Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Fifteen years ago, the African Union decided on an ambitious program: degraded ecosystems in parts of the Sahel are to be successively restored in order to secure food for the people living there and to protect the soil against further degradation. Read the full story from the University of Bonn.

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Sustainable Development Network

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The Global Solutions Forum 2023 showcased solutions from SDSN’s national and regional Networks with the goal of creating tangible impact on SDG 3 (Health and Well-being), including initiatives from Canada, Italy, Mexico, Sahel and South Africa.

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Global Renewable News

MAY 26, 2022

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

The Olympic Forest will contribute to the Great Green Wall – an initiative which restores degraded landscapes across Africa’s Sahel region, increasing the food and economic security of local communities. The project is a key milestone in the IOC’s commitment to becoming climate positive in 2024.

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Corporate Knights

JUNE 7, 2023

In places where water is already in short supply, such as the Middle East and the Sahel region of Africa, it will get worse. C of warming by 2027.

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3BL Media

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The effort will help remove more carbon from the atmosphere than the IOC emits, while contributing to Africa’s Great Green Wall – an initiative to restore degraded landscapes across Africa’s Sahel region.

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 8, 2022

In Ukraine, the Sahel, Afghanistan, the Middle East and many other places around the world, young people are denied education because of conflict, climate change and forced displacement.

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James Militzer

JULY 11, 2022

Fonio is well-adapted to the Western Sahel, which extends from Senegal all the way to Chad. But it’s particularly significant in the Sahel, where people chop down scarce trees to burn as cooking fuel. The Advantages of Fonio Over Other Staple Crops. Why would we encourage other countries to repeat our mistakes?

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3BL Media

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In addition, the IOC is creating the Olympic Forest , which is part of the Great Green Wall initiative to restore degraded landscapes across Africa’s Sahel region. The IOC has also increased its requirements for the Olympic Games to help address climate change.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 28, 2022

SDSN Sahel will be hosted by a new institution: Alioune Dip University of Bambey (UADB). The network's mission is to encourage the implementation and achievement of the SDGs at a national and local level. Lastly, two established networks have been approved for a change to their governance after years of activities.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2024

In a week that saw Dubai drown and the Sahel swelter , the advent of science-based engagement on climate policy can’t come soon enough. British politicians have already made a poor fist of their climate commitments, with the Scottish government’s climbdown from its 2030 decarbonisation pledge being the latest example.

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Sustainable Development Network

JUNE 3, 2015

The Sahel SDSN and Great Lakes SDSN will be joining next edition of this workshop. The managers from the following networks participated in this workshop and subsequently joined the Leadership Council meeting on June 4-5: Australia/Pacific SDSN, South Asia SDSN, Turkey SDSN, Mediterranean SDSN, Amazon SDSN.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

The SDSN20 will conclude with the signing of a Declaration for Action. SDSN20 will gather annually to promote the SDGs within the G20 processes. WHO: H.E.

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Sustainable Development Network

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Forthcoming research conducted by the SDSN SDG Financing team will include country-level analyses of SDG financing in the Sahel region of Africa, surveying SDG spending needs against current domestic budget outlays.

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Sustainable Development Network

AUGUST 17, 2019

The Aruba, Brazil, and India teams also presented on their work to the SDSN Sahel network in Dakar, Senegal in April 2019. According to the Center for Open Data Enterprise, this makes Los Angeles the first city/local government to use the open-sdg code to report SDG data at the indicator level. Jeeveeta S.

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Sustainable Development Network

MARCH 18, 2022

Opening Remarks were given by Mr. Abdoulaye Mar Dieye, UN Special Coordinator for Development in the Sahel, Dr. Aawatif Hayar, Minister of Solidarity, Social Integration and Family of Morocco and Dr. Valentine Uwamaliya, Minister of Education in Rwanda.

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Corporate Knights

APRIL 17, 2023

This pragmatic approach to addressing climate issues is evident in the evolution of the Africa-led Great Green Wall Initiative, an ambitious plan to combat desertification by planting trees across the Sahel region. The original vision was for a wall 16 kilometres wide and more than 8,000 kilometres long.

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3BL Media

JUNE 15, 2022

For instance, I learned about a project to regenerate and reforest the Sahel, an area stretching coast-to-coast from Senegal to Djibouti. We immediately launched into a spirited discussion, and I got to hear more about their passions and projects.

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Baker – Dean of the School of Geological Sciences and Engineering at Yachay Tech University, Chair of the SDSN Andes Network Emma Torres Becker – Senior Adviser to the United Nations, Co-Chair of the SDSN Amazon Network Ustun Erguder – Director at Professor at the Istanbul Policy Center, Honorary Chair of SDSN Turkey Hironori Hamanka – Chair of the (..)

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Sustainable Development Network

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Baker – Dean of the School of Geological Sciences and Engineering at Yachay Tech University, Chair of the SDSN Andean Network Emma Torres Becker – Senior Adviser to the United Nations, Co-Chair of the SDSN Amazon Network Ustun Erguder – Director at Professor at the Istanbul Policy Center, Honorary Chair of SDSN Turkey Hironori Hamanka – Chair of (..)

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