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IPCC Report on the Ocean and Cryopshere
QUNO, under the Friends World Committee for Consultation, is the only faith-based organization accredited as an observer to the Intergovernmental...
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Our latest Geneva Reporter newsletter is now available online
QUNO's September 2022 issue of the Geneva Reporter newsletter is available below. This issue includes a welcome letter from our Director Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge,...
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Blog: 5 Things to know about U.S. budget cuts to the United Nations
Below are excerpts from a blog, “5 Things to know about U.S. budget cuts to the United Nations,” written by...
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QUNO co-hosted a side event at the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference
On the opening day of the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (SB46) in Bonn, QUNO co-hosted a side event titled, ‘A...
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QUNO deliveres statement on climate change and child rights at the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council
QUNO climate change programme delivered an oral statement at the 34th Session of the Human Rights Council during the Panel Discussion...
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QUNO attends discussion on Children’s Rights and the Environment
On the 23rd September, QUNO attended a day long "General Discussion" on the Rights of the Child and the Environment, held at the...
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VIDEO: Lindsey Fielder Cook talks about our Human Impacts of Climate Change programme
In this video, excerpted from a longer film shown at the Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) World Plenary Meeting...
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QUNO participation at the 31st session of the Human Rights Council
The 31st session of the Human Rights Council (29 February to 24 March) provided new opportunities for QUNO to raise issues...
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QUNO publishes timely briefing papers ahead of COP21 in Paris
Between November 30 and December 11, 2015, international negotiators will meet at the Conference of Parties (COP) 21 in Paris....
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QUNO co-hosted a side event on human rights and climate change in Lima
QUNO, together with the World Council of Churches and Religions for Peace, co-hosted a side event on the human rights impacts of...
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QUNO hosted events and released two new publications during the UN Climate Summit and the People’s Climate March in New York
On 23 September, world leaders met in New York for the UN Climate Summit to highlight the urgency of acting on...
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Creation of ‘Human Impacts of Climate Change’ Programme
With interest in environmental issues in the forefront of many Quaker's concerns, QUNO formally begins its Human Impacts of Climate...
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