Amazon becomes major topic on UN 2030 Agenda
The survival of the Amazon has become one of the commitments in the 2030 Agenda, the pact made between 193 member states of the United Nations (UN) for Sustainable Development. To this end, the Amazon Impact Movement was unveiled Thursday (Sep. 14) during this year’s edition of the UN Global Compact in Brazil, at the United Nations headquarters in New York.The initiative highlights the need for investments and policies aimed at preserving the forest, valuing and protecting the region’s traditional peoples and territories, and aligning technology with sustainability.This is the first movement of the UN Global Compact in Brazil directed at the Amazon region, with a focus on public commitments made by state-owned and private companies to leverage the sustainable development of the Amazon....