Category: United Nations

Amber Heard Lilly Singh Social Good Social Good Summit United Nations

Greater Technology, Great Humanity: Social Good Summit 2018

sudshr47 October 12, 2018

TwitterFacebook

When the Social Good Summit launched in 2010, the way we approached technology and new media was far more optimistic than the world we find ourselves in today.

In 2018, a tweet has the ability to pull us apart. An Instagram post can enrage. And Facebook trolls have the power to divide.

So as we become increasingly reliant on the digital and artificial, “how do we ensure that a world of greater technology is also a world of greater humanity?” asked Henry Timms, Social Good Summit Co-Founder & 92nd Street Y CEO, during this year’s Summit opening. And through a series of dialogues and panels centered on innovation and action at this year’s Social Good Summit, faith in humanity (or at least, its future) was restored. Read more…

More about Social Good, United Nations, Amber Heard, Lilly Singh, and Social Good Summit

View More Greater Technology, Great Humanity: Social Good Summit 2018
Climate Change Global Warming Science United Nations

The most damning conclusions from the UN’s special climate change report

sudshr47 October 8, 2018

TwitterFacebook

A grim dose of climate change news has arrived, and top scientists are urging us to deal with it — now.  

The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — the global agency tasked with providing objective analyses of the societal impacts of climate change — released a powerful report Sunday evening. 

It concluded that limiting Earth’s warming to just 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-Industrial Revolution temperatures would require “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society.”

“The next few years are probably the most important in our history,” Debra Roberts, an environmental scientist and one of the report’s lead authors, said in a statement.  Read more…

More about Science, United Nations, Global Warming, Climate Change, and Science

View More The most damning conclusions from the UN’s special climate change report
Lilly Singh Social Good Social Good Summit 2018 United Nations

Lilly Singh, Jessica Cohen, Jayathma Wickramanayake talk about the power of youth

sudshr47 October 1, 2018

Youtube Creator Lilly Singh, Mashable Editor-in-Chief and the United Nations General Secretary’s Youth Envoy Jayathma Wickramanayake speak about the importance of listening to youth voices. Read more…More about Social Good, United Nations, Lilly Sin…

View More Lilly Singh, Jessica Cohen, Jayathma Wickramanayake talk about the power of youth
Marine Science Ocean Plastic Pollution Oceans Sustainable Development Goals United Nations

Norway wants to clean up our oceans. Here’s how it could work.

sudshr47 September 30, 2018

Earlier this year, Norway’s minister of international development visited Ghana.
Minister Nikolai Astrup had a simple request: He wanted to spend some time with his team collecting trash from beaches in the developing nation. 
His team assured h…

View More Norway wants to clean up our oceans. Here’s how it could work.
Culture Donald Trump Politics Stephen Colbert United Nations

Stephen Colbert brilliantly breaks down Trump’s laugh-filled UN appearance

sudshr47 September 26, 2018

TwitterFacebook

When the president is literally laughed at during an appearance in front of the United Nations General Assembly, you know it’s gonna be fodder for Stephen Colbert.

“Don’t worry, Mr. President, they’re not laughing at you,” Colbert quipped. “They’re laughing with each other at you.”

Colbert delightedly ran through the rest of Trump’s disastrous appearance at the UN on Tuesday, showing clips of the attacks the president made on other countries and proclaiming, “He’s working the room like an insult comic.”

Colbert also couldn’t help pointing out the Kim Jong Un was the only world leader Trump praised — spiking it with the punchline, “Putin is gonna be jealous!” He also compared Trump’s speech to a marriage-hating wedding guest’s toast. Read more…

More about United Nations, Donald Trump, Stephen Colbert, Culture, and Politics

View More Stephen Colbert brilliantly breaks down Trump’s laugh-filled UN appearance
Culture Donald Trump Laughter United Nations United Nations General Assembly

Trump claims he wanted the UN to laugh at his speech, calls it ‘great’

sudshr47 September 25, 2018

TwitterFacebook

President Donald Trump is playing off Tuesday morning’s embarrassing moment — in which he was laughed at by the United Nations General Assembly — by saying he totally meant it as a joke. 

On Tuesday afternoon, between events at the UN, Trump briefly chatted with reporters and he dropped this nugget, apparently confusing the concepts of “laughing at” and “laughing with.”

Trump on laughter at UN during speech: “Oh it was great. Well that was meant to get some laughter, but it was great.”

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) September 25, 2018

Trump on how his UN speech went:

“I think really well, it’s gotten very good reviews certainly and I think it went very well.”

He said the laugher was intentionally provoked:

“Oh it was great. Well that was meant to get some laughter, but it was great.”

— Brian Ries (@moneyries) September 25, 2018 Read more…

More about United Nations, Donald Trump, Laughter, United Nations General Assembly, and Culture

View More Trump claims he wanted the UN to laugh at his speech, calls it ‘great’
Conference Liberia New Zealand Social Good United Nations

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern & Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee join 2018 Social Good Summit lineup

sudshr47 September 17, 2018

TwitterFacebook

It’s not every day that you get the chance to hear from international heads of government alongside comedians, Nobel laureates, and Bollywood stars alike. But then, the Social Good Summit isn’t your everyday forum.

Hosted at New York’s 92nd Street Y on Sunday, Sept. 23, the 2018 Social Good Summit seeks to connect anyone with a vision for a better world with today’s leaders, innovators, and activistsGeneral Admission and Student tickets are still available, and with newly announced speakers —including New Zealand MP Jacinda Ardern and Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee — on the agenda, you’ll want to make sure you’re there. Read more…

More about Social Good, United Nations, New Zealand, Conference, and Liberia

View More New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern & Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee join 2018 Social Good Summit lineup
africa Asia Facebook Government human rights Human Rights Watch india Internet.org Myanmar Philippines Policy Security Social Social Media United Nations

Facebook is hiring a director of human rights policy to work on “conflict prevention” and “peace-building”

sudshr47 September 16, 2018

Facebook is advertising for a human rights policy director to join its business, located either at its Menlo Park HQ or in Washington DC — with “conflict prevention” and “peace-building” among the listed responsibilities. In the job ad, Facebook writes that as the reach and impact of its various products continues to grow “so does […]

View More Facebook is hiring a director of human rights policy to work on “conflict prevention” and “peace-building”
africa Asia benin California ceo China Civil Aviation Authority Co-founder Column commercial drone alliance Drone e-commerce east africa Electronics embedded systems Emerging-Technologies Ghana head Information Technology JD.com Keenan Wyrobek kenya Mexico Mining North Carolina robotics rocketmine Rwanda San Francisco South Africa Tanzania TC technology U.S. Department of Transportation UAVs United Nations United States Ups Vayu White House Wireless World Economic Forum zipline

African experiments with drone technologies could leapfrog decades of infrastructure neglect

sudshr47 September 16, 2018

Jake Bright Contributor Jake Bright is a writer and author in New York City. He is co-author of The Next Africa. More posts by this contributor Harley-Davidson is opening a Silicon Valley R&D center to power EV production With a $10 million round, Nigeria’s Paga plans global expansion Samantha Stein Contributor More posts by this […]

View More African experiments with drone technologies could leapfrog decades of infrastructure neglect
2030now Chirlane Mccray Social Good Social Good Summit United Nations

The Social Good Summit invites YOU to join the #2030NOW conversation IRL

sudshr47 September 11, 2018

TwitterFacebook

The 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly is just around the corner, and New York City will once again play host to international world leaders engaging in high-stakes discussions. Yet for the majority of us who will not be in attendance IRL, the decisions being made are of equally-high (if not higher) stakes. For us everyday global citizens, issues like climate change, poverty, and health present day-to-day challenges.

The Social Good Summit partners — Mashable, the United Nations Foundation, the United Nations Development Programme, and the 92nd Street Y — recognize that we ALL have a stake in the game. This is why we created a platform that grants everyone the opportunity to take part in pressing, forward-thinking conversations. Read more…

More about Social Good, United Nations, Social Good Summit, 2030now, and Chirlane Mccray

View More The Social Good Summit invites YOU to join the #2030NOW conversation IRL