, 8 February

The Institut PaoliCalmettes in Marseille is experimenting a programme for the psychological assistance and rehabilitation of cancer patients, based on the humanistic vision of sport as a school of life, that applies the motivational methods of high-level coaches, allowing patients to come out of the disease tunnel.

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The next generation of health reforms

Source: http://www.asvis.it/

In the Ministerial Statement launched in the context of the OECD summit “The next generation of health reforms”, health is proclaimed as a source of well-being and inclusive growth, that calls on a cooperation in data sharing across Governments to improve knowledge and fight inequalities in access to care.

Gene drives thwarted by emergence of resistant organisms

by Ewen Callaway

Source: Scientific American, 31 January

In the Italian city of Terni the project Target Malaria is studying a species of African mosquitoes using the gene drives technology to eliminate diseases. Put in wild conditions, some mosquitoes have developed a form of resistance to genetic variation produced by gene drives, that researchers are trying to understand.

OECD project on Growth, Investment and the Low-Carbon Transition

Source: http://www.oecd.org/

In the contest of the German G20 Presidency, an OECD project is analyzing the growth and investment implications of the transition to a low-carbon economy, to create the conditions for a prosperous shift and surpass the equation emission-intensive infrastructure and economic growth.

World Interfaith Harmony Week

Source: http://www.un.org/

The United Nation has proclaimed this annual event to promote tolerance and dialogue between different faiths and religions and to spread during this week in the places of worship a message of interfaith harmony and goodwill based on love of God and the good after each religious language and conviction.

100 Million Reasons

Source:http://www.asvis.it/

100 Million Reasons is an Ong focused on realizing the rights of vulnerable children, especially girls, the most discriminated, to transform attitudes and behavior that deny their rights, since gender equality is indispensable in pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals.

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