ZERO CARBON BILL PASSED BY NEW ZELEAND. PRESS release Hon James Shaw

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New Zealand is marching on in the fight again climate change...The landmark legislation which provides a framework to support New Zealanders to prepare for, and adapt to, the effects of climate change delivers on the Government’s Coalition and Confidence Supply agreements, and is a key part of the Government’s plan to tackle the long-term challenge of climate change.

2019 Václav Havel Prize shared by Ilham Tohti and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (from the Council of Europe)

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The seventh Václav Havel Human Rights Prize – which honours outstanding civil society action in defence of human rights – has been awarded jointly to imprisoned Uyghur intellectual Ilham Tohti from China and the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (YIHR), which brings together young people from across the Balkans to promote reconciliation.

Giving Voice to Indigenous People in the Australian Parliament: Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg proposes a new way forward (SPEECH)

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Following the Uluru process, a participatory process that involved Indigenous people in Australia to find new ways to give them more and better representation, Senator Andrew Bragg proposes a new bottom up approach to give some stronger decision making power to the Indigenous People of Australia.

World Bank and Germany Launch Fund to Curb Forest Loss, Build Resilient Landscapes

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The World Bank and Germany today announced the launch of PROGREEN, a new global partnership to boost efforts to stop deforestation; restore degraded lands; improve livelihoods in poor, rural communities; and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Launch of the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment (CCRI)

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The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) is proud to be announced as a supporter of the private sector-led Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment, launched today: Private sector-led Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment brings together companies across the infrastructure investment value chain with assets totalling USD 5 trillion

Venice City Solutions 2030: Creating citizenship: the SDGS as an opportunity for all (24 - 25th October 2019)

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The Venice City Solutions Series is a yearly event bringing different issues that are key to implement the SDGs at local level, with specific focus to the role of local governments as key implementers of Agenda 2030. It is going to be organized by AICCRE, United Cities and Local Governments

Change Making in a new Community

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Once again I'm looking to become integrated into a new area. A little about how I do this

An open letter to the world’s children, Henrietta H. Fore UNICEF Executive Director

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"8 reasons why I’m worried, and hopeful, about the next generation: We want to work together with you to find the solutions you need to tackle the challenges of today, to build better futures for yourselves and the world you will inherit"

Speech by the High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the launch event of the Alliance for Multilateralism

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"Protect, reform and expand: these are the three ideas that led to the creation of this Alliance, and they are also the exact same goals that we put - as European Union-, three years ago, at the core of the European Union's Global Strategy for foreign and security policy."

Alliance for Multilateralism to be launched at the UN

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Germany and France, Canada, Japan relaunched the importance of multilateral ism at the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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