Prosperous and green in the Anthropocene: The human right to a healthy environment in Southeast Asia (The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, RWI)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 29Dec
"For the first time in human history, people are collectively modifying the Earth’s environment and ecosystems on a global scale. Some scholars suggest the world is entering a new geological era, the Anthropocene, in which Earth systems are moving into a risky and unstable state as a result of people’s impacts on the environment" says the report.
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NEW REGULATIONS TO REDUCE WASTE PLASTIC DUMPING ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 29Dec
The Guardian is reporting on an amendment to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal aiming at allowing developing countries to have a say on the waste plastic they receive for recycling. The amendment to the convention will come into force from the 1st of January 2021.It will take few years to see an impact though.
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RSF’s 2020 round-up: 50 journalists killed, two-thirds in countries “at peace”

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 29Dec
A total of 50 journalists were killed worldwide in 2020, according to the second part of the annual round-up of abusive treatment and violence against journalists, published today by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). While the number of journalists killed in countries at war continues to fall, more are being murdered in countries not at war.
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Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) are releasing a landmark publication on illegal border pushbacks in the EU.

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Dec
The ‘Black Book of Pushbacks’ brings together a wealth of evidence on these violations, analysing in detail the way that these brutal acts have become systematised at the external border and renewing calls to end impunity for perpetrating EU authorities.
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2020 RCE Awards for Innovative Projects on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Dec
RCE refers to the Regional Centers of Expertise on Sustainable Education and are localized partnerships to promote sustainable development.
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Asia-Pacific Mayors’ Academy Highlights Sustainable Urban Development During Opening Session

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Dec
Asia-Pacific Mayors’ Academy Highlights Sustainable Urban Development During Opening Session. Mayors talked about innovative solutions to advance SDGs focused local planning
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Recommitting to Women’s Health 25 Years after the Beijing Platform for Action on Women: What Must Governments Do?

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Dec
This piece written by the leaders of WHO, UN Women and United Nations University respectively, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka , David M. Malone, advocates for a holistic agenda for women’s health, focused on Investing in women’s health, an imperative for building a more inclusive future.
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2.7 billion people have had no ‘social protection’ to cope with Covid-19 economic crisis

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Dec
A new report “Shelter from the Storm”, done in partnership with Development Pathways, reviewed government schemes used to inject additional money to help people, such as disability, unemployment, child, and elderly benefits, for 126 low and middle-income countries
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Laureates from Colombia and Qatar to receive UNESCO/Emir Jaber al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Dec
Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, has designated the laureates of the 2020-2021 UNESCO/Emir Jaber al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah Prize for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities:In the individual category, Eduardo Pérez from Colombia and In the organizational category, Mada- Assistive Technology Center Qatar
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The power of data and evidence in delivering effective social assistance (by ROBERTA V. GATTIREMA HANNABEN OLKENEMILY ROMANO)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Dec
"The COVID-19 crisis has revealed powerfully the need to measure poverty and need in a more dynamic way. Building social registries that are broad enough to allow systems to reach the newly vulnerable in times of crisis is one of the cornerstones of being prepared for future shocks. These investments in administrative data pay off for themselves many times over. "
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