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Hot Confrontation in the Utmost Cold Area: ARCTIC ICE

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This essay is dedicated to the United Nations’ Environment Day and Sustainable Development Goal 13. #EnvironmentDay #5June

“The world must act effectively and boldly to curb emissions and implement the Paris Agreement while simultaneously preparing for the reality of an ice-free Arctic.” by Sude ÇAPOĞLU
S. Çapoğlu, Essay

Philippe Cousteau Jr. once said, “The world cannot live without the Arctic; it affects every living thing on Earth and acts as a virtual thermostat, reflecting sunlight and cooling the planet’’ which emphasizes the significance of the Arctic. Due to its sparse population and limited access to natural resources, the Arctic has been approached in cooperative terms by littoral countries until recently.
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FRIENDLY HEADS-UP: UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES

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Sevgin Oktay, Rep. of The Light Millennium to the United Nations Department of Global Communications
Sevgin Oktay, Rep. of The Light Millennium to the United Nations Department of Global Communications
Report by Sevgin OKTAY, Representative of The Light Millennium to the United Nations Department of Global Communications

• RUN-DOWN and Welcoming • PHOTO Album of the Workshop | • BOOKLET with Bios (Abstract included) | • FLYER • MEDIA Release (Updated on August 19, 2019) | • Photo Album

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HOW TO PROTECT INDEPENDENT SCIENCE AND ENSURE OUR INNOVATIONS ARE IN TUNE WITH OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS? A Necessity for Free and Healthy Communities

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Digital Design by Julie Mardin
Digital Design by Julie Mardin

“A free and unbiased science is essential for resilient and sustainable cities.  Otherwise, business plans will become entrenched in untested technologies, which it will become too difficult and unwieldy to back away from.  We will have become a highly inflexible and un-resilient, and secretive, society.”

Written & Presented by JULIE MARDIN, Researcher-Author, Digital Artist and Representative of The Light Millennium to the UN Department of Global Communications (New York).

26 – 28 August 2019, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

– For the full text of this paper (Pdf), please click on here >
NOTES – References | GLOSSARY

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CAN RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION PAVE THE WAY FOR THE ECO-SUSTAINABILITY OF THE FUTURE?

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Dr. S.L.Gandhi
Dr. S.L.Gandhi
Below paper written by Dr. Sohan Lal GANDHI, International President, Anuvrat Global Organization, associated with the United Nations Department of Global Communications.
Presented by: Arvind VORA, Representative of Anuvrat Global Organization to the United Nations Department of Global Communications; at the following titled Workshop, “Great Goals, Unintended Consequences: How to handle the complexity of our technology, and make true progress for our social and environmental well being,” which was led by The Light Millennium Organization as part of
2019 UNDGC_CSO Conference

The 68th United Nations Civil Society Conference,
Salt Lake City, Utah
On August 26 – 28, 2019
Workshop Date: Wednesday, August 28
Venue: Salt Lake City Palace
Room# 151 DEF
Time: 10:00 – 11:15 a.m.
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REPORT on: GREAT GOALS, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES…

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T.K.Jain, Bircan Ünver, Burcu Tansu, Jane Jessica Robinson, Betty Oktay, Arvind Vora and Ila Vora
T.K.Jain, Bircan Ünver, Burcu Tansu, Jane Jessica Robinson, Betty Oktay, Arvind Vora and Ila Vora
Report by Julie MARDIN, Representative of The Light Millennium to the United Nations Department of Global Communications

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