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.

PRIO: A Playbook for Countering the Authoritarian Threat, Monday, 2 October 2023 13:00–14:30

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A powerful autocratic wave is sweeping the globe. According to various measures, the world is facing its seventeenth consecutive year of democratic decline, and the average level of democracy globally has sunk to its lowest point since 1986. To ensure long-term peace, security, and human rights for populations around the world, it is critically important that this trend be reversed...

IUCN: Launch of Publication 'International Applications of Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Coastal Areas'

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The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) of the People’s Republic of China and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) jointly launched Chinese and English versions of International Applications of Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Coastal Areas, at the 2023 World Coastal Forum (WCF) held on 25 September 2023.

IIASA Flagship Report: Illuminating the path to sustainable wellbeing

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IIASA is proud to announce the launch of its Flagship Report, "Systems Analysis for Sustainable Wellbeing. 50 Years of IIASA Research, 40 Years After the Brundtland Commission, Contributing to the Post-2030 Global Agenda” on Wednesday, 13 September 2023 at an official UN event in the framework of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly and the Sustainable Development Goals mid-term review.

Corporate Citizenship's webinars on Task Force Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

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Corporate Citizenship, part of SLR, will be hosting a series of webinars to help businesses explore climate risk and opportunity and TCFD. Webinars are 30 minute ESG Bites, and can be attended as a series or stand-alone sessions.

Apply to be an AVPN Philanthropy Fellow

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The programme seeks to help practitioners better understand and unleash the opportunity of philanthropy for sustainable, scalable and measurable impact. It will be a hybrid course with virtual learning sessions in November 2023 and an in-person convening at our South Asia Summit in Mumbai in December 2023.

INTERNATIONAL IDEA: Insights from the East and Southern Africa Regional Governance Forum

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The Government of the Republic of Zambia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), in commemoration of the International Day for Democracy 2023, organized a series of events under the title East and Southern Africa Regional Governance Forum.

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