OECD Regional Outlook 2023

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The OECD will publish its latest Regional Outlook on Monday 2 October 2023 providing new evidence on the evolution of regional inequalities within OECD countries. The report looks into several dimensions, including income and access to services, over the past 20 years.

Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Shanghai unveil Implementation Plan Outline for first trans-Pacific green shipping corridor

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A voluntary partnership of leading maritime goods movement stakeholders, including the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Shanghai, some of the largest shipping lines in the world, with input from leading cargo owners, have developed a Green Shipping Corridor Implementation Plan Outline to accelerate emissions reductions on one of the world’s busiest container shipping routes.

INFORM WOMEN, TRANSFORM LIVES

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The Carter Center’s groundbreaking Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign is working to change that. Through the campaign, the Center partners with city leaders around the globe to raise awareness about women’s right to information and to help cities provide women with information about beneficial city services.

Ministers Set out Priorities for 2024 Summit of the Future

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From IISD SDG Knowledge Hub: In preparation for the 2024 Summit of the Future, UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Dennis Francis convened a ministerial meeting, which served as an opportunity for ministers to outline their vision and expectations for the Summit.

International Day of Older Persons in Asia and the Pacific, 2023, UNESCAP

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2nd October 2023: Fulfilling the Promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for Older Persons: Across Generations in Asia and the Pacific

ASEAN sports leaders discuss youth crime prevention via sports

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The Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ), in partnership with the Thai Department of Physical Education, organised a panel discussion as a side event at the just concluded 7th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports and related meetings held from 28 August to 1 September.

GROUNDBREAKING CLIMATE CASE INVOLVING CHILDREN TO BE HEARD BY EUROPEAN COURT TOMORROW

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STRASBOURG, 26 Sept 2023 – Six Portuguese children and young people – aged between 11 and 24 – will have a landmark case heard by the European Court of Human Rights tomorrow in a historic opportunity to hold governments to account for their failure to meet their climate commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement, said Save the Children.

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