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UN Conference on Water Aims to Rally Support for Ambitious Goals

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The political dimension is a huge part of the solution to the water crisis,” said Federico Properzi, chief technical adviser of UN-Water. He said that game changers will be those supported by money or political power, or those that can be applied at scale, across multiple areas.

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The Climate Overshoot Commission Releases its Report

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General Assembly and a collection of high-level climate and environment events, including the Sustainable Development Goals Summit , 18-19 Sept, and the Climate Ambition Summit , 20 Sept. The Climate Overshoot Commission recently completed its work, releasing its report at the United Nations last Thursday, September 14.

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Great Lakes Take Global Stage

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The UN Water Conference, the first such event in 46 years, was billed as a marquee attraction, a chance to corral public and political attention and train it on the global challenges of too much water, too little water, and water that is too polluted. This year is the midpoint for these Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs.

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Going to the beach? Here are some research topics on the world’s oceans

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million collective views, scientists explored topics and advanced fields, including work towards sustainable oceans – one of the sustainable development goals, strategies for the conservation of marine megafauna , research on how the oceans may provide food for humans, and insights into how oceans change. With more than 1.2

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Building the city of the future: Here are some article collections on sustainable cities

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With more than 720,000 collective views, scientists explored topics and advanced fields, including work on trends in urban agriculture , sustainable urban development , urban play , and well-being in urban environments.

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Frontiers participates in One Sustainable Health for All Forum 2023 on inclusive and adaptive systems for health 

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The event, which takes place 5-7 July 2023 in Lyon, France, focuses on inclusive and adaptive systems for health and is part of the larger goal to contribute to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030.

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

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Student in the Department of Economics at Colorado State University As the urgent need to take tough action towards climate mitigation and sustainability gathers pressure, for most major power-holders today, including the markets, institutions, government agencies, media and countries, environmentalism has perhaps become the biggest fashion fad.