Democracy Pioneers from NESTA

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In December 2019, Nesta launched the Democracy Pioneers Award, to seek out projects and organisations reshaping and re-energising democracy in the UK. Here we share the programme's outcomes and learnings.

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Remarks at Security Council Open Debate on “Challenges of Maintaining Peace and Security in Fragile Contexts” UN Secretary General

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"We know that prevention and peacebuilding save lives and are cost-effective, especially when strategies come together across the peace, development and humanitarian nexus in support of national priorities. But they also require national leadership, political commitment and financial support" shares António Guterres on the 6th of January.

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STI in times of crisis and opportunity (OECD)

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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, OECD, an intergovernmental body based in Paris, published its flagship Science, Technology and Innovation Outlook for 2021. "Science and technology offer the only exit strategy from COVID-19. They have played essential roles in providing a better understanding of the virus and its transmission"

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Children cannot afford another year of school disruption (Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore)

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“The cost of closing schools – which at the peak of pandemic lockdowns affected 90 per cent of students worldwide and left more than a third of schoolchildren with no access to remote education – has been devastating.The number of out-of-school children is set to increase by 24 million, to a level we have not seen in years and have fought so hard to overcome", shares Fore.

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UN Women and UNV launch new Young Women Leaders Initiative

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UN Women and UNV launch the new Young Women Leaders Initiative to create professional opportunities for leaders of tomorrow and further enhance diversity in UN Women. We invite 10 young women from the Global South to serve as UN Youth Volunteers at UN Women Headquarters in New York.

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Singapore Perspectives 2021 "Reset" by The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)

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The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) is holdin its annual flagship Singapore Perspectives (SP) conference, on 12, 14, 19 and 25 January 2021. The theme of SP2021 is “Reset”. The conference aims to bring together international thought leaders, academics, activists and community leaders with each other to consider the challenges presented by the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Transforming trade, backing productive capacities is key to fixing global economy (UN Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD)

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UNCTAD Secretary-General sets down roadmap for health, productivity, prosperity and fixing a fractured global economy scarred by the coronavirus pandemic ahead of its October 2021 quadrennial conference in Barbados.

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2021 ( ESSAY BY Kenneth Roth Executive Director)

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World Report 2021, Human Rights Watch’s 31st annual review of human rights practices and trends around the globe, reviews developments in more than 100 countries.

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The Value of Your Voice ( from Ashoka)

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Brazil's Ministry of Education has approved Everyone a Changemaker Learning materials that have been co-authored by Ashoka for up to 1.5 million high school students

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ACT NOW: New nationwide back to school campaign promotes safe COVID-19 behavior for the 2021 school year in Cambodia

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Today the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS), supported by UNICEF, launched a national back to school campaign to encourage Cambodian children to return to classrooms while practicing safe behavior to prevent the spread of COVID-19. As the new school year starts, and with COVID-19 still a global challenge, this campaign will be crucial in making school environments as safe as possible.

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The Rockefeller Foundation Recognizes Top 10 Visionaries Transforming the Future of Food Systems Across 8 Countries

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New York, January 7, 2021 – Ahead of the first-ever United Nations’ Food Systems Summit, the Food System Vision Prize announced its top 10 “Visionaries” who offer solutions to complex food system challenges across six categories: environment, diets, economics, culture, technology, and policy. These winners will each be awarded $200,000 in recognition of their bold ideas.

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OCEAN WISE STUDY: SYNTHETIC FIBERS ARE INVADING THE ARCTIC

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Ocean Wise has produced the most comprehensive study to date on Arctic Ocean microplastics. And the results are troubling.

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OCEAN WISE STUDY: SYNTHETIC FIBERS ARE INVADING THE ARCTIC

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Ocean Wise has produced the most comprehensive study to date on Arctic Ocean microplastics. And the results are troubling.

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Terra Carta’ – a charter that puts sustainability at the heart of the private sector.

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As part of the Sustainable Markets Initiative, HRH The Prince of Wales, announces the ‘Terra Carta’ – a charter that puts sustainability at the heart of the private sector.

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The 2021 Global Mayors Challenge (BLOOMBERG CITIES NETWORK/BLOOMBERG PHILANTROPIES)

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The 2021 Global Mayors Challenge is the farthest reaching, most ambitious to date. After uncovering the 50 most innovative urban solutions in the wake of COVID-19, the Challenge will award 15 grand prize winners $1 million each—to help cities implement their breakthrough ideas and, ultimately, to spread those ideas to other cities on a global scale.

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A One Planet Summit for Biodiversity

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France is organizing, in cooperation with the United Nations and the World Bank, a 'One Planet Summit' for biodiversity on January 11, 2021 in Paris. It will be an opportunity to raise the level of ambition of the international community on the protection of nature, while responding to the new questions raised by the crisis.

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EVENT FROM STIMSON CENTER: Beyond the Horizon: Outlining Risks and Opportunities in 2024 (stimson event)

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Join us as Stimson’s foreign policy experts predict the biggest issues to watch in 2024. Through a series of panel discussions and quickfire examinations, we will highlight the most volatile and urgent issues of the new year, identify meaningful opportunities, and help set the agenda for foreign policy priorities in 2024. January 24, 2024 9:30 - 11:30 AM

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CREATIVE FUTURES from FORD FOUNDATION

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CREATIVE FUTURES is a series of 40 provocations by thinkers across the spheres of arts and culture, documentary film, and journalism unfolding throughout the fall of 2020.

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Greening the Blue report 2020

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The 2020 Greening the Blue report -released on 10th December 2020 provides a snapshot of the UN System’s environmental impacts throughout 2019 and the activities underway to reduce them.

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Prosperous and green in the Anthropocene: The human right to a healthy environment in Southeast Asia (The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, RWI)

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"For the first time in human history, people are collectively modifying the Earth’s environment and ecosystems on a global scale. Some scholars suggest the world is entering a new geological era, the Anthropocene, in which Earth systems are moving into a risky and unstable state as a result of people’s impacts on the environment" says the report.

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Democracy Pioneers from NESTA

Remarks at Security Council Open Debate on “Challenges of Maintaining Peace and Security in Fragile Contexts” UN Secretary General

STI in times of crisis and opportunity (OECD)

Children cannot afford another year of school disruption (Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore)

UN Women and UNV launch new Young Women Leaders Initiative

Singapore Perspectives 2021 "Reset" by The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS)

Transforming trade, backing productive capacities is key to fixing global economy (UN Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD)

Human Rights Watch World Report 2021 ( ESSAY BY Kenneth Roth Executive Director)

The Value of Your Voice ( from Ashoka)

ACT NOW: New nationwide back to school campaign promotes safe COVID-19 behavior for the 2021 school year in Cambodia

The Rockefeller Foundation Recognizes Top 10 Visionaries Transforming the Future of Food Systems Across 8 Countries

OCEAN WISE STUDY: SYNTHETIC FIBERS ARE INVADING THE ARCTIC

OCEAN WISE STUDY: SYNTHETIC FIBERS ARE INVADING THE ARCTIC

Terra Carta’ – a charter that puts sustainability at the heart of the private sector.

The 2021 Global Mayors Challenge (BLOOMBERG CITIES NETWORK/BLOOMBERG PHILANTROPIES)

A One Planet Summit for Biodiversity

EVENT FROM STIMSON CENTER: Beyond the Horizon: Outlining Risks and Opportunities in 2024 (stimson event)

CREATIVE FUTURES from FORD FOUNDATION

Greening the Blue report 2020

Prosperous and green in the Anthropocene: The human right to a healthy environment in Southeast Asia (The Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, RWI)

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