March Sustainable Development

Read the articles selected in March 2017

“The time is now and growth can only occurr when it is sustainable”

Source: http://www.asvis.it/, 23 February

The international conference “Europe Ambition 2030, that has taken place on 23 March in the Italian Chamber of Deputies has reminded us the centrality of the 2030 Agenda for the achievement of the Union’s aim “to promote peace, its values and the well-being of its peoples” (art. 3, Lisbon Treaty).

Inheriting a Sustainable World: Atlas on Children’s Health and the Environment

Source: http://www.asvis.it, 8 March

The Goal n. 3 of the 2030 Agenda concerns children health, so exposed from the prenatal age to environmental risks, that a 26% of children deaths on the Planet could be avoided every year reducing pollution and smoke, as well the contact with electronic wastes and chemicals, and improving the access to water.

Health at a glance: Europe 2016

Source: http://www.oecd.org/, 23 November 2016

The quality of care has generally improved in most EU countries, yet disparities persist and the share of the population claiming unmet care needs due to financial reasons has gone up in several countries. Ensuring effective access to health care is the core issue of the new health systems.

More than 900 examples of how climate change affects business

by Carmen Nobel

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

A Harvard Business School’s initiative demonstrated through plenty of examples how no industry is immune to climate change, affecting supply chains and operations of all sectors, changing regulatory standards, shifting consumer preferences, and representing for some companies or start-ups an opportunity.

Despite progress, world’s most marginalized still left behind –UNDP report

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

Progress is uneven, and one in three people worldwide continue to live at a low level of human development. Women, indigenous people, ethnic minorities are systematically discriminated. Marginalised groups are poorer and have an unequal access to political participation.

Aumenta la deforestazione: l’industria della carne divora l’Amazzonia

by Lucilla Persichetti

Source: http://www.asvis.it

After a Mighty Earth report, a major factor of the increasing deforestation in Amazonia is the meat production, that has converted an enormous surface of rainforests into soy monocultures. In particular, Burger King seems to be one of the major responsible for the destruction of wildlife areas.

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Il futuro dei giovani e le altre angosce che affliggono la popolazione europea

by Giulia D’Agata

Source: http://www.asvis.it, 1 March

The anxiety of the European citizens, cause of declining trust in their institutions and in the euro, is linked to the general economic insecurity and not only to unemployment. The sense of fear is nourished by the emergencies of terrorism, immigration, natural catastrophes.

Towards Green Growth

Source: http://www.oecd.org, 25 May 2011

Green growth is a good economic policy, for a more efficient use of resources, to minimise environmental impact through a wide range of not traditionally “green” interventions. The measure of economic progress encompasses the quality and composition of growth, decoupled from natural capital depletion through technological innovation.

Do food miles really matter?

by Molly Leavens

Source: https://green.harvard.edu, 7 March

Food miles do and don’t matter in the carbon footprint of what we eat. The carbon cost often doesn’t depend so much on the transportation as on production, so it is very important to reduce the consumption of animal products. A partial vision overlooks other ecological and ethical issues.

Doctors warn climate change threatens public health

by Kavya Balaraman

Source: Scientific American, 17 March

An increase in infectious diseases in unusual geographic areas, in cardio-respiratory illnesses and in specific risks to pregnant women is noticed everywhere climate change is perceived, affecting human health with heat waves, extreme events, smog, ozone red alert and warmer temperatures.

2017 Theme: “Women in the changing world of work: planet 50-50 by 2030”

Source: http://www.un.org

Gender equality is the Goal number 5 of 2030 Agenda, closely linked with Goal number 4: ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning. Goal n.4 is a crucial tool to end all forms of discriminations against women and girls, a powerful weapon against all forms of violence and forcedness.

Prevenire la violenza sulle donne vale un mld di euro, tre proposte da WeWorld

Source: http://www.asvis.it/, 3 March

Weworld has quantified the social benefits produced by a plan of investments in programmes for the prevention and fight to the violence on women, adding to the human value of the problem a symbolic dimension that extends the violence impact on the society.

Un 8 mars revendicatif pour l’égalité salariale

by Rebecca Amsellem

Source: Le Monde, 8 March

The international mobilization on 8th March this year focuses on pay and career equality with the goal to place employers in front of their patrimonial responsibilities, while other issues persist, curbing the professional investment of women.

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What is gender budgeting?

Source: The Economist, 3 March

Gender budgeting is a way to promote equality through fiscal policy, analyzing the different impacts the governments' allocations have on men and women. After the equal-opportunities laws and declarations, gender budgeting involves the public finance.

The best and worst places to be a working woman

Source: The Economist, 8 March

The Economist has published its fifth annual glass –ceiling index that represents the condition of women combining ten indicators like higher education, occupation, pay, child-care costs, maternity and paternity rights, job position. The OECD countries show a uniform level of progress on gender equality in the labor market.

Europe ambition 2030: sign the letter to the Heads of State and Government

by Lucilla Persichetti

Source: http://www.asvis.it/, 20 February

Asvis and the organizations participating at the conference Europe Ambition 2030 invite everybody to sign an Open Letter to the Heads of State and Government, to urge them and boost their efforts to make Europe the world’s SDGs frontrunner, at the first place for quality of life and inclusivity.

Inside the quest to monitor counties’ CO2 emissions

by John Fialka

Source: Scientific American, 28 February

To make effective the Paris Agreement, it’s important to determine a not self-reported system to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions of every country. Many scientific proposals have been politically boycotted. The European programme IAGOS has helped to develop new instruments including aircraft sensors to sample pollution.

Promoting health, preventing desease. The economic case

by David Mc Daid, Franco Sassi &

Source: https://www.oecd.org

Addressing the risk factors of chronic noncommunicable diseases, a main cause of death and disability, investing in actions to modify the behaviours and the consumption choices of the citizens means a reduction of the public expenditure and allows Governments to face better inequalities.

“Communiting SDGs” key to achieving global development targets-senior UN official

Source: http://www.un.org/, 2 March

To make politics more accountable, the 2030 Agenda should get in everyday life. The icons of the 17 SDGs have been translated into 50 languages, and in order to create a more effective communication with youth, they look for a partnership that could concern also music and metropolitan art.

January was 3rd warmest on record for the globe

Source: http://www.noaa.gov/, 16 February

January 2017 was the third warmest in the 1880-2017 record, behind 2016 and 2007, the global sea ice extent was the smallest of the satellite records and the snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere was the sixth largest in the 51-year period of record. All continents experienced extreme temperatures.

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