China sheds light on global poverty eradication

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China sheds light on global poverty eradication

Credit: https://www.globaltimes.cn; Children hold lambs in Pumaqangtang Township of Nagarze County in Shannan, southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region, April 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)

China ‘s poverty relief success did not come easily . With its great efforts to fight poverty China could achieve the goals set in UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development ten years ahead of schedule.

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Thailand: More than 100 companies pledge to strengthen women’s economic empowerment

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Mater: chairs from spent brewery grain

Mater is a Danish interior design company that strives to create elegant furniture in a responsible way. With sustainable thinking in mind, it reuses wood waste, upcycled aluminum waste, and upcycled ocean waste to produce its products. Its latest achievement is to design and manufacture chairs from brewery waste. More information https://circulareconomy.europa.eu/platform/en/good-practices/mater-chairs-spent-brewery-grain?fbclid=IwAR0SRh-tXO_YOc7FDJP4csrZwEl2D5v26JcPkQLUWgMRsbimE66muLCI_ZM

China sheds light on global poverty eradication