All posts tagged "UN"

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  Women’s Network news roundup: gender parity 123 years away, and more   

  In this latest collection, we report on news that the world is 123 years from reaching gender parity by the World Economic Forum’s estimate, on why backlash against gender equality

  • Posted July 14, 2025
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  Additional $420bn a year needed to achieve gender equality, UN says

  There is a US$420bn annual shortfall in the funding needed to achieve gender equality under the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, according to UN Women. To address the gap, UN Women

  • Posted July 10, 2025
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  COP30 president calls for ‘global NDC’ to spur collective action on climate change

  The COP30 president André Aranha Corrêa do Lago has called for more coordinated global action on climate change and efforts to connect climate ambition with development opportunities. In his most

  • Posted July 3, 2025
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  Women’s Network news roundup: near gender parity in Canada’s new Cabinet – and the mountain Japan has to climb

  GGF brings you the latest roundup of women-focused and gender equity news from around the world, including near gender parity in Canada’s new Cabinet, gender-responsive policy training in Liberia, a

  • Posted June 18, 2025
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  Global temperatures set to breach 1.5°C threshold over next five years, UN says

  There is a 70% chance that the 5-year average warming for 2025-2029 will exceed the 1.5°C global warming limit set under the Paris Agreement, according to the World Meteorological Organization

  • Posted June 4, 2025
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  France launches international strategy for feminist foreign policy

  The French government has adopted a new strategy that places the rights of women and girls and gender equality at the centre of its foreign policy. Its latest ‘International strategy

  • Posted May 15, 2025
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  COP30 president calls for new governance mechanisms in climate change fight

  New climate governance mechanisms are needed if countries are to meet their Paris Agreement commitments, the COP30 president has said. In a letter published last week, André Aranha Corrêa do

  • Posted May 12, 2025
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  Climate innovation finance ‘essential’ to meeting sustainability goals, says UN

  Organisations involved in financing sustainability projects have been urged to focus on driving long-term system-wide change to help realise net zero ambitions. A meeting convened by UN Climate Change bodies

  • Posted May 8, 2025
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  Current climate policy ‘doomed to fail’, says former UK PM Tony Blair

  Net zero policies are increasingly viewed as “unaffordable, ineffective, or politically toxic” and efforts to phase out fossil fuels in the short term are “doomed to fail”, according to a

  • Posted May 1, 2025
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  Women’s Network news round-up: from calls for the first woman UN secretary-general to workplace support for women’s health

  GGF brings you the latest roundup of women-focused and gender equity news, including calls for the appointment of the first woman UN secretary-general, Israel’s failure to meet its obligation for

  • Posted April 23, 2025
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