The world’s largest database of social change milestones from throughout human history
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2017 C.E. September 5Cities in Southeast Asia are acting on the SDGs ahead of their national governments
A group of frontrunner Model Cities are pursuing the SDGs on the ground ahead of national instructions
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2017 C.E. September 5Egyptian renewable energy projects get $210 million boost
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has announced as much as $210 million in debt financing in order to "tap" the renewable energy potential of Egypt.
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2017 C.E. August 30L.A. City Council replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day on city calendar
Over the objections of Italian American civic groups, the council made the second Monday in October a day in L.A. to commemorate indigenous, aboriginal and native people.
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2017 C.E. August 29Kenya becomes latest African nation to ban plastic bags
Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritania and Malawi are among the countries that have adopted or announced such bans.
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2017 C.E. August 18Japan acting on Sustainable Development Goals
The Environment Ministry is working to incorporate the goals into its policy reports and plans, while a growing number of companies are aligning their business and product strategies to the agenda.
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2017 C.E. August 18Sri Lanka to achieve 100% renewables by 2050
According to the report, Sri Lanka's installed electricity generation capacity needs will increase from 3,700MW to 34,000MW by 2050.
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2017 C.E. August 17Baltimore removes Confederate statues
Statues dedicated to Confederate heroes were swiftly removed across Baltimore, just days after violence broke out over the removal of a similar monument in neighboring Virginia.
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2017 C.E. August 17US wind and solar power helped prevent up to 12,700 deaths
The lower carbon emissions were worth billions of dollars as a result of the avoidance of the range of problems caused by fossil fuels.
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2017 C.E. August 16Indianapolis City-County Council votes to increase minimum wage for county, city employees
The 22-2 vote allowed minimum wage to be set at $13 per hour.
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2017 C.E.UK pledges £100m to global efforts to eradicate polio
Money will fund vaccination of 45 million children annually until 2020, when the world could finally be declared polio-free
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2017 C.E. September 5Cities in Southeast Asia are acting on the SDGs ahead of their national governments
A group of frontrunner Model Cities are pursuing the SDGs on the ground ahead of national instructions
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2017 C.E. September 5Egyptian renewable energy projects get $210 million boost
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has announced as much as $210 million in debt financing in order to "tap" the renewable energy potential of Egypt.
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2017 C.E. August 30L.A. City Council replaces Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day on city calendar
Over the objections of Italian American civic groups, the council made the second Monday in October a day in L.A. to commemorate indigenous, aboriginal and native people.
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2017 C.E. August 29Kenya becomes latest African nation to ban plastic bags
Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritania and Malawi are among the countries that have adopted or announced such bans.
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2017 C.E. August 18Japan acting on Sustainable Development Goals
The Environment Ministry is working to incorporate the goals into its policy reports and plans, while a growing number of companies are aligning their business and product strategies to the agenda.
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2017 C.E. August 18Sri Lanka to achieve 100% renewables by 2050
According to the report, Sri Lanka's installed electricity generation capacity needs will increase from 3,700MW to 34,000MW by 2050.
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2017 C.E. August 17Baltimore removes Confederate statues
Statues dedicated to Confederate heroes were swiftly removed across Baltimore, just days after violence broke out over the removal of a similar monument in neighboring Virginia.
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2017 C.E. August 17US wind and solar power helped prevent up to 12,700 deaths
The lower carbon emissions were worth billions of dollars as a result of the avoidance of the range of problems caused by fossil fuels.
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2017 C.E. August 16Indianapolis City-County Council votes to increase minimum wage for county, city employees
The 22-2 vote allowed minimum wage to be set at $13 per hour.
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2017 C.E.UK pledges £100m to global efforts to eradicate polio
Money will fund vaccination of 45 million children annually until 2020, when the world could finally be declared polio-free
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