Global Partnership for Education approves over US$400 million for education to keep children learning through the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis

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Press Release: Washington, DC, July 8, 2020 – The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) has approved grants totaling US$381 million to help 47 countries respond to corona virus-related school closures and ensure children are continuing to learn during the pandemic.

Climate Change:It is not getting any better

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We report two news published today: "CO2 levels are rising at about 2.5 ppm per year, meaning that by 2025 we will have exceeded anything seen in the last 3.3 million years" and a news from the World Meteorological Organization that global temperature will probably rise beyond 1.5 C in the next five years.

The parlous state of poverty eradication Report of the Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights (BY Philip Alston)

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The Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, offers a profound criticism on the efforts aimed to poverty eradication, especially on the way poverty eradication is measured. One message is clear: extreme poverty has not been eradicated and here there is a strong criticism towards the World Bank.

Global leaders to address ILO Virtual Global Summit on COVID-19 and the World of Work (7-9 JULY)

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More than 50 Heads of State and government, as well as prominent global employers’ and trade union leaders are to take part in global discussions on COVID-19 and the World of Work on 8 July. UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, will also deliver an address, as will the heads of a number of UN and international agencies.

Webinar: Muhammad Ali Center Athletes and Social Change Forum

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2020 Theme: The role and impact of mentors and mentoring on the next generation of athletes and social change.

EU, Canada and China co-host international meeting on climate cooperation and a sustainable economic recovery

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Today, 7th of July, the European Commission's Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans, the Canadian Minister for Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson and China's Minister for Ecology and Environment Huang Runqiu co-chaired the 4th session of the Ministerial on Climate Action (MoCA).

UNICEF Executive Board: Strategic Plan midterm review and COVID-19 response reimagine a world fit for every child

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NEW YORK, United States of America, 2 July 2020 ─ The UNICEF Executive Board ended its 2020 annual session this morning. With the telecommuting arrangements in place during the global COVID-19 pandemic, this marked the first-ever virtual formal session in the Board’s history (PRESS RELEASE)

Urgent action needed on COVID-19 recovery to stay on course for sustainable development (FROM UN ESCAP)

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Governments and key stakeholders will come together at the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2020, which opens today, to assess the pandemic’s impacts on countries’ initiatives to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as well as collectively deliberate upon urgent global actions to support recovery and building back better.

Generation Equality Forum to develop new Compact for Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action

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The Generation Equality Forum will develop a new Compact for Women, Peace and Security and Humanitarian Action to drive action on the existing extensive normative frameworks and commitments and to strengthen coordination across existing mechanisms, systems, networks, partnerships and capacities.

The Commonwealth: Necessary Lessons. New Directions (By Nicola Brentnall, CEO of The Queen's Commonwealth Trust)

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It is time to come to terms with the colonial and imperial legacy of The Commonwealth.Read this message from the CEO of The Queen's Commonwealth Trust that focuses to harness the power of youths living in countries member of the. Commonwealth.

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