“Inclusive Capitalism, Technological advances, and the Sustainable Development Goals as key elements to promote Sustainable Economic and Social Innovation”
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Title, URL, Summary, Language and Publication Date
- How the circular economy can boost the sustainability of the energy sector
https://www.weforum.org/stories/2024/01/circular-economy-energy-transition-industry/
A company shares its circular economy approach to drive urgent action and scale progress for the climate while driving a new era for the energy sector.
English – January 17, 2024 - Researchers awarded $2.7 million grant to develop broad bean as a sustainable crop in the Mid-Atlantic
https://news.vt.edu/articles/2024/01/cals-faba-bean-grant.html
Virginia Tech researchers have partnered with four other universities to introduce climate-tolerant, high-nutrition fava beans as a profitable, viable cover crop.
English – January 15, 2024 - Guterres urges G-77 and China to promote global governance reform | UN News
https://news.un.org/es/story/2024/01/1527217
The head of the UN does not see that the change comes from those who are benefiting the most from the system, which is why he encourages the countries of the Global South to promote change in the world's government.
Spanish – January 21, 2024 - Ten researchers receive Argonne Postdoctoral Performance Awards
https://www.anl.gov/article/10-researchers-receive-argonne-postdoctoral-performance-awards
A group of 10 Argonne postdoctoral researchers were recognized for their innovative science.
English – January 18, 2024 - SDG SUMMIT: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
https://www.italiaclima.org/en/sdg-summit-a-missed-opportunity-for-sustainable-development/
An insufficiently ambitious political declaration emerges from the SDG Summit, along with few new proposals. Positive signs: international consensus on the need to reform the international financial system and confidence in multilateralism.
English – January 15, 2024 - COP28: Accelerate sustainability progress and growth with innovation and partnership
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/general/2024/01/16/cop28-expediting-sustainability-progress-and-growth-with-innovation-and-partnership/
Technology, energy and global policy continue to come together to unlock the potential of AI for sustainability; Many organizations are already moving forward.
English – January 16, 2024 - Modeling six sustainable development transformations in Australia and their accelerators, impediments, enablers and interconnections
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-44655-4
There is an urgent need to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and recent research has identified six critical transformations. It is important to demonstrate how these transformations could be accelerated in practice in a national context and what their combined effects would be.
English – January 18, 2024 - BrandWatch: At Davos, brands and religious groups come together in an unlikely alliance
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/brandwatch-davos-brands-faith-groups-join-hands-an-unlikely-alliance-2024-01-16/
The piece provides a useful signal about brandWatch: In Davos, brands and religious groups come together in an unlikely alliance and helps read the week from the intersection between sustainability, innovation and responsibility.
English – January 17, 2024