Are you making the difference in addressing climate change? The UN Climate Change Secretariat is looking for successful projects to become the Momentum for Change’s 2015 Lighthouse Activities. Applications are open to members of any organizations, communities, cities, businesses, governments and others taking concrete action on climate change
With the purpose of upholding the fundamental role of ComDev in fostering dialogue, ownership and the active participation of stakeholders in development programmes, FAO is hosting from 16- 18 September 2014 the XIII UN Inter-Agency Roundtable on Communication for Development under the title: “Mainstreaming Communication for Development in Policies and Programmes. Enabling social inclusion to support food and nutrition security, resilient livelihoods and family farming.”
Turin, Italy, will host the 8th Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change organized by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). It will be held on 6-7 May 2013 at Telecom Italia’s innovation laboratories. Following the successful events held between 2008 and 2012 in Kyoto, London, Quito, Seoul, Cairo, Accra and Montreal, this years’ edition will be dedicated to the theme of Smart Sustainable Cities and will focus on the need for smart green ICT
You are invited to participate in an interactive conversation on ending poverty on April 19, 2013, 11:00 a.m.-12:10 p.m. EDT (15:00-16:10 GMT) at the Online and World Bank Group Headquarters in Washington, DC. Global Voices on Poverty will bring together world leaders, opinion makers, and a global online audience to discuss what it takes to end poverty. The discussion will be with World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. You
The United Nations Climate Change secretariat is calling for women-led activities that address climate change to be selected and showcased under an initiative called Momentum for Change: Women for Results. These “lighthouse activities” will demonstrate measurable impact on the ground, and the potential for replicability and scaleability at the local, national and international levels. Momentum for Change: Women for Results is implemented with the generous support of the Rockefeller Foundation. The deadline
