Carmelo Anthony nominated with inaugural Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Jun
On Anthony's behalf, $100,000 will be donated to the Portland Art Museum’s Black Arts and Experiences Initiative
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Do Not Revive Coal: Planned Asia coal plants a danger to Paris (Carbon Tracker)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Jun
Renewables continue to increase their cost competitiveness versus coal, with 27% of the global coal fleet unprofitable today. Do Not Revive Coal is the third annual report in Carbon Tracker’s Powering Down Coal series. The report finds around 70% of the global fleet relies to some degree on policy support and would likely be unprofitable in the absence of market distortions.
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FROM THE EU: EU Asylum Agency, Council presidency and European Parliament reach provisional agreement

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Jun
The Council presidency and European Parliament representatives reached a provisional agreement on an EU asylum agency regulation.The regulation establishing the EU asylum agency aims to improve the application of asylum policy within the EU, by turning the current European asylum support office (EASO) into a fully-fledged agency.
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What is intersectionality? The Center for Intersectional Justice

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Jun
The Center for Intersectional Justice is an independent nonprofit organization based in Berlin dedicated to advancing equality and justice for all by combating intersecting forms of structural inequality and discrimination in Europe. We envision a world free of systemic oppression in which each individual has access to resources, voice, power and safety.
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Generation Equality Forum in Paris Starts today

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Jun
The Generation Equality Forum is a landmark event to accelerate progress on gender equality. The Forum kicked off in Mexico City in March 2021 and will culminate in Paris from 30 June to 2 July 2021, launching a series of concrete, ambitious and transformative actions to achieve immediate and irreversible progress towards gender equality.
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New report calls for transformative action for racial justice

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 30Jun
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet has released a report calling on Member States to adopt a “transformative agenda” to uproot systemic racism.
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the NBA's new Social Justice Champion award: Finalists announced

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 29Jun
Announced in May, the NBA announced the finalists of the first batch of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champions.
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COMMON AGRICULTURAL REFORM (EU): PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Jun
The Portuguese presidency of the Council has reached a provisional agreement with the European Parliament on the common agricultural policy (CAP) reform for 2023-2027. The deal paves the way for a simpler, fairer and greener CAP that will provide a sustainable future for European farmers.
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Access to justice for children’s environmental rights (CRIN)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Jun
Children and young people have been at the forefront of environmental activism in recent years, from protesting to pressing their governments to tackle the climate crisis, to bringing legal challenges against those who have polluted the environment. This isn’t just a question of protecting a planet they will inherit, but fighting for their rights today.
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Generation Equality Forum: Paris

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 28Jun
The Generation Equality Forum in Paris, a milestone global event to advance action and investment for gender equality, will be held from 30 June to 2 July 2021. Heads of State and Government, international organizations, civil society, private sector, and youth organizations will gather to launch the Global Acceleration Plan for Gender Equality, announce concrete commitments..
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