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Arts & Culture·20 March 2022

UNESCO: World Poetry Day

Held every year on 21 March, World Poetry Day celebrates one of humanity’s most treasured forms of cultural and linguistic expression and identity. Practiced throughout history – in every culture and on every continent – poetry speaks to…

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Humanitarian·15 March 2022

UNHCR welcomes EU decision to offer temporary protection to refugees fleeing Ukraine

By United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees • 06 march 2022

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New Museum·13 March 2022

Giant Worms And A Tribute To Money Laundering How 47 Artists Are Rethinking The Monument At Goldsmith S Cca In London

Dominic Watson, Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art

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Education·10 March 2022

UN Embarks on Preparations for Education Summit

The UN Secretariat issued a note on preparatory arrangements for the Transforming Education Summit, which will include: country-led national consultations; global thematic action tracks; and public engagement.

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Arts & Culture·10 March 2022

Violinists Across 29 Countries Play to Support Ukraine

March 9, 2022, 11:46 AM · Violinists across the world have joined together to perform the Ukrainian folk song 'Verbovaya Doschechka' in support of Ukraine.

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Climate·18 February 2022

Mayor of London announces £90 million towards new green bonds

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has outlined bold proposals to secure more than £500 million for investing in climate action by issuing green bonds.

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Humanitarian·16 February 2022

Geneva’s human rights film festival poised for ‘emotional’ return to the big screen

Published on 16 February 2022, 04:55. Updated on 16 February 2022, 08:26.

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Charities·13 February 2022

Water Aid: Soapmakers of Samabogo

Out in the dusty plains of southern Mali, in the sprawling village of Samabogo, beneath the shade of the mango trees, something special is happening. The Soapmakers of Samabogo is a short film about friendship, entrepreneurship and female…

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Climate·11 February 2022

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION: ONE OCEAN SUMMIT

The One Ocean Summit presents a unique opportunity to strengthen cross-national collaboration to tackle illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. As a coalition of organizations working on environmental and human rights issues,…

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Charities·11 February 2022

Medecins Sans Frontieres: Rescuing refugees in the Mediterranean

Hannah is the current Field Communications Manager onboard Ocean Viking. Since starting her career as a London publicist, her work and study at the intersection of humanitarianism, journalism and advocacy have taken her from Africa to…

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Climate·8 February 2022

Green Museums Summit

Inspiring ideas and case studies from museums working towards sustainable futures

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Climate·6 February 2022

Wetlands: An effective but undervalued climate solution

Coastal wetlands such as mangroves store carbon up to 55 times faster than tropical rainforests. Peatlands, which cover about three per cent of the planet’s land surface, sequester approximately 30 per cent of all land-based carbon –…

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Health·6 February 2022

United Nations to shape a strong recovery and scale up efforts for the global goals

By United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs • 04 February 2022

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Sustainability·4 February 2022

Why International Geneva’s ‘human dimension’ bodes well for environmental peacebuilding

An artwork by Lynn Finnegan, one of nine artists and illustrators from around the world whose work accompanies the themes of the White Paper and Compendium, helping bring to life the opportunities, challenges, pain and beauty of…

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Climate·31 January 2022

International Geneva turns focus to nature and peace

Published on 31 January 2022, 05:00. Updated on 31 January 2022, 09:22.

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Climate·30 January 2022

G20 leadership required to catalyze private capital inflow for nature-based solutions

It also reveals that the spending gap in non-G20 countries is larger and more difficult to bridge than in G20 countries, but only 2 per cent of the G20’s USD 120 billion investment (using 2020 as a base year) was directed towards official…

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Economics·26 January 2022

The Transparency International (TI) Corruption Perceptions Index

ON editors note: This was taken from a Guardian newsletter. To read the full story go here: Governments around the world used Covid to erode human rights – report The Transparency International (TI) index is released at this time every…

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Climate·24 January 2022

Bringing dry land in the Sahel back to life

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