The Asia LEDS Partnership Forum 2024: Towards decarbonization in the Asia-Pacific through 2025 NDCs

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20 to 22 August 2024 | By invitation only. The Asia Low Emission Development Strategies (LEDS) Partnership Forum (ALP Forum) serves as the premier gathering of country representatives, policymakers, donors, practitioners, and sector experts involved in enabling low-emission, climate-resilient development in the Asia-Pacific and explores synergies and collaboration opportunities to advance climate

Activists Call on President Biden to End the Federal Death Penalty Before Leaving Office

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Published Tuesday, August 13, 2024. A conversation with Death Penalty Action Co-founder and Executive Director Abe Bonowitz.

Delay in EU anti-deforestation law could emit CO2 equivalent to 376 million long-haul flights

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Brussels, July 24 – Postponing enforcement of the European Union’s anti-deforestation law by two years could expose the EU to 300,769 hectares of deforestation. This is equivalent to an estimated 120 megatons of CO2, or 376 million long-haul flights, according to a new analysis by Global Witnes

The Zero Tolerance Initiative

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The Zero Tolerance Initiative is a global coalition led by indigenous peoples, local community representatives and supportive NGOs working collectively to address the root causes of killings and violence against human rights defenders linked to global supply chains.

Clean Air Zones – A Win for People and the Planet

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As the world’s eyes turn to Paris for the “greenest ever” Olympic Games, I will be celebrating this milestone as just the latest chapter in the city’s ongoing transformation under Mayor Anne Hidalgo. Since her election in 2014, Hidalgo has championed a vision of a city designed for people, not cars, and that can be enjoyed by everyone, not just those with greater than average wealth.

ADB, University of Chicago to Promote Innovations to Reduce Climate Change Impacts

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NEW DELHI, INDIA (1 August 2024) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the University of Chicago’s Development Innovation Lab (DIL) have signed knowledge exchange arrangement that facilitates the scale-up of innovations to reduce the impacts of climate change on agriculture and promote climate adaptation in low- and middle-income countries in Asia and the Pacific.

IFC Poised to Unveil First Remedy Policy After Decades of Advocacy

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Published July 10, 2024 By Aubrey Manahan, Campaigner for CIEL’s People, Land & Resources Program

Communities fighting deforestation push for inclusion in EU talks

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May 31, 2024 . Human Rights Watch calls for environmental groups and Indigenous communities to be included at the Malaysia and Indonesia EU anti-deforestation task force meetings.

The 2024 UN RBHR Forum

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About the 2024 Forum The 2024 UN RBHR Forum will convene stakeholders to explore what solutions are still needed to realize access to effective remedy and justice in Asia and the Pacific. The Forum will focus on the following three parallel tracks: Domestic remedy, transnational remedy and complementary strategies to facilitate access to remedy.

Over 6 million children at risk as deadly floods lash across South Asia

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Statement by Sanjay Wijesekera, UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia, urges countries to safeguard children as torrential rain predicted in coming weeks

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