On #IDPD, we call for effective and meaningful participation of women and girls with disabilities.
Let us:
✔️Include them in decision-making
✔️Empower them to co-design social, health and justice services
✔️Ensure laws and legal frameworks that prohibit discrimination
We are on the way to a raging food catastrophe, and the world appears to be indifferent.
People in five separate places are facing famine.
At G20 Summit I warned that without coordinated action, this year’s crisis of affordability may become next year’s global food shortage.
JUST ANNOUNCED: a new $2 billion fund will flow directly to people on-the-ground restoring land across Africa.
This huge public and private investment in @Afr100_Official shows us what finance for climate action can look like at scale.
Learn more: https://t.co/RUFgZAwnWg
🌍Western govt's have reneged on their #carbonreduction commitments due to post-pandemic economic pressures & the #Ukrainewar. In the wake of #COP27, developing countries, China & Western allies seek financing mechanisms. @suvojitc outlines 3 points we should demand of #COP27.
Africa owned, led, and managed: a much needed coalition to bring finance and planning ministries together with the private sector investors to mobilise and deploy climate finance. We are looking forward to hosting the launch of AGFC at @IFAD pavilion @COP27P
You are invited! The Africa Green Finance Coalition will be hosting an event on Tuesday, November 8, 1600-1700 (Egypt time): “Accelerating Investment in Africa through Green Finance”. IFAD Pavilion, Blue Zone, Sharm el Sheikh. Registration here: https://t.co/82IssTIpXz
We are still addicted to fossil fuels.
The only true path to energy security, stable power prices, prosperity & a livable planet lies in quitting fossil fuels & accelerating the transition to renewables.
We are close to 200 EOIs that have been submitted to the #GapFund & already approved technical assistance for several cities, filling a critical gap in technical assistance funding to help cities turn their climate ambitions into finance-ready projects. @MrAndyDeacon, GCoM #WUF11
Para cerrar el día, me quedo con estas palabras de @rogier_berg, director global de @WRIRossCities. Más que embellecer entornos, #TodosAlParque ha hilado tejido social. En nuestro gobierno hemos estrenado 48 parques y vienen 91 más antes de que acabe el 2023.
This week GCoM Regional Ambassador Mayor @Anne_Hidalgo@AIMFrancophones & @AbidjanAutonome are bringing local leaders to Abidjan for #COPdesVilles to highlight city-level climate action & chart sustainable future for communities in the region & around the🌍https://t.co/tHFYbdtSvq
Ya hacemos parte de @Mayors4Climate, red de ciudades del mundo que reconocieron el compromiso de los barranquilleros con el cambio climático. El reto ahora es convertirlos a todos en guardianes de la riqueza de nuestro entorno y que con sus acciones lo defiendan.
Starting now ICC Room 2 and only via #WUF11 app session on local and regional governments at the forefront of Ukrainian crisis with @UNHABITAT@uclg_org@CCRECEMR and Association of Ukrainian Cities