8th Asia-Pacific Urban Forum (APUF-8)

Full Text Sharing
APUF-8 is co-organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Suwon City, in strategic partnership with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea, and in cooperation with UN-Habitat, Habitat for Humanity International and CityNet as well as a range of supporting partner organizations.

Global Gateway: launch of the Green Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap for Kenya *

Full Text Sharing
During the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi today, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and President of Kenya Ruto launched the Green Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap for Kenya, with the support of Global Gateway, Europe's investment strategy for the world.

"Committed to Preventing Genocide" newsletter

Full Text Sharing
Welcome to the first edition of our "Committed to Preventing Genocide" newsletter, which aims to illustrate United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and Responsibility to Protect’s key policy and programmatic initiatives focused on atrocity prevention.

Open Society Barometer: Can Democracy Deliver?

Full Text Sharing
The report, Open Society Barometer: Can Democracy Deliver?, finds that young people around the world hold the least faith in democracy of any age group.

CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS IN ASIA

Full Text Sharing
4-5 OCTOBER Bangkok, Thailand. The regional conference on Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Rights in Asia will bring together selected business leaders, investors, policy makers, academics and civil society champions to exchange views on the role of businesses and governments in supporting and strengthening the newly recognized right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment.

IVCO 2023 A New Generation of Volunteers as Changemakers

Full Text Sharing
Jointly hosted by Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS)/Student Volunteers Foundation and Forum, the annual conference for International Volunteering Cooperation Organisations (IVCO) will be held in Kuala Lumpur from 22-26 October, 2023.

MAJOR MILESTONE FOR MALARIA FIGHT AS NEW VACCINE RECEIVES WHO BACKING

Full Text Sharing
Malaria No More UK welcomes news today that the WHO have published a policy recommendation on the new R21 malaria vaccine, developed by the Jenner Institute at Oxford University.

APHR Co-Chair on the Invitation of the Junta to the EU-ASEAN Civil Society Forum

Full Text Sharing
Please find below quotes from APHR Co-Chair, Charles Santiago, responding to the invitation of Myanmar junta representatives by the European Union to the EU-ASEAN Civil Society Forum

ASHOKA: Welcome Change: Everyone, everywhere, all at once – Unleashing our climate agency. October 11!

Full Text Sharing
join us October 11 on Welcome Change. We’ll speak with Kuldeep Dantewadia (India), founder of Reap Benefit, and Koen Timmers (Belgium/Global), founder of Take Action Global – the world’s largest climate education initiative.

SDSN Releases Sustainable Development Report for Small Island Developing States

Full Text Sharing
Ahead of the 2023 SDG Summit and the 2024 Antigua and Barbuda fourth International Conference on SIDS, the 2023 Sustainable Development Report for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) presents for the first time a special edition of the SDG Index to assess where SIDS stand in terms of SDG progress.

Pages