UNESCO names Strasbourg as World Book Capital for 2024

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Jul
Following the evaluation of the World Book Capital Advisory Committee, the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has designated Strasbourg (France) as World Book Capital for 2024.
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The Climate Crisis and Our Work to Make Opportunity Universal and Sustainable (by Dr. Rajiv J Shah)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Jul
How Rockefeller Foundation founded on wealth coming from oil is now pushing the next frontiers to fight climate change.
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sportanddev and YSH partner on social business through sport

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Jul
sportanddev and Yunus Sports Hub have formalised a partnership to build capacity for social business among actors using sport for development.
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WWF reaction: IPBES Value of Nature report

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Jul
GENEVA, Switzerland – (11 July 2022) WWF is calling on governments to embrace the recommendations of a new authoritative report released today by The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES) – the global body responsible for assessing the state of the planet’s biodiversity.
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[Joint Statement] Myanmar: Execution of four democracy activists highlights junta’s brutality

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Jul
Myanmar Military executes four democracy activists including ex-MP. This is unfortunately unacceptable but it is happening.
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Challenges to social policy in the Covid-19 and (post)Covid recovery period: implications, solutions and innovations

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Jul
24-26 August 2022 Vilnius Lithuania The conference will take place in a hybrid format, this means there will be a possibility for those whose papers will be accepted, but they cannot travel to present their papers and follow the conference online
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Media Release: IPBES Values Assessment - Decisions Based on Narrow Set of Market Values of Nature Underpin the Global Biodiversity Crisis

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Jul
The way nature is valued in political and economic decisions is both a key driver of the global biodiversity crisis and a vital opportunity to address it, according to a four-year methodological assessment by 82 top scientists and experts from every region of the world.
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Global economy: Outlook worsens as global recession looms – IMF

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Jul
Still reeling from the COVID pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the global economy is facing an increasingly murky and uncertain outlook, according to the latest report released on Tuesday by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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The 26th IAVE World Volunteer Conference

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 27Jul
Hosted for the first time in the Middle East, the 26th IAVE World Volunteer Conference will be hosted by the Emirates Foundation, the national organization of the UAE set up by the Abu Dhabi Government to facilitate public-private funded initiatives to strengthen community resilience
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2022 CCW Group of Governmental Experts on lethal autonomous weapon systems

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 26Jul
Third session of UN cyber working group meets next week The third substantive session of UN's Open-ended Working Group on cyber issues will be meeting in New York from 25-29 July 2022. The preview edition of our Cyber Peace & Security Monitor has a look ahead at what to expect, while we are also posting documents and statements on our resource page.
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