GFP and FC4S introduce toolkit to help countries develop a sustainable finance roadmap Geneva, 27 September 2022 – The Green Finance Platform (GFP) and UNDP Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) launched today its Sustainable Finance Diagnostic Toolkit to support policymakers take a coordinated approach to the development of a national sustainable finance roadmap. The toolkit is a 10-step online questionnaire that provides…
When governments deploy tax revenues for the common good of the citizens, there is a concomitant increase in tax compliance by citizens who see the direct benefit of the taxes they pay. This was the position held by the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami during his opening remarks at…
For allegedly misrepresenting and misinterpreting court papers , top operatives of the All Progressivs Congress in Osun state may face jail terms for contempt of court, legal experts across South West have posited. Top leaders of the APC in Osun have reportedly being sponsoring several media reports which pre-empt the hearing of the governorship petition…
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has concluded an intense week of discussions with world leaders and international partners at the UN General Assembly in New York with a series of pledges to tackle the current food crisis, aggravated by Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, the urgent climate and nature crisis…
The South-West Zonal Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Honourable Rahman Owokoniran, has strongly condemned insinuations that his being co-signatory to a communiqué by the Atiku People United (APU) to sue for peace in the Ayu-Must-Go crisis amounted to a betrayal of Southern leaders leading the agitation for the National Chairman to be replaced…
Niamey, Sep 23 -The defense ministers of the G-5 Sahel group discussed a new strategy after Mali’s exit, at a meeting here, it was announced on Friday. Representatives of the member countries of the joint force plan to design a new configuration to adopt tactics to fight armed insurgents in the common space, according to…
Participants of the AF’s global seminar for its National Implementing Entities held in 2018 made a field trip with Washington, D.C.’s Climate Resilience Office to adaptation sites that improve water management in vulnerable areas around the city. Washington, D.C. (September 23, 2022) — The Adaptation Fund’s 9th Annual Global Seminar for its Accredited National Implementing Entities (NIEs) will…
UNCTAD Photo | Rebecca Grynspan (right) speaks to moderator Nicholas Davis at the annual summit of the Global Maritime Forum on 22 September 2022. The world again needs the shipping industry to brave the rough seas of crises, UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan said on 22 September as she addressed the Global Maritime Forum’s annual summit. Speaking…
The world has a long “to do list” to build a safer, healthier and more inclusive world by 2030, and on 19 September global leaders at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) called for urgent action to get back on track. Time is running out to achieve the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – the…
the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) re-established its external advisory committee, the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA). The Committee’s new membership is comprised of internationally recognized leaders representing a broad range of sectors who will support the Agency’s mission and goals by advising on key development challenges and priorities. The Committee will be…
