July, 2015

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Anticipatory Healthcare: Predict and Prevent

Daniel Burrus

There’s incredible value in foresight — in business, in government, but most of all, in your personal life. And nothing’s more intrinsically, existentially valuable than foresight about your own health. If you could know what will happen to your body based on the way you treat it now, along with your genetic profile, would you make lifestyle changes to prevent those problems from happening?

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Special Symposium on Cities Facing Climate Change and Pursuing Sustainable Development

Sustainable Development Network

On July 21-22, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, in partnership with the SDSN, convened a 2-day high-level event at the Vatican in Rome, bringing together more than 60 mayors from the world’s major urban centers to showcase the modern challenges facing cities and to demonstrate the bold leadership of cities and local governments in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Localization of the SDGs: SDSN Sahel Contributes to 1st National Sustainable Development Conference

Sustainable Development Network

L TO R: MR. KOURAICHI SAID HASSANI, MS. FATOUMATA DEMBELE, DR. BOUNA NIANG, AND MS. MARILINE DIARA DURING THE PANEL ON "ADAPTING THE SDGS TO SENEGAL" From July 22-24, the Senegalese Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development hosted the First National Conference on Sustainable Development. The theme for this inaugural edition of the conference was “Sustainable Cities and Territories.

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Prosperity, People, and Planet: Achieving Sustainable Development in Our Cities

Sustainable Development Network

Sustainable Cities: Empowering People, Enabling Prosperity and Protecting the Planet A Special Symposium of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network on Cities and the Sustainable Development Agenda VATICAN, July 22, 2015 – In September 2015 the world’s governments will agree upon a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Are Your Impact Comms Resonating With Stakeholders?

Whether your organization is at the start of its sustainability and impact journey or years into it, many brands share a common concern: the uncertainty of whether they are sending stakeholders mixed messages. Creating content that speaks to your audience's “love language” can be a tricky dance. But, worry not! 3BL has put together tips to ensure that your content not only finds its rhythm but also resonates with your target audiences.

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SDSN and Pontifical Academy of Sciences Assembles Top Mayors to Discuss UN Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable Development Network

On July 22, 2015, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network and the Pontifical Academy of Sciences bring together mayors from some of the world's major urban centers - including New York, Vancouver, Istanbul, New Orleans, Rome, Seoul, Bogota, San Francisco, Rio de Janeiro, Accra, Stockholm, Sao Paulo, Kingston, Johannesburg, Algiers - to discuss the UN’s new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Andean SDSN Launched in Quito, Ecuador

Sustainable Development Network

The Andean chapter of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) was launched by Rafael Correa Delgado, President of the Republic of Ecuador and Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, on June 29, 2015 in Quito, Ecuador. The Andean Network is committed to supporting the Andean region to achieve the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to identify and promote Solution Initiatives aimed at addressing sustainable development challenges.

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Smart Home Opportunities

Daniel Burrus

Today’s smartest smart homes have your appliances talking to you through texts sent directly to your smartphone. We have thermostats that automatically adjust based not just on the temperature, but on your daily routine. Some smart homes allow the homeowner to control everything—from starting your coffee in the morning to locking your doors and arming your security system—right from your smartphone.

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WYOD: Is Your Organization Ready?

Daniel Burrus

Shortly after the launch of Apple’s iPhone, corporate Blackberry users started experimenting with the iPhone, and it didn’t take long before we began seeing office workers and executives juggling two phones – the Blackberry because they had to and the iPhone because they wanted to. Blackberry was focused on the corporate market and they designed the product for corporate communication and email systems.

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Adoption of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda

Sustainable Development Network

On July 13-16, 2015, member states convened in Addis Ababa for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development. The conference concluded with the adoption of the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA), reiterating the commitments of the 2002 Monterrey Consensus and setting out an ambitious agenda for raising the necessary resources to achieve sustainable development.

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SDSN Contributions to High-Level Political Forum

Sustainable Development Network

SDSN participated in several sessions, side events and teaching workshops throughout the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development and the Annual Ministerial Review under the auspices of UN Economic and Social Council, June 26 – July 10, 2015. Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Director of SDSN, spoke after the launch of the MDG (2015) Report by Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations.

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Mastering Supply Chain Sustainability: Where Does ESG Fit In?

Speaker: Hortense Grouvel

In this new webinar, you will learn firsthand how to set up a sustainable supply chain program that will help meet increasing ESG requirements stemming from regulators, customers, consumers, and investors alike. Hortense Grouvel, ESG expert at IntegrityNext, and Sean Whelan, Global Senior Manager at Halliburton, will look at how ensuring compliance will also help you increase sustainability performance, resilience, and innovation, allowing you to unlock the full potential of your supply chain op

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Are We Educating Students for a Future that Doesn’t Exist?

Daniel Burrus

Few subjects these days are more contentious than education, and rightly so. If our children are our future, it’s essential we do everything we can do educate them properly, to prepare them for what’s to come. But are we schooling our kids for a future that might not even exist by the time they’re ready to transition to the working world? Today, more than ever before, the ground beneath our feet is continuously shifting — growing and expanding in ways few have been able to anticipate.

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SDSN Great Lakes Holds First Conference on Preparing for the SDGs

Sustainable Development Network

On July 17, 2015, the Sustainable Development Solutions Network Great Lakes (SDSN GL) held a conference in Kigali, Rwanda, on “ Preparing for the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).” This inception conference brought together 75 stakeholders from academia, research, civil society, international organizations, and government to share information about how Rwanda plans to implement the SDGs (see below for detailed list of presentations).