Jointly organized by the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology (APCTT) and the Ministry of Science and Technology, China, in collaboration with the Guangzhou University, China, the International Conference on Emerging Technologies to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic shone the spotlight on fourth industrial revolution technologies in the areas of healthcare, business, production, educatio

The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, and the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced the introduction of Bill C-15, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act.

Under the theme ‘Climate Change and Sustainable Blue Economies’, panellists from the public, private and non-profit sectors will share easy-to-adopt climate solutions which young people can roll out in their communities.

A special issue of the Production Gap Report – from leading research organizations and the UN – finds that the COVID-19 recovery marks a potential turning point, where countries must change course to avoid locking in levels of coal, oil, and gas production far higher than consistent with a 1.5°C limit.