Title: SDG 11 – Sustainable cities and communities
Link: here
Title: EEA (2021) Sustainable cities: transforming Europe’s urban landscapes
Link: here
Title: Bocken, et. al. (2018) Experimenting with a circular business model: Lessons from eight cases
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Video 1
- Title: UNEP | Can chocolate save the rainforest? #indigenouspeoplesday
- Description: For too long, economic growth has come at the expense of nature. Cacao sourcing is often associated to deforestation rise. This video shows an example of how green economy can help to preserve forests, biodiversity and indigenous communities (the true guardians of the forest).
- Link: https://youtu.be/TJIe3fRUo44
- Questions: i) Can cacao farming, long a driver of deforestation, really become sustainable? | ii) How does this UNEP-led project and Rainforest Alliance help to protect the environment
Video 2
- Title: UNEP, International Resource Panel (IRP) |Spotlight on the 2024 Global Resources Outlook Report
- Description: Extraction of the Earth’s natural resources tripled in the past five decades, related to the massive build-up of infrastructure in many parts of the world and the high levels of material consumption, especially in upper-middle and high-income countries.
- Questions: What was the global economy performance in terms of natural resources consumption between 2019-2024?
Video 3
- Title: The 2030 EU Biodiversity Strategy
- Description: The European Commission adopted a comprehensive new Biodiversity Strategy and the Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food. In line with the European Green Deal, they propose ambitious EU actions and commitments to halt biodiversity loss worldwide and bring our food system into balance with the environment by reducing the use of unhealthy substances, increasing the protection of land and sea and restoring degraded ecosystems.
- Link: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/video/I-191439?lg=EN&tout=NaN
- Questions: i) What are EU main actions and commitments till 2030 to halt biodiversity loss?
