STANDING UP FOR INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT

24th October every year is marked as International Day of Climate Action. International Day of Climate Action is a day dedicated to taking action and guarding against the perils of climate change. International Day of Climate Action is a worldwide movement initiated by young people concerned about climate change and global injustice. The environment consequences includes storms, intense drought, heat waves, rising sea level (flooding) desertification, land degradation, warming of oceans, habitat destruction.                ACTING ON THE SCIENCE Climate change is here, and most of it's effects will persist for centuries. But some of these irreversible changes can be slowed if humanity acts immediately and rapidly to reduce carbondioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions. We need to "decarbonize the world with green carbon". To stay below 1.5°C and well below the 2°C threshold that may trigger catastrophic climate change, we must; - Halve global em...

United Nations Day, 24th October marks the entry into force in 1945 of the United Nations charter. On 31st October 1947, the United Nations General Assembly, by resolution (A/RES/168 (ii)), declared that the day would be devoted to raising awareness of the goals and achievements of the organization and gaining support for it's work. The cornerstone of the United Nations permanent headquarters was laid on United Nations Day, 24th October 1949, at a special open air General Assembly meeting held on the site of the headquarters building in Manhattan, New York, USA, which marked the organization's fourth anniversary. In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly recommended that United Nations Day be observed as a public holiday by all member states (resolution 2782 (xxvi). The theme for this year's United Nations Day 2022 is: "End Racism. Build Peace"  UnitedNationsDay #UnitedNationsMonth2022 #ENDRASICM #BuildPeace #GlobalGoals #SDGs #leavenoonebehind #decadeofaction ...

  A BRIEF PERSONAL BACKGROUND OF MR. ENOBONG EKWERE ( PEACE ADVOCATE) IN NIGERIA. Comrade Enobong Ekwere is a social influencer, blogger, vlogger, human rights activist, peace practitioner, grassroot social mobilizer, SDGs advocate and a global citizen. He is the program manager of children and young people living for peace (CYPLP), an organic, volunteer of experts, youth focused and a think-tank non-governmental organization based in Kaduna state, Nigeria. A Higher National Diploma (HND) graduate of Public Administration (Upper Credit) from the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, Nigeria. Enobong Ekwere holds a proficiency certificate in management from the Nigerian Institute of Management, Chartered (NIM) Lagos, Nigeria. He is also a graduate member of the institute (Associate member in view). He works with young people in local communities across Nigeria localizing the sustainable development goals (SDGs)  (SDG16+ SDG4 and SDG5 in particular) and positive peace framewor...

  ABOUT THE AUTHOR Comrade Enobong Ekwere is a social influencer, blogger, vlogger, human rights and environmental activist, SDGs advocate and a global citizen. He is the the program manager of children and young people living for peace ( CYPLP) an organic, volunteers of experts, youth focused and a think- tank non-governmental organization based in Kaduna, Nigeria.  He can be reached via:  Tel: +2347082558952 Email: julyenobong2020@gmail.com             : enobongekwere825@gmail.com MY PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES: FACEBOOK:   https://www.facebook.com/enobong.ekwere.372 TWITTER:   http://www.twitter.com/Enobongekwere2 INSTAGRAM:   http://www.instagram.com/enobongekwere825 LINKEDIN:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/enobong-ekwere-3271b116b MY ORGANIZATION'S SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES: FACEBOOK:   https://www.facebook.com/cyplp.net.ng/ TWITTER:   http://www.twitter.com/youngpeoplefor/ INSTAGRAM:   http://www.instagram...

Through resolution (A/RES/ 47/196) adopted on 22nd December 1992, the United Nations General Assembly declared 17th October as the lnternational Day for the Eradication of Poverty and invited all states to devote the day to presenting and promoting, as appropriate in the national context, concrete activities with regard to the eradication of poverty and destitution. The resolution further invites intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to assist states, at their request, in organizing national activities for the observance of the day, and requests the Secretary - General to take, within existing resources, the measures necessary to ensure the success of the day's observance by the United Nations. October 17th presents an opportunity to acknowledge the effort and struggle of people living in poverty, a chance for them to make their concerns heard, and a moment to recognize that poor people are the first ones to fight against poverty. Participation of the poor themselves...