ADA Newsletter- October 2021

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ADA NewsletterOctober 2021

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Table of Contents

Asia-Africa Democracy Forum 26-28 October, 2021
2021 NEA SDGs Forum] the NEA CSO Session, Oct 22, 2021
Interesting Readings!!
A letter to Civil Society from UN Women Executive Director, Sima Sami Bahous
COP26 to Break Ground for Zero Carbon Buildings Future.
Decoding Net-Zero Pledges to Meet Paris Agreement Goals, SDG 7.
UN Reports Find Updated Climate Commitments “Fall Far Short” of Paris Goal 
Indigenous Peoples Must be Central to Tackling the Climate Crisis 
To Improve Heath Equity, Identify and Monitor Inequalities: WHO Paper 
Secretary-General Makes Four Recommendations for Engaging Business in Multilateralism.. 
For the South, All Roads in Global Economic Governance Lead to Inequality. 
QE, or No QE, That is the Question?. 
Declaration of the SDG 16 Plus Forum, Asia 2021. 
Action Please. 
South Asia People’s Forum on SDGs 2021. 
Learn More About VNR Monitoring, CSO Engagement And Reporting For The 2022 Review Cycle – Webinar, 01, December 2021 
High-Level Political Forum 2022 Under The Auspices of ECOSOC. 
Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2022. 
Subregional preparatory meetings for the APFSD 2022: 
South-East Asian Forum, 28-30 September 2021. 
North and Central Asian Forum, 5-7 October 2021. 
North-East Asian Forum, 28-29 October 2021. 
South and South-West Asia, 15-17 November 2021. 
Pacific Forum, 24-26 November 2021. 
Massive Open Online Course on "Forests and Transparency under the Paris Agreement". 
SDGs & Human Rights Toolbox. 
NGO MG Global and Regional Organizing Partners ‘contact details. 
 
Asia-Africa Democracy Forum 26-28 October, 2021

The Asia Africa Democracy Forum was organised by Asia Democracy Network and Community of Democracy from October 26-28, 2021, in partnership with Asia Development Alliance, GCAP, APSD, CIVICUS, TAP , Forus and other partners. The forum was held in the virtual mode.
 
Access presentation videos and documents of the AADF 2021
https://bit.ly/AADFDOCS
 
2021 NEA SDGs Forum] the NEA CSO Session, Oct 22, 2021

  1. a short video clip of NEA civil society's messages to the HLPF 2022: https://youtu.be/y9PGH3st7WE
  2. NEA CSO Sessionhttps://sdgforum.org/165
  3. NEA Local Government Sessionhttps://sdgforum.org/167


 

Interesting Readings!!

A letter to Civil Society from UN Women Executive Director, Sima Sami Bahous

COP26 to Break Ground for Zero Carbon Buildings Future

The Buildings Pavilion in Glasgow will foster discussions on issues related to the built environment, from enabling policy frameworks to principles for adaptation, investment and sustainable financing. Read

Decoding Net-Zero Pledges to Meet Paris Agreement Goals, SDG 7

Australia and Saudi Arabia are among the countries that have recently committed to reach net-zero emissions by mid-century. Read

UN Reports Find Updated Climate Commitments “Fall Far Short” of Paris Goal

While NDCs are lacking, net-zero commitments “could make a big difference” if implemented fully, timely, and effectively. Read

Indigenous Peoples Must be Central to Tackling the Climate Crisis

Indigenous Peoples and local communities manage 24% of the above-ground carbon stored in tropical forests. Read

Future Convergence - The Forus Barefoot Guide Launch
Future Convergence - the Forus Barefoot Guide, is now available on Forus’ website in EnglishFrench, and Spanish
This guide is a practical resource intended for individuals and organizations who want to improve their learning processes and social change practices. Written by thirty-one civil society leaders and practitioners from twenty countries from across the world, you can find practices and experiences that bring diverse people and organizations together towards a vision of a planet that is more equitable, inclusive, humane and sustainable. 

To Improve Heath Equity, Identify and Monitor Inequalities: WHO Paper

The specific dimensions of inequality must be relevant to the population being monitored. Read

Secretary-General Makes Four Recommendations for Engaging Business in Multilateralism

The suggestions aim to enhance the impact and better measure and communicate it. Read

For the South, All Roads in Global Economic Governance Lead to Inequality

QE, or No QE, That is the Question?

 

Declaration of the SDG 16 Plus Forum, Asia 2021


Action Please

Register here

South Asia People’s Forum on SDGs 2021

Learn More About VNR Monitoring, CSO Engagement And Reporting For The 2022 Review Cycle – Webinar, 01, December 2021

REGISTER HERE

High-Level Political Forum 2022 Under The Auspices of ECOSOC

The meeting of the HLPF in 2022 will be held from Tuesday, 5 July, to Thursday, 7 July, and from Monday, 11 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022, under the auspices of the Economic and Social Council. This includes the three-day ministerial segment of the forum from Wednesday, 13 July, to Friday, 15 July 2022, as a part of the high-level segment of the Council.

2022
Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
The HLPF in 2022 will review in-depth Sustainable Development Goals 4 on quality education, 5 on gender equality, 14 on life below water, 15 on life on land, and 17 on partnerships for the Goals. The forum will take into account the different and particular impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic across all Sustainable Development Goals and the integrated, indivisible and interlinked nature of the Goals.

Voluntary National Reviews (VNR) - 2022 High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development
According to the letter from H.E. Collen Vixen Kelapile, President of the ECOSOC, on the closing of the list for countries that will be presenting their Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) at the 2022 High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) for your information.
 
Since the first communication dated October 4, a number of other countries have expressed their wish to present their VNRs for the first time at the HLPF. For your ease of reference, please find below the final list of VNR-presenting countries (a total of 45):

Andorra*, Argentina**, Belarus*, Botswana*, Cameroon*, Comoros*, Côte d’Ivoire*, Djibouti, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, El Salvador*, Eritrea, Eswatini*, Ethiopia*, Gabon, Gambia*, Ghana*, Greece*, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau, Italy*, Jamaica*, Jordan*, Kazakhstan*, Latvia*, Lesotho*, Liberia*, Luxembourg*, Malawi*, Mali*, Montenegro*, the Netherlands*, Pakistan*, the Philippines**, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal*, Somalia, Sri Lanka*, Sudan*, Suriname, Switzerland**, Togo***, Tuvalu, United Arab Emirates*, Uruguay*** 

 
VNR Countries in Asia - 2022
Kazakhstan*, Pakistan*, the Philippines**, Sri Lanka*,
 
(Note: Countries with one asterisk * are second timers, those with two asterisks** are third timers, those with three asterisks *** are presenting for the fourth time, while those without asterisks are presenting for the first time).

Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development 2022

28 to 31 March 2022

Bangkok, Thailand

The theme of the 9th APFSD is “Building back better from COVID-19 while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific”. The 9th APFSD will play a unique role as a catalyser of solutions and peer learning on how to accelerate transformations for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda while recovering from COVID-19. Within this context, the forum will provide the space for an in-depth review of the following cluster of goals which will be reviewed by the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) in 2022: SDG 4 (Quality Education), 5 (Gender Equality), 14 (Life below water), 15 (Life on Land), and 17 (Partnerships for the Goals).

Subregional preparatory meetings for the APFSD 2022:

South-East Asian Forum, 28-30 September 2021

North and Central Asian Forum, 5-7 October 2021

North-East Asian Forum, 28-29 October 2021

South and South-West Asia, 15-17 November 2021

Pacific Forum, 24-26 November 2021

Massive Open Online Course on "Forests and Transparency under the Paris Agreement"

SDGs & Human Rights Toolbox

NGO MG Global and Regional Organizing Partners ‘contact details


Global Organizing Partners (ngomajorgroupopny@gmail.com):
Jessica Bridgers (jessica.bridgers@wfa.org)
M. Victoria Espada (mariavictoria.espada@dianova.ngo)
Oli Henman (oli.henman@action4sd.org)
 
Regional Organizing Partners:
Central Africa: Bernard Lutete Di Lutete (bernlutete@yahoo.fr)
Eastern Africa: Henry Oriokot (henrycidc@gmail.com)
Northern Africa: Hagar Monsif (h.monsif@maatpeace.org)
Southern Africa: Joseph Mihaye (aminiac15@gmail.com)
Western Africa: Kofi Kankam (eri@eri.kabissa.org)
 
Caribbean: Donovan McLaren (kevoy1@yahoo.com) and Joseph Severe (unascadhaiti@gmail.com)
North America: Kehkashan Basu (kehkashanbasu@greenhopefoundation.com)
South America: Rosario Diaz Garavito (r.garavito@themillennialsmovement.org)
 
Asia: Jyotsna Mohan (jyotsna@ada2030.org)
Central Asia: Artem Stepanenko (a.stepanenko@eca-ces.ru)
 
Europe: Lara-Zuzan Golesorkhi (golesorkhiwow@gmail.com)
 
Middle East/North Africa: Anis Brik (anisdago@gmail.com)
 
Pacific: Emeline Siale (siale@piango.org)

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