ISS: Investigating the relationship between frugal innovation and development

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Publication by Sanghamitra Chakravarty and Georgina Gomez. In their article, 'A development lens to frugal innovation: Bringing back production and technological capabilities into the discourse', Dr Sanghamitra Chakravarty and Dr Georgina Gomez investigate the relationship of frugal innovation with development within the current global landscape.

Getting your Business ready to drive a Just Transition

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At Corporate Citizenship, part of SLR, we are helping companies understand what a Just Transition means for their organisations. In this report, we outline the most recent thinking on that role and suggest how businesses can take action.

UK:Anti-trafficking sector joint briefing on the Illegal Migration Bill, July 2023

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Hope for Justice is one of 34 anti-trafficking organisations that have signed a joint briefing in support of the international compliance amendment to the Illegal Migration Bill, calling on Parliament to protect survivors, prevent trafficking & uphold international law. This acts as a powerful statement of the importance of cross-sector campaigning.

UN CLIMATE CHANGE: Simon Stiell & Dr. Sultan Al Jaber: Leadership by the G20 is Indispensable

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Joint statement by UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell and COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber on of the outcomes of the G20 Energy Ministerial in Goa, India.

Help Forum Raise Up Youth Voice Empowering Young People at IVCO 2023

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IAVE is helping our partners at Forum get the word out with a special youth-focused update for their 2023 International Volunteering Cooperation Organisations (IVCO) conference. With IAVE's heavy focus on youth volunteering over the last few years, we're especially excited to share that the IVCO's theme this year is A New Generation of Volunteers as Changemakers.

IVCO 2023 “A New Generation of Volunteers as Changemakers: Deadlines extended for IVCO 2023

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Together with IVCO hosts Yayasan Sukarelawan Siswa (YSS), we have some great news to share, as we are extending deadlines to allow you to grab our special ticket offers, including the Early Bird rate and special rates for young people and low-income organisations.

Four African Countries Ramp Up Ambition for Transition to a Low-Carbon Future

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UN Climate Change News, 25 July 2023 - Four developing countries in Africa – the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Niger, and Tunisia – have recently showcased their commitment to ambitious climate action. During UN Climate Change’s 28th round of technical analysis to review the transparency of reporting by developing countries, these four nations showed to have made significant stride

Comment by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk after Ghana’s Parliament votes to abolish death penalty 26 July 2023

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By amending the Criminal Offences Act, Ghana will become the 29th African country to abolish the death penalty, and the 124th worldwide, strengthening the growing global movement to make the death penalty a thing of the past.

Governments Commit to Increase Climate Finance through 2025

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UN Climate Change News, 13 July 2023 - A key report presented last month at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn highlighted the commitment of developed countries to the goal of jointly mobilizing USD 100 billion in climate finance per year through to 2025.

A disaster emergency is underway in Asia and the Pacific as risks outpace resilience, warns new UN study

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The Asia-Pacific region has a narrow window to increase its resilience and protect its hard-won development gains from the socioeconomic impacts of climate change, according to the latest report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). In the absence of immediate action, temperature rises of 1.5°C and 2°C will cause disaster risk to outpace resilience

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