Inspiring Practices in Corporate Skills-Based Volunteering (November 15 @ 10:00am EST )

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 02Nov
Earlier this year IAVE released Corporate Volunteering for a Post Pandemic World, a comprehensive research on corporate volunteering and how it happens in each region of the world was the result of nearly 200 interviews, with representation from 80 companies. One of the major topics explored in this research is skills-based volunteering.
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Progress on methane emissions by energy companies, but numbers still don’t add up: UNEP

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 01Nov
Over 80 oil and gas companies across the world have committed to measuring and reducing their methane emissions, the second biggest driver of global warming, according to a new report by the UN environment agency (UNEP).
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Rights of indigenous peoples and local communities must be the focus of climate change solutions

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 01Nov
BANGKOK, 1 November 2022 — The rights of indigenous peoples and local communities must be put at the center when discussing urgently needed solutions to the ongoing climate crisis, lawmakers, civil society members, and experts said in the first ever conference on the role of parliamentarians in addressing climate change in Southeast Asia, organized by ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR)
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS LAUNCHED IN UKRAINE

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 01Nov
Today the National Association of Social Workers Ukraine (NASWU) was officially launched in the country’s central district of Kamenets Podisk. Representatives from the office of the Prime Minister joined the District Mayor, Mr Mykhailo Simashkevych, along with local social workers, social work students, professionals from other parts of the country and members of the International Federation....
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NEW FELLOWS JOIN THE ECHOING GREEN FELLOWSHIP CLASS OF 2022

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 01Nov
Announced in October 2022, these 20 Echoing Green Fellows are innovating for our collective future.
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Building Climate Justice Through Participatory Governance (Wednesday, November 2, 2022 6:30 PM 8:30 PM (EAST AMERICAN TIME).)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 01Nov
Join City University of New York (CUNY) for a virtual panel discussion on "Building Climate Justice Through Participatory Governance: Frameworks and Case Studies from the U.S." with Lebaron Sims, Demos; Johana Bozuwa, Community and Climate Project; and Thomas Hanna, Democracy Collaborative. It will be moderated by Michael Menser, Brooklyn College and CUNY. with Denise Thompson, John Jay College/CU
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PEOPLE POWERED'S October news: digital impact stories, platform survey, regional hubs

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 31Oct
n this month’s newsletter: Stories of human impact from online participation in China, Argentina, Chile and Kyrgyzstan Survey: Tell us about the digital participation platforms you use Regional hubs kick off New People Powered team members Featured resources What we’re reading Upcoming events Funding opportunities
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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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