Asia in Focus: Climate Change and the Business and Human Rights Agenda (12.45, BKK, JKT, GMT+7)

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The impact of climate change on people and planet is leading to increased demands for governments and business to take action. At play are difficult policy choices that may involve painful trade-offs between short term and long term growth, sustainability and recovery.

Today us International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, 7th Sept, 2022

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The third International Day of Clean Air for blue skies will take place on 7 September 2022, just months after a World Health Organization report found that 99 per cent of the population breathes polluted air.

13th Poverty and Social Protection Conference ( Bangkok, 9 March, 2023- 11 March, 2023)

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Poverty and Social Protection Conference addresses questions regarding the role and importance of equal distribution of resources and social inclusion. The potential roles and impacts less-developed countries have on politics, business, education and the public sector. In addition, major social and economic trends and their potential for poverty reduction.

BEYOND THE PANDEMIC: EXPLORING SOCIAL WORK ETHICS AND VALUES AS A CONTRIBUTION TO A NEW ECO-SOCIAL WORLD

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IFSW, INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF SOCIAL WORKERS, is delighted to publish the findings of the international research project, ‘Beyond the Pandemic: Exploring Social Work Ethics and Values as a Contribution to a New Eco-social World’.

The Alliance for Industry Decarbonization

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IRENA and Industry Leaders Launch the Alliance for Industry Decarbonization

Air pollution knows no borders, so nations must work together: UN Secretary-General

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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres outlines steps needed to tackle air pollution and ensure a healthy, sustainable planet for all ahead of the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies on 7 September.

The Unlonely Planet 2022, How Ashoka Fellows Accelerate an Everyone a Changemaker World

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How are Ashoka Fellows engaging individuals as changemakers? What strategies do they use to build partnerships that inspire both changemakers and solutions?

Community Colleges for Democracy: Aligning Civic and Community Engagement with Institutional Priorities

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This publication from Campus Compact examines how civic engagement and learning strategies can be leveraged to advance institutional effectiveness, college completion, and student success. Author: Hurd, C.A.; Robinson, V.L. Publisher: Campus Compact

Large parts of Amazon may never recover, major study says

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Swathes of rainforest have reached tipping point, research by scientists and Indigenous organisations concludes Smoke rises from an illegally lit fire in a rainforest reserve south of Novo Progresso in Pará state, Brazil. Photograph: Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty Images The Guardian 5 de septiembre, 2022

People’s Assembly 2022 toolkit

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People´s Assemblies on the local and constituency level take place from July – September 2022 leading the bottom-up process toward regional assemblies in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe and culminating in the Global Week of Action from 16 to 25 September 2022.

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