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Side by Side: Guiding Principle in Achieving SDGs

“Human Security has been a very important, central concept that guides Japan’s development cooperation over the past two decades. It is the right of people to live with freedom and dignity; free from poverty and despair,” says Prof. Akihiko Tanaka, President of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies and former President of the Japan [...]

Belt and Road plan could ease climate change: experts

China has done well in slowing its carbon emissions growth and its actions could be an example for countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects, Professor Nicholas Stern, the British economist and advocate for combating climate change, has said. Echoing this hope that the BRI could be an opportunity for mitigating climate [...]

Udo Bullmann elected as new S&D group leader

In a ballot of MEPs on Tuesday, he received 86 votes compared with 61 for Belgian deputy Kathleen Van Brempt. In a statement, Bullmann said he was “honoured to win the trust” of his group, while European Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said he hoped his election would pave the way for the group to “build its [...]

Jeffrey Sachs: Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center

Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, presents on Children First, at Ending Violence Against Children: Developing A Roadmap To A Healthy Childhood and Adolescence.

Tax cuts are an addiction for the US, economist warns

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MA Peace Action: Annual Meeting

Imagine Magazine: In my Own Words

Click Here – “Meeting the Challenges of a Changing World”

Where to move if you want to be happy

Are you in pursuit of happiness? Consider moving to Finland. The country is the happiest in the world, an analysis from the United Nations released Wednesday found. The annual publication from the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network examined six key variables determined to support well-being: Income, healthy life expectancy, social support, freedom, trust and generosity. Finland [...]

Happiness report: Finland is world’s ‘happiest country’ – UN

The World Happiness Report measures “subjective well-being” - how happy people feel they are, and why. Nordic countries regularly appear in the top five, while war-hit countries and a number in sub-Saharan Africa regularly appear in the bottom five. Burundi was the least happy, taking over from the Central African Republic. Read more on BBC.

These Are the World’s Happiest Countries

Immigrants are most satisfied in Scandinavia. Find out what else contributed to 2018′s UN World Happiness report. Read more in National Geographic.