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Lagos kicks off community clean-up campaign
Pulse.ng, August 21, 2020
The Lagos State Office of Sustainable Development Goals and Investment (OSDGI) has kicked off the 2020 community based clean-up campaign.
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LEAP Africa celebrates Youth Day of service… set to rally the agency of youth for the SDGs
Pulse.ng, August 21, 2020
LEAP Africa, one of the Nigeria’s leading non-profit organizations for youth development recently announced a new campaign to celebrate ‘International Youth Day’ on August 12.
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Why Nigeria has performed poorly in SDGs- Expert
The Sun, August 21, 2020
A development expert, and the co-Founder/ CEO of Development Nigeria. Mr Michael Ale, has lamented Nigeria’s abysmal performance on the scale of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Lagos deploys COVID-19 Safety Marshals across jetties
PM News, August 24, 2020
The Lagos State Safety Commission has reiterated the commitment of the State Government to safety of lives on waterways across jetties in the State.
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Nutritionist, others raise awareness on protein deficiency, malnutrition
Punch, August 25, 2020
A Nutritionist, Mr Collins Akanno, has said there is the need to educate Nigerians on healthy nutrition, saying this would help tackle the burden of malnutrition in the country.
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Nutrition: Why FG must promote sustainable agriculture by 2030
Vanguard, August 25, 2020
As the end of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs gradually approaches, nutritionists, and other stakeholders in the fight against malnutrition have urged government at all levels to bridge the gap between policy statements and implementation of the blueprint on nutrition.
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Global News
WTO Warns of Increasing Trade Costs Due to Pandemic
SDG Knowledge Hub, August 20, 2020
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has issued an information note outlining where and how trade costs may increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 
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Use COVID-19 lessons to ‘do things right’ for the future: UN chief
Outlook, August 20, 2020
United Nations, Aug 20 (PTI) Lessons learnt from efforts to address the coronavirus pandemic must be used to “do things right for the future”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said, addressing a gathering of leading parliamentarians.
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Pakistan Emerge As One Of Countries To Achieve SDG-13 Climate Action
Urdupoint, August 22, 2020
Pakistan this year has emerged as one of the countries to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs-13) Climate Action.
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UN report finds Australian companies are failing on transparent sustainability
Mirage News, August 26, 2020
A new report from RMIT University and the United Nations Association of Australia has revealed a rising trend in reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals by Australia’s top 150 companies, but the quality of disclosure remains lacking.
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Kroger sets new sustainable packaging goals for 2030
The Packer, August 25, 2020
Kroger recently released its annual environmental, social and governance report, and it included in the report a new set of sustainable packaging goals for 2030.
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India can be business hub to achieve Sustainable Development Goal of ensuring clean energy:UN chief
Outlook, August 28, 2020
UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Friday, expressing confidence that the Indian government’s decision to raise its target of renewable energy capacity will attract more international investors.
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Articles and Publications
Readying Our Youth For The Post-COVID Workplace
The Asean Post, August 28, 2020
The coronavirus crisis has indeed severely disrupted livelihoods, businesses and the economy in general. Every sector, organisation and institution has felt the pinch from the pandemic. 
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UN report finds Australian companies are failing on transparent sustainability
Mirage News, August 26, 2020
A new report from RMIT University and the United Nations Association of Australia has revealed a rising trend in reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals by Australia’s top 150 companies, but the quality of disclosure remains lacking.
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SDGs: Accelerating Action & Transformative Pathways through Nature-based Solutions
IPS News, August, 2020
The theme of this year’s High-Level Political Forum, where governments reviewed progress on the Sustainable Development Goals was “Accelerated action and transformative pathways: realizing the decade of action and delivery for sustainable development.”
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SDGs provide direction for sustainable post-COVID recovery
Mongabay, August 19, 2020
The novel coronavirus disease pandemic (COVID-19) may have brought immediate relief to some areas related to Sustainable Development Goal 15 to protect ‘Life on Land’ but the long-term impacts are unclear, experts said.
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Updates and Events
Global Goals Week 2020: Partners Unite in Call to Recover Better Ahead of Sustainable Development Goals’ 5th Anniversary
UNDP, August 20, 2020
New York - Global Goals Week (18-26 September, plus an expanded calendar throughout September and early October) will take place virtually this year, focusing on making this a turning point to recover better for people and planet.
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Next steps for the SDG Impact Standards
UNDP, August 26, 2020
It has been a busy summer for our team at SDG Impact.
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Rio Conventions Shift All In-Person Meetings to 2021
SDG Knowledge Hub, August 27, 2020
All three Rio Conventions have announced that subsidiary body meetings previously scheduled to take place in 2020 will now take place in 2021.
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