ONLINE EVENT: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT IN THE DIGITAL ERA

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How can digital tools, particularly AI and civic tech, be harnessed to expand civic space, foster democratic resilience, and ensure that digital governance serves the collective good? Tuesday, 24 June 2025

UNEP: Getting over the line on a new science-policy panel

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Speech delivered by: Inger Andersen For: Opening of the resumed third session of the ad hoc open-ended working group on a science-policy panel to contribute further to the sound management of chemicals and waste and to prevent pollution (SPP OEWG 3.2) Location: Punta del Este, Uruguay

WSIS+20 Five-Point Plan Follow-up: Eight Practical Recommendations

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This document builds on the Five-Point Plan for an Inclusive WSIS+20 Review –endorsed by 114 organisations and 57 individual experts– to offer practical recommendations to ensure transparency, inclusivity, and meaningful stakeholder engagement in the WSIS+20 review process.

Amnesty International: Global: Urgent action needed as climate crisis leads to devastating new harms to human rights

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States must urgently deliver ambitious climate action by mapping out a just transition away from fossil fuels in all sectors to prevent even worse human rights harms around the world, Amnesty International said in a new briefing to mark the start of the Bonn Climate Conference which takes place between 16-26 June.

Nice Conference Adopts Declaration Underscoring Vital Importance of Ocean to Life on Our Planet, Essential Role in Mitigating Climate Change

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NICE, FRANCE, 13 June — After a week of deliberation and discussion, the United Nations Ocean Conference today by consensus adopted a political declaration titled “Our ocean, our future: united for urgent action”, stressing that the ocean plays an essential role in mitigating the adverse effects of climate change.

Big tech accountability: Discover a compendium of materials curated by the APC community By Maja Romano

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This resource list has been compiled thanks in large part to the outstanding contributions of the APC community. We present it as a complementary collection to the article “Stepping outside the algorithm” as a list of resources to delve deeper into the work being done by APC members, partners and organisations around the world, and particularly in the Global South. BY Maja Romano

The Big Shift Global Campaign

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Calling on the world's biggest public development banks to shift finance out of dirty fossil fuels and into sustainable, renewable energy to provide energy access for all.

Kick4Life helps young women in Lesotho realise potential beyond the football pitch

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Puseletso Jobo is one of many young women in Lesotho redefining their futures on the football pitch, where Kick4Life has been transforming lives for 20 years.

Press release: Development banks fuel repression by heavily investing in countries that restrict civic freedoms

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According to the report “Financing Repression”– published by the Coalition for Human Rights in Development, Early Warning System (EWS) and International Accountability Project (IAP) – development banks are financing multi-million projects in highly repressive contexts, where people cannot publicly voice their concerns and civil society groups are unable to operate freely.

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