Indigenous Peoples: Leaders in Climate Action

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UN Climate Change News, 8 August 2024 - As we celebrate International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on 9 August, we reflect on how Indigenous Peoples' deep connection to the land and holistic understanding of ecosystems can guide humanity towards a harmonious coexistence with nature and enrich climate policy and action.

Stanford HAI Announces Hoffman-Yee Grants Recipients for 2024 (Stanford University-Human Centered Artificial Intelligence)

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Six interdisciplinary research teams received a total of $3 million to pursue groundbreaking ideas in the field of AI. Aug 21, 2024 | Nikki Goth Itoi

Olympics: Overturn Athlete’s Disqualification for Speaking out

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Olympic Authorities Violated Manizha Talash’s Right to Free Expression

Almost half a billion children live in areas experiencing at least twice as many extremely hot days as their grandparents - UNICEF

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Eight countries, including Mali, Niger, Senegal, South Sudan and Sudan, are home to children who spend more than half the year in temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius / 95 degrees Fahrenheit

Promoting the Greater Involvement of Young People in Asia in Climate Action

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By Alanna Jayne Inserra Senior Social Development Specialist | Plan International’s Secondee, Asian Development Bank Alanna Jayne Inserra is a Senior Social Development Specialist with the Asian Development Bank's Fragility and Engagement Division. Seconded from Plan International,

Safeguarding Next Generations: A Call to End Child Trafficking

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To mark World Day against Trafficking in Persons, the United Nations Network on Migration calls on States to intensify their efforts to prevent and combat child trafficking and to provide comprehensive protection and assistance to the children who fall victim to this crime.

The human cost of the global meat industry

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By Sanne van der Wal Senior Researcher, SOMO

Challenging false, for-profit solutions to the food, climate and ecological crises

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The latest edition of the annual Right to Food and Nutrition WATCH examines the causes, impacts and responses to the food, climate and ecological crises.

DRC: Respecting indigenous peoples’ rights ruled key in fighting climate crisis

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29 July 2024 The forcible eviction of the indigenous Batwa community from their ancestral lands within the Kahuzi-Biega National Park (PNKB) was a violation of their rights by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government, finds the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights in a historic decision.

Opening remarks from Volker Türk at the 2024 Mary Robinson Speaker Series on BHR

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