UN forum catalyzes collective action to make feminist finance a reality for Asia and the Pacific

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The second edition of the groundbreaking Feminist Finance Forum, organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), closed today in Bangkok with participants spotlighting the action needed to bridge the region’s gender finance gap.

USIP: A Conversation with Lakhdar Brahimi: Reflections on Diplomacy and Peace, May 21

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Amid escalating global tensions and humanitarian crises, the imperative for effective diplomacy has never been more pressing — and there are few with more experience as a diplomat and mediator than Lakhdar Brahimi. From his early days as an Algerian freedom fighter to his decades of service as a U.N. and Arab League diplomat, Brahimi has navigated some of the world’s most complex conflicts and exe

GreenPeace: Stop deep sea mining before it fuels wars

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The deep ocean — 200 to over 10.000 meters below the surface — is one of Earth’s last untouched frontiers, but it is under threat from a nascent industry: deep sea mining. Some countries and corporations are racing to extract metals and minerals like cobalt, nickel, manganese, copper from the seabed, pretending that those minerals are needed for a clean energy transition.

$5 Billion Asian Development Fund Replenishment Agreed to Support Most Vulnerable in Asia and Pacific

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TBILISI, GEORGIA (3 May 2024) — Donors and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have agreed to a replenishment of $5 billion for ADB’s Asian Development Fund (ADF) 14 and Technical Assistance Special Fund (TASF) 8. The commitment was made during ADB’s 57th Annual Meeting.

IDS: Book launch: Poverty, Gender & Health in the Slums of Bangladesh

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4 June 2024 12:00–13:30 Institute of Development Studies IDS Convening Space and online on Zoom.

ISS: Humanitarian Studies: Today & Tomorrow - call for presentations

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Monday 6 May 2024, 15:40 Call Modern buildings and slag heap Jarrett Mills on Unsplash A call for presentations for the Humanitarian Studies Centre (HSC) first anniversary one-day conference.

Zero Draft of HLPF Outcome Commits to Accelerated Action in Years to 2030

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From IISD's SDG Knowledge Hub: n the zero draft, governments “pledge to redouble [their] efforts to achieve a more sustainable world” and “commit[] to bold, ambitious, accelerated, just, and transformative action in the six years to 2030”. They reaffirm international cooperation, multilateralism, and international solidarity as “the best way” to address today’s global challenges.

Charlemagne Prize 2024 to go to Europe's leading rabbi

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n recognition of his outstanding efforts to promote peace, the right of all peoples to selfdetermination, European values, tolerance, pluralism and understanding, and in acknowledgement of his significant commitment to interreligious and intercultural dialogue, the Board of Directors of the Society for the Conferring of the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen has elected, with its 2024 award

C40 releases 2023 Annual Report

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Read the foreword for the C40 Cities Annual Report 2023, written by the C40 Co-Chairs, Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr

UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Calls for Canada and the US to Decommission Enbridge’s Line 5 Pipeline

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May 2, 2024 NEW YORK — On April 26, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) once again called on Canada and the US to decommission Line 5. In its report, the UNPFII included the following recommendation:

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