Dozens of policy makers, scientists, activists, scholars, and others recently convened for Aspen Ideas: Climate Chicago 2025, an event intended for “educating, inspiring, and provoking action to combat climate change ...read more

For episode #95 of Sundays with SEEMA, Seema Kumar, sits down with Shazia Rafi, president and convenor of AirQualityAsia (AQA) and managing director of Global Parliamentary Services, LLC. Seema talks to her about how she ...read more

Heat waves, wildfires, floods, severe drought, and a global pandemic are threatening our lives, deluging our health systems, and bringing the global economy to a near halt. But over the last several years, one source for ...read more

“UN Democracy Building in Conflict-Affected Countries: The Evolution of ‘Resilience-seeking’” Dr. Timothy Sisk | University of Denver: Josef Korbel School of International Studies “Democratic Governance that Leaves ...read more

As part of their course on “Harnessing Heterogeneity, Community and Individuality in Human Development for Sustainable Innovation”, Shazia Rafi delivered a guest lecture online to graduate students at Copenhagen ...read more

By Shazia Z. Rafi, President and Convenor of AirQualityAsia, consultant specializing in parliamentary diplomacy related to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals As we approach the Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs] 2030 ...read more

One of Donald Trump’s first acts after taking office as president of the United States was to withdraw the U.S. from the historic Paris Agreement, the global action plan to address climate change. While the effects of this ...read more

Announcing Metro NY Chapter, USNC, UN Women’s “Champions of Change” – The New York Metropolitan Chapter of the U.S. National Committee for UN Women is honoring thirty “Champions of Change” for gender equality ...read more

The Metro NY chapter of UN Women introduced their Champions of Change campaign at the chapter’s 30th-anniversary celebration in October 2017. They have now selected their 2018 Champions of Change – people who have ...read more

The UN Environment Assembly, the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, will gather in Nairobi, Kenya, from 4-6 December 2017 under the overarching theme of pollution. A key feature of the ...read more