From Flammable Buildings to Slavery’s Hidden Legacy to Tainted Groundwater: Projects from 10 Countries Win GIJN’s 2025 Sigma Awards

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by Rowan Philp • May 19, 2025. As the new hosts of the competition that celebrates the best data journalism from around the world, the Global Investigative Journalism Network is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Sigma Awards.
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World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)+20 High-Level Event 2025

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 02Jun
The WSIS+20 High-Level Event 2025 will take place from 7 to 11 July 2025 at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland, co-hosted by the ITU and the Swiss Confederation, and co-organized by ITU, UNESCO, UNDP, and UNCTAD. The event is strengthened by the collaborative engagement of other United Nations entities with the mandate of implementing the WSIS Action Lines.
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The final conference of the PHOENIX project is coming up on 4–5 June in Brussels — register now!

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 02Jun
On 4–5 June 2025, the European project PHOENIX – The Rise of Citizens’ Voices for a Greener Europe will hold its final conference in Brussels: two days of public exchange to share the project’s key outcomes and open a dialogue on the future of democratic participation in the ecological transition.
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Behind the Indonesian EV Boom: Ecocide and Cronyism

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 02Jun
Nickel used in France’s best-selling electric cars is fuelling an ecocide across Indonesia for the benefit of a handful of oligarchs, including those close to former president Joko Widodo. By the Environmental Investigative Forum.
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ACHPR83: Outcomes of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

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The 83rd ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and People' Rights was held in person in Banjul (The Gambia) and ran from 2 May to 22 May 2025, with the public session in particular – open to State representatives, national human rights institutions, and civil society – running from 2 May to 12 May. By Antoine Tremblay
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Fires Drove Record-breaking Tropical Forest Loss in 2024

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30May
New data shows fires triggered unprecedented global forest loss in 2024, releasing more than four times the emissions from all air travel in 2023 — with devastating impacts on people and the climate, according to Global Forest Watch's annual analysis
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IAVE: 4,000 voices and counting – will yours be one of them?

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30May
You're invited to contribute your voice to the Global Call to Action for the Future of Volunteering by participating in a 10-minute survey to help shape volunteering's future.
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Fractures Internationalist teach-ins

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30May
30 April 2025 - 18 June 2025. Fractures Internationalist teach-ins Date 30 April 2025 - 18 June 2025 Location ZOOM Organizers Transnational Institute Alternative Information Development Centre NOOR Asia-Europe People’s Forum Global Network of Movement Lawyers Register for Online eventFractures (external link, opens in new window)
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6th Global Climate and SDG Synergies Conference

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30May
The Sixth Global Conference on Climate and SDG Synergy opened on 27 May at UN City in Copenhagen, as hundreds of Government Ministers, climate envoys, senior UN officials, experts from think tanks and civil society activists gathered with the aim of advancing integrated solutions to the climate emergency and sustainable development crisis.
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AIPNEE: Statement of concern and solidarity with Indigenous Peoples protesting the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project in Arunachal Pradesh, India

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30May
Update as of May 29, 2025: Advocate Ebo Mili has been found, but we are still concerned about his safety, as well as the safety and security of the Adi communities.
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