The pursuit of global development goals amidst ongoing multiple crises presents a significant challenge that demands the synergy of diverse scientific disciplines to enhance human knowledge and devise integrated solutions. This calls for global cooperation and partnership across various sectors of society, including governments, intergovernmental organizations, businesses, academia, civil society institutions, and individual stakeholders.
The Earth Sciences and the emerging field of New Geology, with their emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches and addressing the evolving needs of humanity in the 21st century, while considering the environmental, economic, and social aspects of development, will play a crucial in addressing the complex challenges of the present, accelerating the achievement of sustainable development goals, and shaping the green future we want.
Geologists, in particular, with their profound comprehension of the geosphere, namely, its composition, properties, and dynamics, and its interactions with the hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and anthroposphere, should take the lead in embracing emerging global trends in natural resource management through collective efforts.
Relevant legal documents and analytical materials from global agencies in the field of Green humanity
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Global Risks Report 2023
The Global Risks Report 2023 published by the World Economic Forum explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade. The 2023 edition of the Global Risks Report is a call to action, to collectively prepare for the next crisis the world may face and, in doing so, shape a pathway to a more stable, resilient world
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Global Catastrophic Risks 2022: A year of colliding consequences
The report published by the Global Challenges Foundation overviews the major global threats against humanity. First, the 2022 publication focuses on such issues as weapons of mass destruction (nuclear warfare and biological and chemical warfare), pandemics, near-Earth asteroids, climate catastrophe, supervolcanic eruption, ecological collapse, global population size, and more.
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New threats to human security in the Anthropocene Demanding greater solidarity (2022)
The report published by the UNDP, examines human security strategies in the context of the Anthropocene. This insightful report acknowledges that humans are now significant drivers of global change, reshaping the earth's biosphere
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Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2015)
This Agenda launched by a UN Summit in 2015 is a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets demonstrate the scale and ambition of this new universal Agenda.
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Sustainable Development Report, The Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals (2023)
The paper by Jeffrey D. Sachs, Guillaume Lafortune, Christian Kroll, Grayson Fuller, and Finn Woelm, published by Cambridge University Press describes features the SDG Index and Dashboards as a one-of-a-kind global study to evaluate the position of all the countries with regards to their achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. It provides an assessment of progress made towards the SDGs by all UN Member States, in which scores are presented on a scale of 0 to 100 and can be interpreted as a percentage towards optimal SDG performance. The same basket of indicator and similar performance thresholds are used for all countries, to generate comparable score and ranking
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Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR) 2023
The Global Sustainable Development Report published as draft by the United Nations (GSDR) 2023 originated from the Rio+20 conference on sustainable development. It is aiming to support the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The final 2023 Report will provide evidence that can help decision-makers to accelerate action and overcome impediments that stand in the way of progress on sustainable development. The focus will be on accelerating transformation through important entry points and enabling science to support this acceleration
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G20 Bali Leaders’ Declaration (Bali, Indonesia, 15-16 November 2022)
The G20 Bali Declaration was a joint statement issued at the conclusion of the summit that summarized the member countries' promises to the World and strategies to overcome the humany's challenges, namely, resolution of the global economic crisis and lay a foundation for strong, sustainable, balanced, and inclusive growth of humanity
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Rome Leaders' Declaration (2021)
The 'G20 Rome Leaders' Declaration' provided by the G20 Research Group addresses pressing global challenges and aims to recover from the COVID-19 crisis. It focuses on finding shared solutions, particularly for the most vulnerable.
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Global Greens Statement: COP27 Demands
This Global Greens publication is presented in view of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27). It is the conference's resume, which includes key concepts and actions related to climate justice, loss and damage, mitigation and adaptation, and participatory democracy and human rights
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Sustainable Living Futures Report. Envisioning Future Low-Carbon Lifestyles and Transitioning Instruments Project (2019)
The report, authored by Vanessa Timmer and Dwayne Appleby and published by the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, aims to explore the impact of our actions on the sustainability challenge. It recommends stakeholders and policymakers adopt participatory methods like backcasting and scenario planning to envision transformative and sustainable futures
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40 Ways to Be More Eco Friendly in 2022
'40 Ways to Be More Eco-Friendly in 2022' by GreenMatch, offers a comprehensive understanding of environmental friendliness. The article presents a range of sustainable changes individuals can make to minimize their daily contribution to environmental harm
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Raising Awareness About The Environment
The website contains videos on the environmental theme, more precisely, to raise awareness about it. The videos disclose and draw attention to different topics related to the environment.
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Professional Sustainability Certifications
Lehigh University provides Professional Sustainability Certifications, which are relevant nowadays. The certifications are a ground for a sustainability-related career.
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Environmental Awareness at Work Qualification
The NEBOSH Environmental Awareness at Work Qualification supplies the environment with possible issues at work.
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Fossil fashion. The hidden reliance of fast fashion on fossil fuels
The research by the Changing Markets Foundation sheds light on the emergence of fossil fashion.
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Green living: a family guide to going green
'The Green Living: A Family Guide to Going Green' by Peter Warwick and produced by Scholastic provides tips, activities, and book recommendations to help your family adopt an eco-friendly lifestyle.
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5 June – World Environment Day
World Environmental Day is held on the 5th of June each year. The main aim is to encourage and stimulate the world’s actions to save nature and environmental harmony and people’s role in it.
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22 April – Earth Day
Earth day takes place on 22nd of April each year. It’s the title used to unite all the events to engage and motivate people to be more attentive, supportive and sensible to the environment. Earth day highlights the start of the movement in 1970
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"An Inconvenient Truth" Al Gore
"An Inconvenient Truth" is a 2006 documentary directed by Davis Guggenheim, featuring former Vice President Al Gore's efforts to raise awareness about global warming.
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How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. The Solutions We Have And The Breakthroughs We Need. By Bill Gates
"How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need" is a 2021 book by Bill Gates that delves into his insights on climate change and offers technological solutions to address the global warming crisis
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Climate Action Simulation
'The Climate Action Simulation' is an engaging, role-playing game designed by Climate Interactive to facilitate group exploration of diverse stakeholders and solutions needed for climate action.
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An Empirical Study of the Impact of Social Interaction on Public Pro-Environmental Behavior
An Empirical Study of the Impact of Social Interaction on Public Pro-Environmental Behavior, published by National Library of Medicine, overviews a positive effect of public pro-environmental behavior in solution of environmental pollution problems.
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