Global Companies’ Progress Toward Deforestation- and Conversion-Free Supply Chains
CDP’s Global Forests Report 2024 reveals how companies worldwide have progressed toward deforestation- and conversion-free supply chains.... Read More
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GNA Soft News brings you public policy and regulatory updates, good practices and lessons learned, innovations, programs, activities, and movements in international organizations, governments, businesses, and civil society across the Asia Pacific and beyond.
Urgency to Address Adolescent Pregnancy Worldwide
Addressing the issue of adolescent pregnancy is imperative to safeguard the health and wellbeing of young girls worldwide.... Read More
What Is the State of the Global Water Crisis?
Roughly half of the world’s population is experiencing a water crisis. What are some factors causing the global water crisis?... Read More
How New Zealand Seeks to Tackle Bed Poverty
In New Zealand, the government and organizations collaborate to address bed poverty, such as through the Healthy Homes Initiatives.... Read More
Upholding the Machángara River’s Rights of Nature Against Pollution
A court ruling affirmed the violated rights of nature of the Machángara River in Ecuador due to pollution and neglect by the municipality.... Read More
Accelerating Gender-Responsive Disaster Management with Sendai Gender Action Plan
The Sendai Gender Action Plan aims to improve the Sendai Framework by increasing resource allocations, activities, and impacts of gender-responsive disaster risk reduction.... Read More
ASEAN and the EU Support Sustainable Connectivity with a Higher Education Program
The Sustainable Connectivity Package Higher Education aims to enhance academic ties and knowledge exchanges between ASEAN and the EU in higher education.... Read More
Australia Proposes Right to Housing Bill to Tackle Housing Crisis
Australia’s housing crisis has led to the National Housing and Homelessness Plan Bill 2024 that aims to recognize the right to adequate housing.... Read More
Mama Bambu: How Women in Flores, Indonesia Take Part in Environmental Conservation
Mama Bambu comprises hundreds of women in Flores, Indonesia, who take care of their environment through bamboo nursery programs. ... Read More
Soil Remediation for Food Security and Environmental Health in Central Asia
Cleaning pesticide-contaminated soil through soil remediation is essential to sustainable development efforts in Central Asia.... Read More