While 20 of Europe’s 25 largest banks have pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 at the latest, none have matched these long-term ambitions with comprehensive plans to avert climate change and biodiversity loss.

The education of hundreds of millions of children in a quarter of the world's countries is at extreme or high risk of collapsing, Save the Children said today. New analysis from the organisation finds that factors such as climate change, a lack of COVID-19 vaccines, displacement, attacks on schools and lack of digital connectivity are jeopardising access to schooling.

From the Global Center on Adaptation, Rotterdam; Global Leaders convened by the GCA call for COP26 to elevate adaptation action onto an equal footing with efforts to cut emissions because of escalating climate emergency.

The South-East Asia Multi-Stakeholder Forum on the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals provides governments, development partners, civil society, academia, the private sector and other stakeholders opportunities to share subregional perspectives, discuss collaborative measures to address subregional priorities and exchange good practices to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sust. Develop