Meet Jasmin Graham, WWF’s 2021 Conservation Leadership Award winner

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WWF is elated to announce Jasmin Graham, MSc., as winner of the third-annual Conservation Leadership Award. This award aims to give the next generation of conservation leaders access to a global platform and experts, and provides a financial prize that recipients can use to further their professional or educational goals related to their conservation work.

The Corporate Social Impact Centre (AVPN)

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Together with Visa and Johnson & Johnson, AVPN Academy is proud to launch the brand new Corporate Social Impact Centre (CSIC)! The CSIC is a learning hub for business leaders and CSR professionals who are looking to become more sophisticated in their corporate impact strategies.

UN University to Launch Postgraduate Degree Specialisation on the Paris Agreement

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Specialisation on the Paris Agreement under development by UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability in collaboration with UNFCCC

Online Event: Delivering for nutrition in South Asia: Implementation Research in the Context of COVID-19 (1-2 dec)

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‘Delivering for Nutrition (D4N) in South Asia: Implementation Research in the Context of COVID-19’ on December 1-2, 2021. D4N 2021 aims to bring together evidence that can inform and support policy and program initiatives in South Asia to prioritize and improve maternal and child nutrition during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

V-DEM DEMOCRACY REPORT 2021: AUTOCRATIZATION TURNS VIRAL

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V-Dem Institute Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg published its latest report on democracy and there are no good news...

WHO and MPP announce the first transparent, global, non-exclusive licence for a COVID-19 technology

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CSIC offers serological test to C-TAP 23 November 2021 Joint News Release Geneva Reading time: 4 min (1087 words) WHO’s COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP) and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP) today finalized a licensing agreement with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) for a COVID-19 serological antibody technology.

Regional Conversation Series 2021: 30 November, Equitable Access to Vaccines, Diagnostics and Therapeutics (UNESCAP)

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This Regional Conversation brings together member States, the UN system as well as other stakeholders to understand the impact of these initiatives on the region. The event is the start of a conversation that would identify gaps and challenges and ways to address them through actions at global, regional and national levels.

The Global State of Democracy Report 2021 - Building Resilience in a Pandemic Era

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International IDEA’s “The Global State of Democracy: Building resilience in a pandemic era” report aims to influence the global debate and analyses current trends and challenges to democracy, exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic. It offers specific policy recommendations to spark new and innovative thinking for policymakers, governments and civil society organizations supporting democracy.

The Global Commitment 2021 Progress Report

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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the United Nations Environment Programme have published the Global Commitment 2021 Progress Report, showing how businesses accounting for 20% of all plastic packaging produced globally, have progressed towards their 2025 targets to create a circular economy for plastics.

Regional governments in Indonesia lend support for human rights in businesses (by Sagita Adesywi, UNDP Indonesia)

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The online event was part of UNDP’s broader efforts to support the government in developing the National Strategy for implementing the United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGPs) on Business and Human Rights.

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