Stakeholder Group Meeting on SDG 4: Ensuring Inclusive and Equitable Quality Education and Promoting Lifelong Learning Opportunities for All

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ESCAP and UNESCO are jointly organizing this meeting on SDG 4 to inform discussions at the 10th PFSD, scheduled for November 2026. As the Pacific’s key regional consultation mechanism, the PFSD helps ensure that Pacific perspectives are reflected in the 14th Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), to be held on 23–26 February 2027, and the 7th Asia-Pacific Meeting on Education 2030

BHRs ASIA FORUM: Towards a Rights-Respecting Energy Transition: Enforcing FPIC in critical mineral mining in Asia

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This session explores the impacts of critical mineral extraction in Asia highlighting experiences of nickel mining affected Indigenous communities in the Philippines and Indonesia. The session will discuss how the new guidance on Free, Prior and Informed Consent can strengthen respect for Indigenous Peoples' rights in the transition minerals sector.

Building Resilience, Advancing Rights

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The region's leading platform bringing governments, business, civil society and rights holders together to turn commitments into real-world outcomes.

From Projects to Permanence: Citizens' Assemblies as New Democratic Institutions in Cities and Regions

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How to cite this paper: MacDonald-Nelson, James, Hannah Terry, Claudia Chwalisz, Josh Burgess, and Lucy Reid (2026). “From Projects to Permanence: Citizens' Assemblies as New Democratic Institutions in Cities and Regions”, DemocracyNext.

New Global Climate Action Agenda Work Programme and structure to operationalize five-year vision

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UN Climate Change News, 6 August 2026 – The Climate High-Level Champions and the Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action have today launched their annual Work Programme, outlining how governments, businesses, cities, regions, investors and civil society will work together to accelerate climate action over the coming year

Ninth Meeting of FRLD

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The ninth meeting of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss and Damage (FRLD), held from 8 to 10 July 2026 in Manila, marked another important milestone in operationalizing the Fund.

A New Compass: Mariana Mazzucato on the Common Good Economy

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Collective threats require collective solutions. But our world struggles to tackle challenges that endanger everyone, such as hunger or climate change. Mariana Mazzucato, an award-winning economist and founder of the University College London Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP), believes that a new economic approach to the common good is required

IOM and Amazon Partnership Aids Flood-Affected Communities in Nepal

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Kathmandu, 3 September 2026 – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Amazon are partnering to deliver critical support to communities affected by the devastating floods that struck central Nepal in August.

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