Enabling women’s entrepreneurship in Asia and the Pacific through smart legislative and policy reforms (UN-ESCAP)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 31Oct
The event, attended by more than 100 participants, focused on the legal and regulatory challenges facing women entrepreneurs in the region, presented case studies of successful reforms, and identified strategies for the way forward. In her opening remarks, World Bank Group Global Director for Gender, Hana Brixi, emphasized the need to “draw on everyone’s experiences and work together to prioritize
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Launch of the Final Report of the International Parliamentary Inquiry into the global response to the crisis in Myanmar (IPI)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 31Oct
2 November 2022, 7:00 PM Bangkok Time Zoom link: bit.ly/IPIReportLaunch To be streamed online at: facebook.com/aseanmp
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Inadequate progress on climate action makes rapid transformation of societies only option - UNEP

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Oct
Climate pledges leave the world on track for a temperature rise of 2.4-2.6°C by the end of this century Updated pledges since COP26 in Glasgow take less than one per cent off projected 2030 greenhouse gas emissions; 45 per cent is needed for limiting global warming to 1.5°C
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENT

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Oct
UNESCAP: 30 October 2022, 09:15 - 12:30 Maldives Time | By invitation only
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World Energy Outlook 2022 shows the global energy crisis can be a historic turning point towards a cleaner and more secure future

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Oct
The global energy crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is causing profound and long-lasting changes that have the potential to hasten the transition to a more sustainable and secure energy system, according to the latest edition of the IEA’s World Energy Outlook.
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Malaysia and the Politics Behind the Death Penalty: A Tumultuous Relationship.

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Oct
By Michelle Chew, on 24 October 2022. On 6 October 2022, the Malaysian government tabled bills abolishing the mandatory death penalty. However, the parliament was dissolved on 10 October, before the bills were passed.
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Climate change: No ‘credible pathway’ to 1.5C limit, UNEP warns

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Oct
National pledges to reduce harmful emissions offer little hope of avoiding climate disaster, UN climate experts said on Thursday, in an urgent appeal for a radical transformation of the energy sector, before it’s too late.
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8th Session of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on a proposed treaty on business and human rights

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 26Oct
The 8th session of the UN open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (IGWG) is taking place on 24-28 October 2022 in Geneva.
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FORUM ASIA: Connecting the Dots: Artist Protection & Artistic Freedom in Asia

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 26Oct
In light of these concerning developments, PEN America’s Artists at Risk Connection is releasing Connecting the Dots: Artist Protection & Artistic Freedom in Asia, a new report that illuminates the challenges to artistic freedom that artists in the region face.
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The coldest year of the rest of their lives

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 26Oct
This UNICEF report provides yet more evidence that children are on the front lines of the climate crisis.
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