Event: May 31, 2023 – 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM CEST. IFPRI is participating in the 2023 Green Swan Conference. The third edition of the Green Swan Conference brings together a wide range of high-calibre policymakers, experts, and practitioners from different sectors to discuss in more detail climate transition and […]
Read MoreCountry: Myanmar Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Aid organizations have been delivering assistance where they have stocks and approval, but more supplies, wider access and increased funding are urgently needed.
Read MorePart II – Legacies of Colonialism and Indigenous Resistance: Chumash and Na Ñuu Savi in Santa Maria, CA Country Mexico United States agnes Thu, 05/25/2023 – 11:15 Issues Languages and Cultures Program 5 Main Image By Claudio Hernandez (Na Ñuu Savi) This is a reflection on the shared history between […]
Read MoreThe Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration (SCCA) recently issued a new and updated set of arbitration rules (SCCA Rules 2023). Overall, the product is an enhanced, modern set of rules that aim to allow for more efficient and sophisticated arbitral proceedings and that are likely to benefit a rapidly growing […]
Read MoreAn expanding toolkit for assessing key gender issues in development projects.
Read MoreCountry: Sudan Source: Médecins Sans Frontières “MSF’s mobile clinics have seen over 1,000 patients in just a few weeks. In Khartoum, our surgical team has treated over 400 trauma patients since 9 May” – MSF director of operations.
Read MoreJaggery making on a sugarcane farm in Mandla. Small-scale farmers in India are benefitting from a scheme where they are able to diversify their farms and get support through Farmer Producer Organisations. Credit: Rina Mukherji/IPS By Rina MukherjiMANDLA, JHARGRAM & AHMEDNAGAR, INDIA, May 26 2023 (IPS) Until a decade ago, […]
Read MorePhoto: Pixabay/ArtTower We tend to be fascinated by the unusual so the largest and smallest creatures invariably draw our attention. Turns out that nature too shows a similar bias as the planet’s biomass is largely made up of organisms at both ends of the spectrum in size. This is according […]
Read MoreOver the past two weeks, multiple state attorneys general have sent civil investigative demands (CIDs) or subpoenas to asset managers regarding their involvement in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) and Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative (NZAMI). The requests are similar, generally requesting communications the […]
Read MoreCredit: Save the Children Vanuatu/Facebook By Inés M. PousadelaMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 25 2023 (IPS) As a matter of global justice, the climate crisis has rightfully made its way to the world’s highest court. On 29 March 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) unanimously adopted a resolution asking the International […]
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