five philanthropic organisations in Asia - including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Chevron, Johnson & Johnson, Macquarie Group Foundation, and Sequoia Capital India - have come together to pool USD 825,000 in the first close of pooled philanthropic grant capital.

A new publication from the Education for Sustainable Development Project at UNU-IAS has been launched today, featuring a number of outstanding climate education projects from Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (RCEs).

Investigative journalist and media executive Maria Ressa of the Philippines has been named as the 2021 laureate of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the recommendation of an international jury of media professionals. The Award Ceremony will take place on 2 May in Windhoek, Namibia, on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day Global Conference, and be streamed.

The International Disability Alliance, in collaboration with UNHCR’s office for the Special Advisor on Climate Action, and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Center (IDMC) published a joint factsheet to highlight some major facts on the intersection of disability, displacement, and climate change.