FRONT LINE DEFENDERS AWARD

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The annual Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk was established in 2005 to honour the work of HRDs who are courageously making outstanding contributions to the promotion and protection of the human rights of others, often at great personal risk to themselves.

Global Methane Pledge Ministerial

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The GMP unites 159 participating countries and the European Commission in pursuit of a goal to cut methane emissions 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030. Now, the 5th edition of this Ministerial, since launching the Pledge at COP26, participants will meet to discuss the Global Methane Status Report....

Eighteenth session of the Forum on Minority Issues

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27 - 28 November 2025. The 18th session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues will take place this year under exceptional circumstances. Due to the ongoing UN budget crisis and renovation works at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, the organization of the Forum has been adapted accordingly.

Brazil announces R$107 million to boost the Amazon bioeconomy at COP30

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The Coopera+ Amazônia program aims to foster innovation and generate income for forest-based families

14th United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights

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24 - 26 November 2025 LOCATION Hybrid – in-person elements in Palais des Nations, Geneva (Switzerland). THEME Accelerating action on business and human rights amidst crises and transformations

Oxfam delivers million-signature ‘Make Rich Polluters Pay’ petition to Brazil's climate minister at COP30

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Oxfam and activist partners at COP30 delivered over a million signatures of a petition demanding that the super-rich pay for climate damages to Brazil’s Minister of the Environment and Climate Change, Marina Silva.

IDS: Climate change and land: Why COP30 must go beyond false solutions

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By Ian Scoones Professorial Fellow,Land and the climate are inextricably linked. We know that land use change contributes between 13 and 21 percent to global emissions, yet only 2.5 percent of overall climate finance is directed to land use related issues.

How to Save Democracy: Meet the Pioneers

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Jon Alexander meets Claudia Chwalisz and Katy Rubin, two globally acknowledged pioneers, to explore modes of democracy that seek to involve and work with people, not deliver for them.

Closing the Inequality Gap: Challenges and Progress in Financing for Indigenous Peoples and Women

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The International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (IFIP) and the International Indigenous Women’s Forum (FIMI), presented two crucial reports: "Global Funding Trend Analysis on Indigenous Peoples Philanthropy" and "Leaders and Stewards: Global Analysis of Funding to Indigenous Women".

The World Bank: Jobs in a Changing Climate

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Investments in building climate resilience can deliver benefits equivalent to 150 million jobs by 2050, according to the World Bank report, “Jobs in a Changing Climate: Insights from World Bank Group Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs) covering 93 economies.”

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