«6 good reasons why the world does not go to hell»
The youth organizations Changemaker and Press give you The World’s Best News. Here are six things that can make you look a little brighter on the situation in the world in 2022.
Violence against children is now forbidden in Somaliland
Somaliland introduced the law on February 1 this year Somaliland’s Children’s Act. It must be born against all violence and discrimination. The law includes, among other things, protection against female genital mutilation.
In 2021, NOK 243 million was raised during the TV campaign for Plan’s work against child marriage. Secretary General of Plan International Norway, Kari Helene Partapuoli says that the development went in the right direction before the pandemic, and although we have made some setbacks now, it is possible to bring about major changes. As long as one believes in it oneself, it is possible, even within seemingly locked-in situations.
Kamikatsu recycles 80 percent of the drop
In 2016, it was manufactured globally over 2 billion tonnes of waste. In order to achieve more sustainable use of resources and prevent the waste from littering and poisoning the surroundings, countless measures have been taken around the world.
One city that has excelled before recycling is the Japanese village of Kamikatsu. Until 1998, the residents of Kamikatsu threw all their rubbish in a large pit in the ground and burned it. Everything from food waste, bedding, refrigerators and cars. This led to air pollution and other negative consequences for the environment, animals and humans.
The board in the village tried to solve the problem by investing in incinerators It did not work differently, and then the lease had to find another solution – recycling.
INOW is a program that led to volunteers walking around and telling the residents about the new system the village should get to fix the problem. It required major habit changes and was not as easy for everyone, but they managed it nonetheless.
By 2020, Kamikatsu recycled 80 percent of the decline in as many as 45 different categories.
The panda is no longer an endangered species
The panda has been our extermination trough for over 50 years. Although the panda is a vulnerable art, report the BBC last year that he is no longer the extermination trough.
The panda has long been our victim of poaching, since the fur has been put on as both rare and very valuable.
China started the work of rescuing the panda as early as 1940. The work was to create more reserves where the panda could live freely in its natural habitat.
Today, about 67 different reservations are scattered around the southwestern part of China. Their task is to protect bamboos, which are the panda’s main source of food, and to protect the panda from hunting and deforestation.
The app has sewn to 135 million meals
The world’s first app against famine, ShareTheMeal, has since 2016 made it possible for people to share their meal with salespeople born in developing countries, all with the help of a few flavor prints.
Basically Sebastian Stricker and Bernard Kowatsch would make it quick and easy to contribute to the fight against the difficult. In April 2014, they came up with the idea of forming ShareTheMeal, something they received great support to implement from volunteer contributors.
To only eight kronerone can choose a choir in the world one wants the UN World Food Program (WFP) to assist, and with the simple step, one has to make sure that someone who really needs it has had a meal.
Global plastics agreement aims to fix the world’s plastics problem
World climate and environment ministers meet test for UN fifth environmental assembly in Nairobi earlier this year. The purpose was to find a solution to the world’s plastic problem.
The meeting lasted for several days, and on Wednesday 2 March it was clear: 175 nations support the resolution.
The UN will make a legally binding agreement to stop plastic waste in the world. No one should see a committee that has to prepare a detailed agreement out of the framework that is in place. The plan is for the agreement to be completed and negotiated by 2024.
Summit creates faith in progress for the disabled
More than 7,000 delegates from 44 countries participated in February the summit for the inclusion of people with disabilities.
Over 1300 commitments for how different countries can strive for better inclusion in the global south were presented. One must of course assess the substance of these commitments before one can say anything about the result, but the increase in the number of commitments from the first summit shows that this is of increasing importance, says Lykke Stavnes in the Atlas Alliance to the World’s Best News.
Updated: Thursday 28 April 2022 14.24