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UNDP’s Business and Human Rights in Asia Project (B+HR Asia) is launching Episode 3 of Asia in Focus webcast series, “Climate Change and the Business and Human Rights Agenda”.
Tune in on 8 September 2022 at 2 pm BKK/JKT (GMT+7) to join a vibrant discussion featuring SEI Asia Doctoral Fellow and Consultant Sara K. Phillips on the connections between the environment, business and human rights and enjoy a short documentary featuring a climate change story in Thailand.
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Concern is growing rapidly on the impact of climate change on people and the planet. We need to ask hard questions that involve painful trade-offs. Are current approaches up to the task? What role can the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights play in framing solutions? Join us for a conversation with experts and industry leaders:
This episode complements an upcoming report on climate change exploring solutions and recommendations inspired by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
With SEI Senior Research Fellow Sushmita Mandal
With SEI Senior Research Fellow Diane Archer
Asia in Focus is a series exploring the interconnections between business, human rights, climate change and the environment. The series is complemented by research and interactive digital platforms that inform the difficult choices and tradeoffs Asia faces in tackling water pollution, climate change and air pollution crises.
Since 2016, UNDP has been working in close collaboration with other UN entities to promote the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in Asia, with support from the Government of Sweden, Japan and the European Union.
Consultant, Community Climate Resilience in Critical Mineral Supply Chains
SEI Asia
Perspective / As scientific facts become politically charged battlegrounds, this piece explores how science communication can continue to make an impact.
Feature / Trase quantifies the emissions caused by deforestation and peatland degradation linked to countries’ production and consumption of key commodities.
Press release / To meet climate targets, world leaders at COP28 are urged to take stronger action against the nature loss linked to global supply chains.
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