$1 billion to boost access to climate finance for Africa’s youths, African Development Bank announces

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African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has announced a new $1 billion facility to accelerate climate financing for Africa’s youth businesses.

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2nd Berlin Forum on Chemicals and Sustainability

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The Berlin Forum is being held just a few weeks before the Fifth session of the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5). It aims to facilitate high-level policy dialogue among all relevant sectors and stakeholders and to generate the political and public attention needed to achieve the ambitious and crisis-proof new framework "SAICM Beyond 2020" at ICCM5.

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Business and Human Rights Resource Center: Thailand: Poultry processing firm loses defamation suit against individuals who commented on migrant worker abuse case

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Updates from business and human rights situation from around the world, including Thailand and Qatar.

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Fuel for Weaving (The Weave Project, Aspen Institute)

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Weave: The Social Fabric Project aims to heal America’s deeply divided society and politics by renewing our social norms. The project supports people across the country who are weaving our tattered social fabric by bringing their communities together, forming deep relationships, and serving each other across differences

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ASEAN’s ‘review and decision’ on Five Point Consensus falls short of what is needed to resolve Myanmar crisis, Southeast Asian MPs say

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ASEAN’s ‘review and decision’ on Five Point Consensus falls short of what is needed to resolve Myanmar crisis, Southeast Asian MPs say

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Global Intergovernmental Meeting on Minerals and Metals

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Starting Thursday, delegates will try to refine 24 non-prescriptive proposals to enhance the environmental sustainability of minerals and metals along their full life cycle, forwarding the final recommendations to UNEA6.

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UNESCAP: Safe, regular and orderly migration for inclusion and sustainability

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In Asia and the Pacific, migration is again on the rise. In 2020, almost 109 million people lived in a country other than that of their birth. They represented 2.3 per cent of the region’s population in 2020 and almost 38 per cent of the world’s international migrants. If managed properly, migration can benefit migrants, their families, as well as both the countries they come from and go to.

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UNU Event: Globalization in Crisis — Confronting a New Economic Reality

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ONLINE/OSLO: On 10 October 2023, UNU-WIDER will host the 27th WIDER Annual Lecture with Pinelopi (Penny) Goldberg.

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KANSAS LEADERSHIP CENTER: When Everyone Leads - Virtual Program Sept. 6 Registration Deadline for Sept. 20 Course

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LAST CHANCE to register for our new course based on our bestselling book and the best introduction yet to the Kansas Leadership Center curriculum. Registration closes tomorrow, September 6!

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The Women Shaping Impact in Asia-Pacific and North America at the GSG Global Impact Summit 2023

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As the GSG Global Impact Summit: Malaga on 2-3 October draws near, we are proud to highlight our outstanding cohort of women impact leaders who are leading change in the Asia-Pacific and North America regions and beyond.

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APHR Board Member Wong Chen on ASEAN's continued inclusion of Myanmar junta in regional military events

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Please find below quotes from APHR Board Member and Malaysian Member of Parliament Wong Chen, responding to the planned ASEAN Air Force Chiefs conference chaired by Myanmar junta Air Force Chief General Htun Aung, as well as the news that ASEAN has invited Myanmar junta representatives to a September security conference and training program in the United States:

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DemocracyNext: A Blueprint for the EU Citizens' Assembly

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Our new paper with EUI charts a path toward greater democracy in the European Union

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OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS EVENT (September 12, 2023 5:00–6:30 p.m. (EDT)): Multilateralism by the Numbers: What People Want and How to Deliver It

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This event will explore the current health of the multilateral system and identify ways to strengthen inclusive multilateralism for sustainable peace. The discussion will draw on the results of a new global poll by Open Society, which represents the views of more than 5.5 billion people on global priorities, global solidarity, financing for climate

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OXFAM: Rich nations paid less than 5 percent of the $53.3 billion East Africa needs to confront the climate crisis

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Published: 30th August 2023 Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan have incurred $7.4bn of livestock losses alone as a result of climate change

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION Commission adopts detailed reporting rules for the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism's transitional phase

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The European Commission adopted today the rules governing the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) during its transitional phase, which starts on 1 October of this year and runs until the end of 2025.

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European Charter of Local Self-government vital to preserve democracy - Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, President

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Leendert Verbeek, President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, today marked the 35th anniversary of the European Charter of Local Self Government with a reminder of its vital importance to democracy.

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GLOBAL RCE NETWORK: REGISTRATIONS OPEN & CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 13TH GLOBAL RCE CONFERENCE

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31 October - 2 November 2023, hybrid, hosted by RCE Greater Gombak & RCE Greater Kuala Lumpur. The 13th Global RCE Conference will be held in a hybrid format from 31 October - 2 November 2023 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The meeting will be jointly hosted by RCE Greater Gombak and RCE Greater Kuala Lumpur under the theme 'Whole Community Approach for ESD'.

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Media Release: IPBES Invasive Alien Species Assessment

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Invasive Alien Species Pose Major Global Threats to Nature, Economies, Food Security and Human Health Key Role in 60% of Global Plant & Animal Extinctions Annual Costs Now >$423 Billion – Have Quadrupled Every Decade Since 1970 Report Provides Evidence, Tools & Options to Help Governments Achieve Ambitious New Global Goal on Invasive Alien Species

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UNU LECTURE, 6TH SEPT, 2023: Artificial Intelligence, Technology and Health: Promises and Challenges

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KUALA LUMPUR: UNU Rector Tshilidzi Marwala will discuss how AI and technology can be harnessed for a sustainable future for all. On 6 September 2023 at 17:00 (UTC+8), UNU-IIGH will host the event, Artificial Intelligence, Technology and Health: Promises and Challenges".

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ODI: Smugglers or refugees? The growing prosecution of refugees in Europe

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By Amanda Gray Meral Europe’s asylum agenda and its treatment of asylum-seekers has faced heavy criticism by human rights organisations and UN agencies. The increasing numbers of push-backs and serious human rights violations at borders, including violent pushbacks, have gone hand in hand with increasing efforts to push responsibility for international protection beyond the EU’s borders to states

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$1 billion to boost access to climate finance for Africa’s youths, African Development Bank announces

2nd Berlin Forum on Chemicals and Sustainability

Business and Human Rights Resource Center: Thailand: Poultry processing firm loses defamation suit against individuals who commented on migrant worker abuse case

Fuel for Weaving (The Weave Project, Aspen Institute)

ASEAN’s ‘review and decision’ on Five Point Consensus falls short of what is needed to resolve Myanmar crisis, Southeast Asian MPs say

Global Intergovernmental Meeting on Minerals and Metals

UNESCAP: Safe, regular and orderly migration for inclusion and sustainability

UNU Event: Globalization in Crisis — Confronting a New Economic Reality

KANSAS LEADERSHIP CENTER: When Everyone Leads - Virtual Program Sept. 6 Registration Deadline for Sept. 20 Course

The Women Shaping Impact in Asia-Pacific and North America at the GSG Global Impact Summit 2023

APHR Board Member Wong Chen on ASEAN's continued inclusion of Myanmar junta in regional military events

DemocracyNext: A Blueprint for the EU Citizens' Assembly

OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS EVENT (September 12, 2023 5:00–6:30 p.m. (EDT)): Multilateralism by the Numbers: What People Want and How to Deliver It

OXFAM: Rich nations paid less than 5 percent of the $53.3 billion East Africa needs to confront the climate crisis

EUROPEAN COMMISSION Commission adopts detailed reporting rules for the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism's transitional phase

European Charter of Local Self-government vital to preserve democracy - Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, President

GLOBAL RCE NETWORK: REGISTRATIONS OPEN & CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: 13TH GLOBAL RCE CONFERENCE

Media Release: IPBES Invasive Alien Species Assessment

UNU LECTURE, 6TH SEPT, 2023: Artificial Intelligence, Technology and Health: Promises and Challenges

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