Amnesty international: Record profits show taxes on Big Oil must rise to help alleviate the cost of living crisis

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he billions of dollars of profits being made by these oil corporations must be adequately taxed so that governments can address effectively the rising cost of living for most vulnerable populations. Amnesty International’s Secretary General Agnès Callamard

Outstanding conservationists honoured by IUCN

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Vancouver, Canada, 6 February 2023 (IUCN) – IUCN and the IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) honoured three outstanding conservationists at the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress in Vancouver today.

‘Act decisively before it is too late’, Guterres warns countries, laying out his priorities for 2023

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6 February 2023UN Affairs Time is running out as the world inches closer to meltdown and countries must change course before it is too late, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Monday, presenting his priorities for the year.

Empowered local and regional governments at the core of the international system: the call of our constituency at the 2022 Local and Regional Governments Forum

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In the framework of the 2022 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF), the constituency of local and regional governments reached a milestone: the celebration of the fifth Local and Regional Governments Forum, which cements the space for our constituency in the global review and follow-up of the New Urban Agenda.

Strategic collaboration with the UN Refugee Agency

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The International Disability Alliance (IDA) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate and frame their collaboration.

RCE YOUTH BIODIVERSITY ART CHALLENGE AWARDEES ANNOUNCED

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RCE YOUTH BIODIVERSITY ART CHALLENGE AWARDEES ANNOUNCED nancypham's pictureSubmitted by nancypham on Tue, 2022-12-13 10:15 The Global RCE Service Centre at the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) is pleased to announce the awardees for the RCE Youth Biodiversity Art Challenge!

International Conference on Labour Migration and Sustainable Development in Asia: Opportunities, Challenges and Way Forward

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SALAM is pleased to announce its first International conference on "Labour Migration and Sustainable Development in Asia: Opportunities, Challenges and the Way Forward" that will be held from June 1– 3, 2023 Venue: IIPS, Mumbai, India. It is organized by Organised by South Asia Centre for Labour Mobility and Migrants (SALAM) International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

DSA Call for papers: Development Studies Association conference 28–30 June 2023

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Submissions of papers open extended to 13 February 2023!!!Academics from the Global Development Institute are helping to convene a number of panels at the annual Development Studies Association conference taking place on 28–30 June 2023. The theme of the conference is Crisis in the Anthropocene: Rethinking connection and agency for development.

ADDRESSING THE MOBILITY DIMENSIONS OF CRISES: IOM’S MIGRATION CRISIS OPERATIONAL FRAMEWORK

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The Migration Crisis Operational Framework (MCOF) (document MC/2355) was welcomed by the IOM Council in 2012 through its Resolution No. 1243 of 27 November 2012.

ILO launches Massive Open Online Course "Making Universal Social Protection a Reality"

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This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) enables learners to understand the key social protection concepts and the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to social protection.

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