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‘The case for human rights & conflict sensitive approaches to business activities’ – a joint contribution to the future of environmental peacebuilding.

January 10, 2022
As part of QUNO Geneva’s long-term work on environmental peacebuilding, we have been engaging in a multi-stakeholder process hosted by...
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The QUNO Climate Change team during COP26: activities and reflections

November 19, 2021
QUNO was present throughout the entire COP26 in Glasgow, focusing on climate justice concerns, and strengthening ambitious, effective and fair...
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Lindsey Fielder Cook speaks from COP26 at the Opening Ceremony of Geneva Peace Week 2021

November 5, 2021
At the Opening Ceremony of Geneva Peace Week 2021, our Representative for Climate Change, Lindsey Fielder Cook was part of...
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Quaker United Nations Office Geneva names new Director

August 10, 2021
Following an international search process, the Quaker UN Office is delighted to announce that Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge has been selected as...
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QUNO Attends 54th Session of the IPCC and 14th Session of the Working Group 1

August 9, 2021
Friday marked the close of the 54th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and 14th Session of...
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QUNO makes an intervention at the June Climate Change Conference

June 17, 2021
QUNO joined observers at the June Climate Change Conference sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies to the UNFCCC, held this year...
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QUNO launches new publication How to be a Hero for all our Children

April 22, 2021
QUNO’s Human Impacts of Climate Change programme is pleased to launch their new publication “How to be a Hero for...
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The Right to a Healthy Environment at the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council

March 9, 2021
Efforts to establish a universal human right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment continue at the Human Rights Council.  On 10th...
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Statement on protecting human rights and the natural world presented at 46th Session of the Human Rights Council

March 9, 2021
At the 46th Session of the Human Rights Council, QUNO's Human Impacts of Climate Change programme submitted a statement welcoming...
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QUNO launches People’s Climate Empowerment Series

December 1, 2020
QUNO's People's Climate Empowerment Series is a helpful resource for anyone looking to become more engaged with climate action. The series connects people...
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Geneva Peace Week 2020

November 13, 2020
QUNO is proud to be one of the institutional partners behind the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, the organisation that runs Geneva...
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QUNO moderates panel for the Interfaith Liaison Committee to the UNFCCC

November 5, 2020
With the postponement of the 26th Conference of the Parties under the UNFCCC (COP26) to November 2021, many in the...
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Advancing Prevention in the Era of Climate Change

August 14, 2020
As the sixth and final event in the Civil Society – UN Prevention Platform’s 2020 discussion series, QUNO co-hosted a...
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Quaker Conversations: Changing the World from the Top Down

July 20, 2020
QUNO was invited to lead the second session in the Friends World Committee for Consultation’s (FWCC) Quaker Conversations, FWCC’s monthly webinar series with Friends around the...
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A positive and human space

February 27, 2020
Finding common ground through quiet diplomacy   In the years leading up to 2015’s landmark Paris Climate Change Agreement, QUNO brought delegates and...
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Creating a Future for All: Climate Justice and Peacebuilding

November 11, 2019
On November 6th, QUNO co-organized an event with the Graduate Institute's Environmental Committee and the Interparliamentary Union for Geneva Peace...
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IPCC Report on the Ocean and Cryopshere

October 4, 2019
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

August 5, 2019
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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