Local leaders and their associations and Academia address the renewal of local democracy in the framework of the #CitiesAreListening Experiences

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Feb
The Swedish International Center on Local Democracies and United Cities and Local Governments, UCLG organized a workshop on renewing local democracies in the perspective of a post covid society. The event was past of the Dialogue for the Future organized by UCLG
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UN Global Compact Announces New 2021 Action Pledge to Help End Child Labour

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Feb
UNITED NATIONS, New York, 21 January 2021 — The United Nations Global Compact announced a new pledge today aimed at mobilizing its over 12,000 business participants to renew and expand their efforts towards eradicating child labour and forced labour.
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Coal and COVID-19: How the pandemic is accelerating the end of fossil power generation

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 09Feb
02/08/2021 - "COVID-19 has not only caused a temporary drop in global CO2 emissions, it has also reduced the share of power generated by burning coal – a trend that could in fact outlast the pandemic. This is the key result of a new study by a team of economists based in Potsdam and Berlin that looked at COVID-19's impact on the energy system and demand for electricity."
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Constellations Collaborating for Social Impact (AVPN 2021 CONFERENCE)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 08Feb
The Constellations Awards celebrate the remarkable ways in which social investors across Asia collaborate to address the complex challenges of our times.
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Avoiding the Climate Poverty Spiral: Social protection to avoid climate-induced loss & damage (ACTION AID)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 08Feb
"This briefing from ActionAid and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation outlines how gender-responsive systems of social protection and the various tools and policies that they include can help to deliver a human-rights based approach to sustainable development, while minimising and addressing climate-induced loss and damage."
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Music competition launched to raise awareness of child labour

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 08Feb
The competition aims to harness the power of music to help combat child labour, which affects 152 million children worldwide.The Music Against Child Labour Initiative, which brings together musicians to raise awareness of child labour, is launching a song competition on 3 February 2021 to mark the UN International Year for the Elimination of Child Labour.
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Upskilling for Shared Prosperity

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 05Feb
A report by PwC and the World Economic Forum urges bold action on upskilling to create inclusive economies and societies
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16 youth activists partner with GPE to transform education

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 05Feb
Global Partnership for Education's (GPE) youth leaders are supporting GPE’s financing campaign to transform education systems in the lowest income countries in the world. As the coronavirus pandemic puts school and learning further out of reach for children globally, they are raising the alarm and calling for support to education.
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Education for sustainable development and the climate emergency: ‘Bending the curve for climate change (UNESCO, 10th Feb)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 05Feb
"Education has been recognized as a crucial element to counter climate change and is one of the priority areas of Action for Climate Empowerment (ACE) because it has the power to transform the way people feel, think and behave. Education contributes to raising awareness on the physical mechanisms and the emergency of climate change and its impacts".
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Global Sports Week

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 05Feb
With support of President Emmanuel Macron as well as the patronage of UNESCO, the second edition of the Global Sports Week is taking place from 1 to 5 February 2021 in Paris. The theme of this year edition is “F​or an innovative and sustainable sports economy - reinvention in action​” and is structured around 6 ‘SHIFTS’ - lifestyle, equality, power, data, climate and health.
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