Asia-Pacific Business Forum 2020 to spotlight innovative business solutions for building back better

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Some 500 multi-stakeholders, in particular governments, businesses, civil society and academics from across the region are expected to participate in the Asia-Pacific Business Forum 2020 to foster public-private dialogue and identify innovative solutions and opportunities to address the current challenges faced by businesses – particularly SMEs.

Japan will become carbon neutral by 2050

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The new PM of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, announced today in the parliament that Japan will be carbon neutral by 2050. Read the story from The Guardian.

World Health Summit 2020, (Berlin)

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The World Health Summit promotes a science-driven and broad approach to global health development with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at its core. Our key issues are therefore interdisciplinary, sciencebased, cross-sectoral, and concerted. They are vital to set the global health agenda for the years to come. Because health is more than medicine and health is a human right.

Global Estimate of Children in Monetary Poverty : An Update (World Bank and Unicef)

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This note builds on previous collaboration between the World Bank Group and UNICEF to estimate the global extent of child poverty. We estimate that in 2017, 17.5 percent of children in the world (or 356 million) younger than 18 years lived on less than 1.90 Dollars PPP per day, as opposed to 7.9 percent of adults ages 18 and above.

Sakharov Prize 2020 The democratic opposition in Belarus

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The Parliament's 2020 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought will be awarded to the democratic opposition in Belarus

Freedom on the Net 2020: The Pandemic's Digital Shadow

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The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating a dramatic decline in global internet freedom, contributing to a broader crisis for democracy worldwide.

The Jobs Reset Summit 20—23 October 2020 ( WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM)

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The World Economic Forum’s Jobs Reset Summit will serve as key milestone in supporting such a mobilization, working closely with partners around the world. The virtual meeting will bring together leaders from business, government, civil society, media and the broader public to shape the new agenda for growth, jobs, skills and equity.

Ford Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Announce Disability Futures Fellows

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The Ford Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced the Disability Futures Fellows, the recipients of an 18-month initiative administered by United States Artists that aims to increase the visibility of disabled creative practitioners across disciplines and geography and elevate their voices individually and collectively.

Happy World Food Day!

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World Food Day is calling for global solidarity to help all populations, and especially the most vulnerable, to recover from the crisis, and to make food systems more resilient and robust so they can withstand increasing volatility and climate shocks, deliver affordable and sustainable healthy diets for all, and decent livelihoods for food system workers.

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT launches Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism on anniversary of her murder

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To commemorate the third anniversary of the assassination of the Maltese investigative journalist, the prize will reward journalism reflecting EU principles and values.

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