Earth Negotiations Bulletin: Climate Ambition Summit

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Amid the busy UN Summits Week, Heads of State and Government and other leaders convened for a full day of discussions on pathways towards accelerated climate action and increased ambition. They addressed: credibility standards for net-zero commitments, adaptation and early warning systems, industrial decarbonization and energy transition, and loss and damage finance.

UN High-level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response, 2023

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The United Nations (UN) High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response (PPPR) took place on 20 September at the UN Headquarters in New York under the theme “Making the world safer: creating and maintaining political momentum and solidarity for pandemic prevention, preparedness and response”.

ATLAS of Sustainable Development Goals 2023

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The Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2023 presents interactive storytelling and data visualizations about the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. It highlights trends for selected targets within each goal and introduces concepts about how some SDGs are measured.

The political economy of global reparations

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Join us for a roundtable on ‘The Political Economy of Global Reparations in the 21st Century’ to examine the issue of global reparations and their relevance for development, organized by Development and Change journal and co-sponsored by the International Institute of Social Studies and CERES, The Dutch Research School of International Development.

Simon Stiell: We can. We will. That is the attitude we need to bring to COP28.

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Keynote speech by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell at the Opening of the New York Climate Week

HRW: Europe’s Lack of New Ideas on Migration is the Real Crisis

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European Commission Response to Lampedusa Arrivals Rehashes Ineffective, Abusive Polices. By Judith Sunderland Associate Director, Europe and Central Asia Division.

ADB: Powering Forward: Four Ways to Harness the Rule of Law for a Just Energy Transition

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Asia and the Pacific’s developing countries should entrench the rule of law, grounded in openness, transparency, and inclusion, to achieve an equitable transition to decarbonized economies. By Kelly Hewitt

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UCLG and the WBU signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during the UCLG 2023 Annual Retreat, which emphasises the need to ensure the active and meaningful participation of persons with disabilities in the design and implementation of urban policies, programs and services. The MOU also highlights the vital role of local and regional governments in removing barriers to inclusion and participatio

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