{"id":13312,"date":"2018-08-01T01:42:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T05:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=13312"},"modified":"2020-05-18T01:51:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T05:51:36","slug":"english-bulletin-august-1-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=13312","title":{"rendered":"English bulletin August 1, 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

. . SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT . . <\/big><\/em><\/center><\/p>\n
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\nLast month we reported on reforestation projects in Africa: the Great Green Wall <\/a> that streteches from one side of Africa to the other; and the Million Tree Initiative <\/a> in Zambia. And previously we reported on reforestation projects in China<\/a> , Pakistan <\/a> and Brazil<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nThis month we add reports on the Greentrees Sequester <\/a> initiative in North Americ and the project Defenders of the Forest <\/a> in Madagascar. The Greentrees initiative recerived an award from the American Carbon Registry “in recognition of exceptional implementation of the world\u2019s largest reforestation project both in terms of volume of high-quality verified emissions reductions issued and number of participating landowners and acres.” <\/p>\n

\nThe Madagascar project is important because the island is one of the world\u2019s most important biodiversity hotspots with the vast majority of its species of fauna and flora endemic to the island. Much of Madagascar\u2019s wildlife is under threat, particularly its humid forests.” The Mitsinjo Association, composed of the local conservationists, hires local youth to plant trees and conserve the animals that are in danger of extinction. The Association engages in a variety of education and capacity building programs for the communities they support, including schools. <\/p>\n

\nMeanwhile the divestment from fossil fuels <\/a> continues to gather force. We have previously reported on divestment initiatives by a wide variety of local and global organizations, including the World Bank<\/a>, Catholic institutions<\/a>, Norway <\/a> and New York City<\/a>. Go Fossil Free, <\/a> a group that advocates for fossil fuel divestment, estimates that $6.15 trillion worth of fossil fuel assets have been sold off since the movement started in 2010.<\/p>\n

\nIn Japan, which has been one of the biggest financiers of coal technology in the world, Nippon Life Insurance<\/a>, Japan\u2019s largest life insurer, with assets of $667 billion, has announced that they will stop financing coal-fired power plants.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nThis month we report that the Parliament of Ireland <\/a> has voted to sell off its estimated $370 million in fossil fuel investments \u201cas soon as is practicable.\u201d Ireland\u2019s vote is particularly important because it reflects a major shift in the divestment movement, Originally, fossil fuel divestment was entirely driven by moral concerns\u2014institutions pulled their money out of oil, gas, and coal companies because they didn\u2019t want to be contributing to the destruction of a stable climate. Now, divestment is increasingly seen as a smart financial move for investors.<\/p>\n

\nPerhaps most important of all, there continues to be progress in renewable energy<\/a> that does not pollute the atmosphere. A few months ago, we reported on increased investment in solar power in China,\u00a0Australia, Sweden, UK and Germany<\/a>, including electric cars <\/a> and a solar highway <\/a> in China. And this month we see that India is making strides towards leadership in wind and solar power<\/a>. Although renewable energy currently supplies only 20% of the country\u2019s needs, this is beginning to change as a result of financial considerations. New renewable energy is less expensive to build than it costs to run most of the existing coal fired power in the nation\u2014let alone construct new plants.<\/p>\n

\nFinally, for a holistic approach, we can recommend that of Agroecology<\/a>. In Brazil, the National Association of Agroecology has brought together several hundred farmers\u2019, women\u2019s, artists\u2019 and activists\u2019 organizations over the course of the last fifteen years to promote a new model of development based on farming and land use practices in an ecological and common good perspective centered around traditional and popular knowledge and culture. The very nature of agroecology is transversal and holistic. Considering the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations, agroecology covers the majority of them: climate, water, the fight for gender equality, against poverty, hunger, decent work, etc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tr>\n\n
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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\nIndia strides towards clean energy leadership
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DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY
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\nCampaign Nonviolence National Convergence in Washington, DC this September 21-22, 2018
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DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION
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\nII World Forum on Urban Violence and Education for Coexistence and Peace: Madrid, 5-8 November
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FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION
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\nPeace Boat returns to Cuba with a message of peace and global solidarity
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WOMEN’S EQUALITY
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\nWomen in school to promote a sustainable peace in Cameroon
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HUMAN RIGHTS
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\n9th International Conference on Human Rights Education
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TOLERANCE AND SOLIDARITY
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\nUSA: A call to resist immigrant concentration camps
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EDUCATION FOR PEACE
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\nPeru: Law to promote the culture of peace and non-violence in basic education
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