The latest edition of the International Institute for Environment and Development's Make Change Happen podcast is out now! In this episode, Money, politics and power – reforming the international financial architecture, IIED discusses international financial architecture (IFA) – the global system that includes the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, multilateral development banks (MDBs) and international financial institutions (IFIs).

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Check out this interesting initiative! Playing for the Planet is an Alliance that supports the video games industry to take action on the environment. In joining the Alliance, games companies and organisations have made specific and measurable commitments on sustainability, from reducing carbon emissions to integrating green activations in games.

Join the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) and UN Women on 8 October at 10am EDT for a Global Policy Dialogue featuring the authors of the recent report "The Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals: The Gender Snapshot 2024." The document provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state of gender equality across all 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and highlights prevailing trends, gaps, and recent setbacks on the journey towards achieving gender equality by 2030.

The event is free and open to all on Zoom and it also will be streamed live on UN DESA’s Facebook page. It will be held in English with captions available in other languages on Zoom.

Register at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9CKm0-h-QWa4079MHEkgXA#/registration

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The GEP Working Group recently celebrated their global launch of two new publications on greening education. One is guidance to teach and learn for climate action; a green curriculum that integrates climate mitigation and adaptation. The other is a quality standard for greening schools for climate action and sustainability, including a definition of what a "green school" is.

Curriculum Guidance: https://www.unesco.org/en/education-sustainable-development/greening-fu…

Quality Standards: https://www.unesco.org/en/education-sustainable-development/greening-fu…

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Are you interested in getting cities and businesses to take strong #ClimateAction? The City-Business Climate Alliance (CBCA) Forum is a network for leading cities, or leaders of local business networks, to exchange ideas on how cities can use their formal and informal powers to influence, regulate and collaborate with the private sector to achieve ambitious climate actions.

Email Emily White ([email protected]) if you are interested in learning more.

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Demand growth for green workforce skills is outpacing the increase in supply, as companies and countries globally begin to take action on implementing their climate and sustainability-related commitments, with current trends indicating that there will be more than twice as many jobs requiring green skills as there will be qualified workers available to fill those roles, according to a new study by LinkedIn’s 2024 Global Climate Talent Stocktake.

Read more about the study and why we need to recruit and retain more talent in the green workforce at the link below

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On November 6 and 7, 2024 in TUNIS, Tunisia the Renewable Energy Forum Africa (REFA) will be hosting their annual investment forum promoting investment in renewables on the African continent. Africa is such an important area of focus as their demand for power is projected to grow 8-fold by 2050.

The forum will once again focus on 2 key aspects:
1. Propose the most up-to-date content and discussions on all key renewables including solar, green hydrogen, e-mobility, wind, storage, hydro, biomass, ...
2.Foster quality meetings for all delegates through the state-of-the-art matchmaking platform

Agriculture is essential to our lives, even if it often goes unnoticed. Climate change is changing agriculture and our food supply chains, and the U.S. Farm Bill, which is crucial to many aspects of our food systems, is up for renegotiation. Attend two one-hour sessions of From Fields to Policy, an official Climate Week NYC event series, to hear esteemed panel speakers discuss:

- The differences and similarities between the upcoming Farm Bill and its previous iteration passed in 2018, and how Inflation Reduction Act funding adds to the Farm Bill's impact
- How the 2024 Farm Bill may impact climate, farmers, and families
- How ongoing negotiations are shaping the 2024 Farm Bill, and the role corporations and lawmakers have in creating the bill
- Alternate and supplementary legislation and initiatives to shift our food systems towards sustainability

Nonprofits are filling in the gap to better connect universities to communities for real world problem solving. EPIC-N, an international effort, connects studentns with communities for joint efforts on sustainability related projects. You might want to connect with them and take a look at their great project examples. See the attached brochure for a concise description.

The Education for Climate Coalition is the European participatory community to support teaching and learning for the green transition and sustainable development. You can be from anywhere in the world and join this participatory community – even if you are not from Europe, just create a login and use the website! As a flagship initiative of the European Education Area by 2025 and an essential part of the European Green Deal, the Education for Climate Coalition is part of the European Union’s comprehensive approach to environmental sustainability education. As a community of practice, it enriches both the Council recommendation on teaching and learning for the green transition and sustainable development and GreenComp, the sustainability competence framework, with its participatory approach for taking action on education for climate challenges on the ground.

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