ITS EDUCATION ASIA ARTICLE

SDG round-up

By Danny Harrington, MD ITS Education Asia

Sustainability (or lack of) in the news around the world this week:

• EPA finds production of PFAs emitting more GHGs than thought (Toxic-Free Future)
• Drought coupled with covid and poverty threatens starvation in Kenya (The Guardian)
• Calls begin for fossil fuel companies to fix their damage (The Guardian)
• Literacy better taught in school than not (The Conversation)
• White privilege: what it is, what it means and why understanding it matters (The Conversation)
• Alvin Wong, YCI Member, in the news (Learning Planet)
• Climate action at the General Assembly week (UN)
• Climate change: World now sees twice as many days over 50C (BBC)