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New homes for people and wildlife across the North East
Greener building and conserving wildlife goes hand in hand in the North East as a new approach to sustainable development is launched.
From: Great crested newt. Picture by Jess Welch
Natural England’s district level licensing (DLL) initiative, which better protects great crested newts, while also delivering the Government’s ambitions to build back greener, has been launched in Northumberland, Durham, Tyne & Wear and Tees Valley.
Great crested newts are protected under UK and EU law. It is an offence to disturb the species so developers must apply for a licence before undertaking any building work on or around the places that they live, trapping and relocating the species before starting work.
Finnish Parliament is due to vote on the stimulus package at the end of April.
Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Krista Mikkonen (Green), file photo.
Image: Tiina Jutila / Yle
The Finnish government revealed plans on Monday about how the EU coronavirus crisis stimulus funding will be put to use.
Half of Finland s share of a nearly three-billion-euro Recovery and Resilience Facility will go towards helping the country make a green transition from reliance on fossil fuels while one-quarter of the funding will be used towards digitalisation, according to the Minsitry of Finance.
According to current estimates and pending Parliamentary approval of the arrangement Finland is to receive a total of around 2.9 billion euros out of the EU s 750 billion euro stimulus package over the next few years.
Peace, Security in Africa : Cameroon’s Proposals To African Union
The Minister of External Relations, Lejeune Mbella Mbella presented Cameroon’s position during the 984th meeting of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union.
The Minister of External Relations, Lejeune Mbella Mbella representing President Paul Biya in the video-conference of the 984th meeting of the Peace and Security Council of the African Union in Addis Ababa on March 9, 2021 gave a series of proposals on ways of handling peace, security and climate change issues in the African continent.Lire aussi : Nécrologie: André Tsala Messi est mort
Cameroon is a member of the 15-State Council whose role is prevention, management and settlement of conflicts. The President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta who is the chair of the Council for March 2021 chaired the meeting and Cameroon will be chair in August 2021 and February 2022.Lire aussi : Peacekeeping: Cameroon Presents Strides Thus Far
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Idean consider how focusing on purpose will help with future proofing organisations.
As tough as it’s been, 2020 has taught us two crucial and positive things.
First, that huge organisational changes can happen quickly. $33T was the expected global government spending on Sustainable Development Goals by 2030 (Brookings, 2019). But this year, in just six months, global government spending on Covid measures reached $10T by June 2020 (McKinsey, 2020).