Tag: International Affairs

Green Climate Fund
Africa, Asia, Global

Green Climate Fund and Somalia: Accelerated USD 100 million investment partnership

Press release – 12 Mar 2024 Mogadishu, Somalia – The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) Executive Director, Mafalda Duarte headed the first-ever GCF delegation to Somalia, announcing an accelerated programme of climate action investment – anticipated at USD 100 million over the next year. Duarte released her 50by30 vision at the UN Climate Action Summit in September 2023, announcing intentions to build a fund capable of impactfully … Continue reading Green Climate Fund and Somalia: Accelerated USD 100 million investment partnership

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Landmark UN report: The world’s migratory species of animals are in decline, and the global extinction risk is increasing
Africa, Global

Landmark UN report: The world’s migratory species of animals are in decline, and the global extinction risk is increasing

Samarkand, 12 February 2024 – The first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report was launched today by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a UN biodiversity treaty, at the opening of a major UN wildlife conservation conference (CMS COP14). The landmark report reveals: Until now, no such comprehensive assessment on migratory species has been carried out. The report provides a global … Continue reading Landmark UN report: The world’s migratory species of animals are in decline, and the global extinction risk is increasing

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International Transport Forum
Europe, Global, Impact Newswire Exclusive

Reducir las emisiones de CO2 del transporte puede reducir las necesidades de inversión en infraestructuras

Por iniciativa del Ministerio de Transportes y Movilidad Sostenible de España se publica, por primera vez, la edición en español del último informe Perspectivas del Transporte del ITF 2023 Una transición ambiciosa hacia el transporte sostenible podría reducir los costes en términos de inversión de infraestructura de transporte , comparando con los costes de la senda actual, si se actúa ahora. Este es el principal … Continue reading Reducir las emisiones de CO2 del transporte puede reducir las necesidades de inversión en infraestructuras

Mohd Hassan
UN Women
Global, United States

Press release: More women and girls killed in 2022 even as overall homicide numbers fall, says new research from UNODC and UN Women

22 NOVEMBER 2023 New York/Vienna — Nearly 89,000 women and girls were killed intentionally in 2022 across the globe, says a new research paper, “Gender-related killings of women and girls (femicide/feminicide)”, from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and UN Women. The figure represents the highest yearly number recorded in the past two decades. Data currently available for 2022 suggest that the increase in female … Continue reading Press release: More women and girls killed in 2022 even as overall homicide numbers fall, says new research from UNODC and UN Women

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unwomen
Global, United States

Women are increasingly at-risk in conflict and underrepresented in peace processes, according to a UN report

Press release – 25 OCTOBER 2023 Women’s rights advocates and UN organizations brief the UN Security Council on the main issues and challenges on the implementation of the women, peace and security agenda. New York — More than 600 million women and girls lived in conflict-affected countries in 2022, a 50 per cent increase since 2017. Civilians around the world need greater humanitarian aid than ever … Continue reading Women are increasingly at-risk in conflict and underrepresented in peace processes, according to a UN report

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