Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
President-designate of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), Mr. Alok Sharma, has visited Nigeria to discuss how the United Kingdom can work with Nigeria to address its climate change challenges.
In his first visit to Nigeria in that position, Sharma who met leaders from government, the private sector and civil society, stressed the need for urgent climate change action ahead of the UK-hosted COP26 summit in November in Glasgow.
He added that the COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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OVERVIEW OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE POST
UNESCO is fully committed to the implementation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) reform launched on 1st January 2019, which intends to improve the UN’s presence in the field in support of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and SDGs. At the regional level, UNESCO is contributing to the ongoing reform of the UN architecture and to the drive to strengthen collaboration between UN regional entities in the field, while adapting to the changes under way from both a structural and programmatic point of view.
Advocacy/Communications Job in Niger about Coordination and Protection and Human Rights, requiring 5-9 years of experience, from UNHCR; closing on 02 Feb 2021
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Understanding and addressing exclusion in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
This session is designed to meet the needs of health and social development advisers and those from the wider health network and from other cadres with an interest in health, equity and justice.
Why this session now?
The impacts of COVID-19 have been harshest for existing marginalized and excluded groups; although new vulnerabilities have also emerged, and drivers of exclusion have intensified. The impact of COVID-19 on health seeking experiences, opportunities and outcomes is wide reaching with implications for models and understanding of Leaving No One Behind and Universal Health Coverage. To reach the Sustainable Development Goals, policy makers and funding agencies need to consider and confront a number of issues to be discussed in this session, including: