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“Business as Usual is Not an Option” as Strides Toward SDGs Could Be Reversed

The purpose of the Report was to evaluate the progress made towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda thus far and according to what was presented, it doesn’t bode well. The scientists found that the current development model doesn’t consider the synergies and tradeoffs between the different Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the potential negative repercussions. As the co-chair Messerli put it, “We are living in a world which is hyper-connected as we have not known it 20 years ago” and the SDGs connect correspondingly. Therefore, the co-chair stressed that “business as usual is not an option.”

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At the UN Italian Environment Minister Steers Clear of Salvini-Trump Propaganda

It was a pleasant surprise to hear the Italian Minister of the Environment address the urgency behind climate change. As the current Italian administration under Deputy Prime Minister Salvini mirrors all of US President Trump’s rhetoric, who thought the Minister of the Environment would acknowledge that climate change is not only a real issue, but also a critical one that deserves immediate attention.

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United Nations Releases SDGs Report 2019. Have You Heard the Alarm Yet?

Climate change is causing “catastrophic” and “irreversible” damage to the environment. If greenhouse gas emissions are not cut, global warming will continue to surpass the acceptable 1.5 degrees Celsius limit above the pre-industrial baseline, sea levels will continue to rise and ocean acidification will continue to accelerate. One million plant and animal species risk extinction... Also requiring our immediate attention is “inequality among and within other countries.” Liu Zhenmin states that, “Poverty, hunger, and disease continue to affect those that are the poorest and the most vulnerable.”

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