Read this: impact.economist.com/ocean/ocean-an… We will not end advocacy until financing is calibrated to meet the needs of all developing nations working hard to improve living standards & leaving no one behind. Water is life. Shortage of clean drinking water is a frightening prospect that

Listen to the world speak at #SummitoftheFuture2024 about the difficult road ahead due to the inadequacy of the global governance system including the international financial architecture and the resulting decline in vital global commons. We have committed to charting a new

On the eve of COP29 Azerbaijan , AOSIS is making its demands known for a New Collective Quantified Finance Goal #NCQG . It is absolutely crucial in delivering on the ambitions of the #ParisAgreement to save our islands from the climate crisis. Full statement: aosis.org

Congratulations, Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama for your brave message at COP29 Azerbaijan where “soundless voices of Heads of State speaking are played live on the hallways where people eat meat and talk about business as usual”. And little progress if any is seen in the

At todd, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala speaks about a “green comparative advantage” that countries need to build to compete in future markets. Calibrating investment in productive capacities to the net-zero goal is very much needed as international public finance is

At COP29 Azerbaijan, in The Power of Collaboration: Unifying forces for Net-Zero event, Fortescue CEO Andrew Forrest says “If America goes hard on fossil fuel, it will be a USD 600bn investment. If it goes hard on rebewables, returns will be around USD 1.3 Trillion. It’s damn good

Minister Cedric Schuster representing Government of Samoa as AOSIS calls on COP29 Azerbaijan Parties to accommodate the special needs of #SIDS amounting to USD 39 Bill per year within the #NCQG, a bare minimum to ensure these vulnerable nations can avoid a climate catastrophe. This needs

Growing fever in the negotiation room for the #NCQG… Will it be comcluded, will it not… COP29 Azerbaijan UN DESA

First ever academic dialogue on financing for development for #Ffd4 has just started in New York United Nations. Watch live this important discussion with the world's knowledge producers and contributors to the reform of the international financial architecture including Multilateral

The 2024 Small Island Developing States report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change - The Lancet Global Health- a must read! It validates the underlying assumptions in the Multidimensional Vulnerability Index #MVI that geography determines human development

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Ranju Batra & I🇺🇸enjoyed celebrating the Role of Women in society - 69th session of #CSW at United Nations - with dear Nandita & H. E. Parvathaneni Harish🇮🇳 at India at UN, NY, who rightly said “they add color to our lives” (after giving us precious life itself!) at a packed reception for India’s

A great honor to congratulate HE Ambassador Margaryan for a successful mission in New York and Armenia Mission to UN for its commitment to United Nations values & goals. Government of Armenia has pioneered innovation in governance and the #SDGs. Gratitude for remarkable hosting to Ravi Batra & Ranju Batra and to

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Join this important conversation Tuesday, 29 April 2025 on pathways for financing the energy transition in Least Developed Countries. Honored to moderate a panel exchange on the topic with distinguished speakers representing Governments, investors, UN organizations and other