Three transformational solutions to tackle climate change
UNDP and UNICEF have joined forces to launch the Green Shark Challenge, a global competition designed to unleash the creativity and skills of UN staff working together with national counterparts, including youth groups and marginalized communities, to co-create, co-design and collaboratively scale solutions that respond to global climate…, Bio-hack My World (North Macedonia), Driving community participation, especially from vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, in creating durable solutions for sustainable biowaste management in North Macedonia. Biowaste in North Macedonia accounts for 45.6% of all waste produced in the country. Most of that waste, almost 95%, ends up in open landfills and dumpsites, emitting…, WasteX Lab (Zanzibar), Leveraging the use of digital and non-digital technologies and expertise to craft and deploy solutions for improved solid waste management in Zanzibar. Recent data shows that 663 tons of municipal solid are produced every day in the main Unguja island in Zanzibar. The Urban Municipal Council, and the West A and B municipal councils produce 216…, YELL (Malaysia), Reimagining youth participation in climate and environmental action in Malaysia. Sometimes, climate change feels like it’s just too big and too distant. When thinking about climate change, we often think of polar bears and melting ice caps. The dangers of our warming planet seem to impact people in faraway places. The stories we read of climate…
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