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UN Documents Propose Mandatory Sustainability Reporting

Wed, 2012-02-01 00:05 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Albert Gomez

environmentalleader.com - January 31, 2012

Two influential documents – the Rio+20 negotiating text and the recommendations of the U.N. secretary general’s High Level Panel on Global Sustainability – both propose tighter sustainability reporting requirements for businesses, according to Chatham House fellow Paul Hohnen, writing in the Guardian.

In “Resilient People, Resilient Planet – A Future Worth Choosing,” published yesterday, the U.N. panel said one idea to consider is mandatory reporting by companies with market caps over $100 million. The paper also said that business groups should work with governments and international agencies to come up with a framework covering sustainable development reporting.

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Ecodesk

Tue, 2012-01-31 21:32 — Kathy Gilbeaux

What is Ecodesk?

Ecodesk is the world's largest free, search optimised publication of sustainability information for businesses, including data on carbon, energy, waste, and water. For the first time, Ecodesk is researching the world’s top companies who make sustainability data available in the public domain. Our profile layout provides our users with a clear snapshot of how companies are performing in isolation, and against others in their sector or territory.

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The New Land Rush

Tue, 2012-01-31 21:01 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Janine Rees

      

Image Gallery - REUTERS / Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah

by Terry J. Allen, from In These Times - utne.com - January-February 2012

A 21st-century land rush is on. Driven by fear and lured by promises of high profits, foreign investors are scooping up vast tracts of farmland in some of the world’s hungriest countries to grow crops for export.

As the climate changes and populations shift and grow, billions of people around the globe face shortages of land and water, rising food prices, and increasing hunger. Alarm over a future without affordable food and water is sparking unrest in a world already tinder-dried by repression and recession, corruption and mismanagement, boundary disputes and ancient feuds, ethnic tension and religious fundamentalism.

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Conference - Planet Under Pressure - March 26-29, 2012 - London - New Knowledge Towards Solutions

Sun, 2012-01-29 23:07 — Kathy Gilbeaux

       

     A major international conference focusing on solutions to the global sustainability challenge.

Planet under Pressure Registration deadline extension

The Planet Under Pressure management team is extending the oral presenters registration deadline to Friday 9 December and poster author registration deadline to 20 January 2012. This is in response to feedback from some delegates who require more time to identify funding opportunities.

Registration Fees

£275 + UK VAT @ 20% = £330.00 Earlybird Delegates
(delegates registering up to and including 20 January 2012)

£375 + UK VAT @ 20% = £450.00 Standard Delegates
(delegates registering after 20 January 2012)

£250 + UK VAT @ 20% = £300.00 Students

All above fees are subject to a £35 per person carbon offset contribution. This additional fee will be included on registration.

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Video - Open Source Intelligence - Analysis of Sudan and South Sudan

Sun, 2012-01-29 15:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Janine Rees

The Southern portion of Sudan seceded and formed South Sudan, only the 5th country to be created this century.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCJ1sD5NOlo&feature=youtu.be

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31° 43' 41.4012" N, 148° 32' 6.5616" W
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Sudan - Resources

Sun, 2012-01-29 14:49 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Janine Rees

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2011 FIRST QUARTER LIVELIHOODS ANALYSIS FORUM (LAF)ORGANISED BYSOUTH SUDAN CENTRE FOR CENSUS, STATISTICS AND EVALUATION (SSCCSE),WITH TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM THE SUDAN INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYPROGRAMME: FOOD SECURITY INFORMATION FOR ACTION PROGRAMMEHELD FROM 2ND –4TH, MARCH 2011, IN YEI, CENTRAL EQUATORIA STATE(12 page .PDF file)

http://www.southsudan-climis.org/attachements/Final_Proceedings_of_LAF_Yei_March_2011.pdf

 WHO Sudan health maps  <http://www.who.int/hac/crises/sdn/maps/en/>

Health data and GIS in Sudan <http://news.sudanvisiondaily.com/details.html?rsnpid=201181>

FAR Sudan <http://farsudan.org/foodsecurityc9.php>

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UN Sudan Information Gateway: Health & Nutrition

Sun, 2012-01-29 14:28 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Janine Rees

http://www.unsudanig.org/library/mapcatalogue/south/index.php?fid=health&nutrition

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U.S. Fears Serious Famine in Troubled Sudan Region

Sun, 2012-01-29 00:42 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Argil carries water to her family who are fleeing after fighting broke out, near the Blue Nile state capital al-Damazin (Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah Reuters, REUTERS / September 5, 2011)

dailypress.com - Andrew Quinn - Reuters -  January 24, 2012

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States fears a large-scale famine in Sudan's restive border states of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile and is boosting pressure in Khartoum to accept aid or face a unilateral assistance operation, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.

"We are feeling a lot of pressure, if there's no international access, to look at ways in which assistance would be carried across the border without their approval," Princeton Lyman, the Obama administration's special envoy for Sudan, told reporters.

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Preliminary Results of Assessments Done in South Sudan

Sun, 2012-01-29 00:25 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Preliminary results of assessments done in South Sudan . . . CERF allocates $104 million to 13 underfunded crises (including South Sudan and Haiti) . . .

(Juba, 7 January 2012): Humanitarian agencies are mounting a major emergency operation in Jonglei State in South Sudan to help people affected by the recent wave of inter-communal violence. “The Government of South Sudan has declared Jonglei a disaster zone and asked humanitarian agencies to accelerate life-saving assistance. We’re responding to that call,” said the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in South Sudan Ms. Lise Grande.
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