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Reporting the underreported about the plan of action for People, Planet and Prosperity, and efforts to make the promise of the SDGs a reality.
A project of the Non-profit International Press Syndicate Group with IDN as the Flagship Agency in partnership with Soka Gakkai International in consultative status with ECOSOC.


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Photo: Collage of Crafts (left) and Sohibdavlat Qalandarkhonova (right).

By Sharofat Shafieva

KHOROG, Tajikistan (IDN) — The city of Khorog is generally clean, but it has a problem with waste management. Residents leave their garbage on the streets and especially in public places. The central market is one of the places where there is a large garbage dump.

“Passing by garbage is very unpleasant. No matter how much the administration cleans the garbage, it still collects in one day. It is especially terrible in summer when a very bad smell appears,” notes Shafoat Jafoeva a regular visitor to the market. “The waste mostly belongs to the merchants, and it would be good if the sellers of the market find a better way to manage their waste”, she adds.

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Photo credit: World Access to Higher Education Days.

By Kalinga Seneviratne

SYDNEY (IDN) — If we are going to create a better world in the post-pandemic era higher education (HE) systems need to be more flexible and accessible, and governments need to be made to understand that funding the public university sector is essential to creating more equitable and socially stable societies. This is the message that came out clearly from the World Access to Higher Education Day (WAHED)—a day-long virtual conference coordinated from London and held on November 17 titled “Who will go to University in 2030?”. (P24) CHINESE | HINDI | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF

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Image credit: COP26 | UNFCCC

Viewpoint by Kalinga Seneviratne

SYDNEY (IDN) — About a third of global gas emissions come from agriculture and land use, yet, the final communiqué of COP26 failed to make any direct reference to the relationship between climate action and the world’s food systems. This is at a time, when the World Food Program (WFP) has warned that up to 45 million people in 43 countries are on the brink of a famine. (P23) ARABIC | GERMAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | TURKISH

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Photo: The SGI (Soka Gakkai International), SGI-UK and the Centre for Applied Buddhism (CfAB) co-organized youth forum in Glasgow. Photo Credit: SGI-UK

By Kurt Reynolds

LONDON (IDN) — As the COP26 climate summit in Scotland was winding down, the long-term pledges and bountiful promises made by world leaders seemed never-ending—stretching all the way to 2070.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a global roadmap to achieve a radical transformation of energy access and transition by 2030, while also contributing to net zero emissions by 2050. (P22) JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | PORTUGUESE | SPANISH

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Photo: Phramaha Hansa with villagers in Khok Nong Na. Credit: Pattama Vilailert

By Pattama Vilailert

SISAKET, Thailand (IDN) — With a series of COVID-19 lockdowns, many workers in Bangkok and other major business cities like Pattaya, Phuket, Chiang Mai, and Samut Prakarn flocked to their hometowns. They are forced to seek ways to begin their new lives and rationalise how to live sustainably in the long term.

In Thailand, it is common to see laypeople giving alms to monks in the morning all over the country as part of merit-making before starting their day. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic, some monks have reversed roles in merit-making. (P21) CHINESE | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | THAI

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Maoni ya Fernando Rosales

Mwandishi ni Mratibu wa Mpango wa Maendeleo Endelevu na Mabadiliko ya Tabianchi (SDCC) wa Kituo cha Kusini.

GENEVA (IDN) - SDGs (Malengo ya Maendeleo Endelevu) yaliyopitishwa mwaka 2015 yanaonyesha makubaliano ya kimataifa ya kushughulikia matatizo muhimu zaidi ambayo wanadamu wanakabili siku hizi. Malengo 17 ni ya pande nyingi na yanaunganishwa kwa kila mmoja. Wakati huo huo, mgogoro wa mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa ni tishio kubwa zaidi kwa maisha ya binadamu yenyewe na umeongezeka zaidi katika miaka 30 iliyopita. Ingawa, SDG 14 inahusiana haswa na "Hatua ya Hali ya Hewa", kuna uwezekano mkubwa kwamba shida ya hali ya hewa pia itaathiri mafanikio ya SDGs zingine nyingi.

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Viewpoint by Fernando Rosales

The author is Coordinator of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Programme (SDCC) of the South Centre.

GENEVA (IDN) — The SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) adopted in 2015 reflect the multilateral consensus to deal with the most crucial problems humanity is facing nowadays. The 17 goals are multidimensional and are interlinked with each other. At the same time, climate change crisis is the most serious threat to human life itself and it has deepened in the last 30 years. Even though, SDG 13 specifically relates to “Climate Action”, it is very likely that the climate crisis is also going to affect the achievement of many other SDGs. (P20) FRENCH | GERMAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SWAHILI

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Photo (top): Cleopatra's Needle, Sitio (district) Kalakasan, Gateway to Cleopatra’s Needle Critical Habitat (CNCH) site. Credit: Julian Plack

By Nena Palagi

PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan, Philippines (IDN) — It is a feat unimaginable by any modern standard. Six young people from this remote island of Palawan, in the Philippines, have taken on the goliaths of land ownership, and won. They got over 40,000 hectares of land legally declared as protected habitat with the direct endorsement from the Indigenous custodians. (P19) INDONESIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | KOREAN

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