New Weather Report finds global football pollutes as much as whole of Austria

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A New Weather Institute report Dirty Tackle – the growing carbon footprint of football released today reveals that the carbon footprint of the global football industry is around the annual emissions of Austria or around 60% more than those of Uruguay, the nation that hosted the first World Cup in 1930. It is also equal to the emissions from burning 150 million barrels of oil.

EU: Commission launches strategy to enhance water security for people, economy and environment

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The Commission adopted the European Water Resilience Strategy aiming at restoring and protecting the water cycle, securing clean and affordable water for all and creating a sustainable, resilient, smart and competitive water-economy in Europe.

ART19: Israel: Grant international media access to Gaza and protect journalists now

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ARTICLE 19 joins more than 130 news and press freedom organisations in calling on world leaders, governments, and international institutions to act immediately to ensure journalists from outside Gaza are given immediate, independent access to the territory.

Why More Women on Company Boards Is Good For Business

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New EIGE( European Institute for Gender Equality) evidence reveals gains and gaps in gender balance in business and finance

OXFAM: The EU offer is not going to deliver the ambition needed for Sevilla

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Published: 26th May 2025 Today civil society organisations in Brussels are calling on European countries to raise their ambition after the release of a "deeply disappointing" collective EU position in the Council Conclusions "ahead of the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development", taking place in Spain next month.

UNDP at the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3)

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New York, May 8 - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is proud to announce its ambitious engagement at the third UN Ocean Conference (UNOC-3) in Nice, France from 9-13 June 2025, demonstrating its unwavering support for action to achieve May 8, 2025

Signing Ceremony of Kuala Lumpur Declaration on ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future

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Remarks by The Honourable Prime Minister Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim during the Signing Ceremony of Kuala Lumpur Declaration on ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future

Hamburg Declaration on Responsible AI: Global leaders commit to responsible AI for sustainable development

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Hamburg, 2 June 2025 — At the Hamburg Sustainability Conference (HSC), global leaders from the public sector, business, science, and civil society have jointly endorsed the Hamburg Declaration on Responsible AI for the Sustainable Development Goals.

CPJ, partners welcome 2 convictions for Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder

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June 6, 2025 11:44 AM EDT Share this: Bluesky Facebook LinkedIn X WhatsApp Email The Committee to Protect Journalists and four other international media freedom organizations welcomed Thursday’s conviction of Robert Agius and Jamie Vella for supplying military-grade explosives to the hitmen who murdered Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia with a car bomb.

New report of the Forum: more than 200 policy recommendations to ensure democratic control of AI

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Entitled “AI as a Public Good: Ensuring Democratic Control of AI in the Information Space” the policy framework issued on 28 February 2024, contains more than 200 recommendations addressed to States and AI companies. It takes a comprehensive approach calling for safe and inclusive AI systems, putting in place accountability mechanisms and incentives for ethical AI as well as governance mechanisms.

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