Tag: International Affairs

Introducing the Safe System Tool: Road Safety in Action
Europe

Safe System Tool: Road Safety in Action

Media Release – 19 February 2025 – The International Transport Forum (ITF) is proud to announce the launch of the Safe System Tool, an innovative platform designed to support road safety assessments and interventions. This user-friendly tool empowers stakeholders to evaluate and enhance their strategies, projects, and plans, aligning them with the Safe System approach and to proactively reduce road deaths and severe injuries.  The Safe System … Continue reading Safe System Tool: Road Safety in Action

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African Development Bank’s Climate Action Window channels $31m to boost climate resilience in four countries
Africa

African Development Bank’s Climate Action Window channels $31m to boost climate resilience in four countries

Press Release – 10-Feb-2025 The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved over $31 million in funding under its African Climate Action Window (CAW) to strengthen climate resilience in Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Djibouti, and Madagascar. The Climate Action Window of the Bank Group’s African Development Fund seeks to mobilize $4 billion by 2025 to provide rapid and coherent access to … Continue reading African Development Bank’s Climate Action Window channels $31m to boost climate resilience in four countries

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UNEP
Global, Middle East

Nature-based Solutions can generate up to 32 million new jobs by 2030, but investments in skills needed

Press Release – Riyadh, 7 December 2024 – Investing in nature-based solutions (NbS) could create up to 32 million new jobs by 2030. This is according to a new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).  Launched at the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat … Continue reading Nature-based Solutions can generate up to 32 million new jobs by 2030, but investments in skills needed

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oecd
Europe

Generative AI set to exacerbate regional divide in OECD countries, says first regional analysis on its impact on local job markets

Press release – 28 November 2024 Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) will impact regional local job markets differently across OECD countries, exacerbating existing urban-rural income and productivity gaps as well as the digital divides between regions, according to a new OECD report. Job Creation and Local Economic Development 2024 finds that, following a decade of employment growth, over half of OECD regions had reached employment rates above … Continue reading Generative AI set to exacerbate regional divide in OECD countries, says first regional analysis on its impact on local job markets

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UN Carbon Market
Global

Key Standards for UN Carbon Market Finalized Ahead of COP29

10 October 2024 UN Climate Change News, 10 October 2024 – In meetings held on the heels of Pre-COP in Baku, agreement was reached on crucial standards to operationalize a new UN crediting mechanism ahead of COP29. The Article 6.4 Supervisory Body, responsible for creating the UN carbon market under the Paris Agreement, adopted standards for methodologies and greenhouse gas removals. Known as the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism, this … Continue reading Key Standards for UN Carbon Market Finalized Ahead of COP29

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