What to expect from this year’s international climate talks: WWF

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Nov
COP27 aims to move nations from talking about climate solutions to implementing them
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At the initiative of Senegal and Spain, leaders at COP27 launch an alliance to get ahead of future drought…

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Nov
Sharm el-Sheikh, 7 November 2022 -- At the initiative of the Presidents of Senegal, Macky Sall, and Spain, Pedro Sánchez, leaders from over 25 countries and 20 organizations today launched the International Drought Resilience Alliance to accelerate action and help countries to be better prepared for future droughts.
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Real World Actors Share Progress and Strengthen Resolve at Opening of Global Climate Action Agenda at COP27

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Nov
COP27 President Shoukry announces the Sharm el-Sheikh Adaptation Agenda – a comprehensive, shared agenda to rally global action around 30 adaptation outcomes that are needed to address the adaptation gap and achieve a resilient world by 2030
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Report Release: 2023 Chicago Budget Community Engagement Report

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Nov
On October 3, 2022 Mayor Lori Lightfoot delivered her $16.4 billion budget for the City of Chicago to City Council. In July, the City conducted a community engagement process and partnered with UIC’s Neighborhoods Initiative (UICNI) at the Great Cities Institute to design and engagement activities around the City’s 2023 budget.
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Egypt: Rights chief calls for immediate release of jailed blogger and activist

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Nov
UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk on Tuesday appealed for Egypt to free a prominent blogger and activist whose life is in imminent danger following a seven-month hunger strike, that has escalated with the start of the COP27 climate summit being hosted there.
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The ICRC’s Call to COP27 to Strengthen Climate Action in Conflict Settings

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 08Nov
Countries enduring armed conflict and other violence – the vast majority of which are among the world’s least developed countries (LDCs) – are some of the most vulnerable to the climate crisis.
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PARTICIPATORY BUDGET IN DECLINE IN BRAZIL

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 08Nov
When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva eked out a narrow win over Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s presidential election in October, progressives around the world breathed a collective sigh of relief. And now, excitement is building as his supporters recall his campaign pledges to dismantle the notorious “secret budget” and bring back participatory budgeting (PB)
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COP27: $3.1 billion plan to achieve early warning systems for all by 2027

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 08Nov
With climate-related disasters displacing more people than conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday unveiled the details of his plan to ensure everyone on the planet is protected by early warning systems within the next five years.
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Women’s Leadership in the ASEAN Region

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 08Nov
Gender equality and women’s empowerment are central to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Community Vision 2025 of the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
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Profiling poverty beyond income shows where to have the biggest impact in a world in crisis

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 07Nov
50% of poor people still lack access to both electricity and clean cooking fuel stressing how renewable energy access is critical for people and planet. New York - The new Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) released today finds that reducing poverty at scale is possible and unveils new ‘poverty profiles’ that can offer a breakthrough in development efforts to tackle the interlinked aspects...
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