What is it?

S4G, the un-mediated, not moderated social platform

Have you ever thought you have something to “express” with a social dimension but never had the opportunity to do it?

Then S4G is what you are looking for:

  • Open, unrestricted and easy to use
  • Three mediums to choose from: TEXT, VIDEO, PHOTO
  • A way to express your ideas, reflections and expertise, on social issues and broader development and society at large
  • You do not need to be an expert but just passionate about what you share

Latest Sharings

Unpacking the CSDDD: responsibility, climate and justice (4 october, 2023)

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This timely conference will bring together affected rightsholders from the Global South, practitioners, policymakers and business representatives to discuss what’s key for the directive to effectively protect human rights, tackle environmental and climate impacts and ensure justice for affected workers and communities.

FINANCE IN COMMON SUMMIT, COLOMBIA, 4/6SEPT 2023

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Finance in Common is the global network of all Public Development Banks (PDBs), which aims to align financial flows on the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement for Climate Change. Four main themes were addressed: SMEs and financial inclusion, Climate and biodiversity, Sustainable infrastructures, and PDBs' institutional agenda.

Help shape a new course on human rights in the built environment

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The Institute for Human Rights and Business, with support from the Ove Arup Foundation, is developing an international professional certificate on “Human Rights and Just Transition in the Built Environment” - and we want to hear your ideas to help shape the course content.

Climate and Energy Summit: A Grand Coalition to Keep 1.5 ºC Within Reach

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Teresa Ribera, Vice-President of the Government of Spain, and Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, will host an international Climate and Energy Summit in Madrid on 2 October 2023 focused on the urgency of accelerating the global clean energy transition.

OECD Regional Outlook 2023

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The OECD will publish its latest Regional Outlook on Monday 2 October 2023 providing new evidence on the evolution of regional inequalities within OECD countries. The report looks into several dimensions, including income and access to services, over the past 20 years.

Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Shanghai unveil Implementation Plan Outline for first trans-Pacific green shipping corridor

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A voluntary partnership of leading maritime goods movement stakeholders, including the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach and Shanghai, some of the largest shipping lines in the world, with input from leading cargo owners, have developed a Green Shipping Corridor Implementation Plan Outline to accelerate emissions reductions on one of the world’s busiest container shipping routes.

INFORM WOMEN, TRANSFORM LIVES

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The Carter Center’s groundbreaking Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign is working to change that. Through the campaign, the Center partners with city leaders around the globe to raise awareness about women’s right to information and to help cities provide women with information about beneficial city services.

Ministers Set out Priorities for 2024 Summit of the Future

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From IISD SDG Knowledge Hub: In preparation for the 2024 Summit of the Future, UN General Assembly (UNGA) President Dennis Francis convened a ministerial meeting, which served as an opportunity for ministers to outline their vision and expectations for the Summit.

International Day of Older Persons in Asia and the Pacific, 2023, UNESCAP

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2nd October 2023: Fulfilling the Promises of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights for Older Persons: Across Generations in Asia and the Pacific

ASEAN sports leaders discuss youth crime prevention via sports

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The Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ), in partnership with the Thai Department of Physical Education, organised a panel discussion as a side event at the just concluded 7th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports and related meetings held from 28 August to 1 September.

GROUNDBREAKING CLIMATE CASE INVOLVING CHILDREN TO BE HEARD BY EUROPEAN COURT TOMORROW

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STRASBOURG, 26 Sept 2023 – Six Portuguese children and young people – aged between 11 and 24 – will have a landmark case heard by the European Court of Human Rights tomorrow in a historic opportunity to hold governments to account for their failure to meet their climate commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement, said Save the Children.

PRIO: A Playbook for Countering the Authoritarian Threat, Monday, 2 October 2023 13:00–14:30

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A powerful autocratic wave is sweeping the globe. According to various measures, the world is facing its seventeenth consecutive year of democratic decline, and the average level of democracy globally has sunk to its lowest point since 1986. To ensure long-term peace, security, and human rights for populations around the world, it is critically important that this trend be reversed...

IUCN: Launch of Publication 'International Applications of Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Coastal Areas'

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The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) of the People’s Republic of China and IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) jointly launched Chinese and English versions of International Applications of Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Coastal Areas, at the 2023 World Coastal Forum (WCF) held on 25 September 2023.

IIASA Flagship Report: Illuminating the path to sustainable wellbeing

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IIASA is proud to announce the launch of its Flagship Report, "Systems Analysis for Sustainable Wellbeing. 50 Years of IIASA Research, 40 Years After the Brundtland Commission, Contributing to the Post-2030 Global Agenda” on Wednesday, 13 September 2023 at an official UN event in the framework of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly and the Sustainable Development Goals mid-term review.

Corporate Citizenship's webinars on Task Force Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

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Corporate Citizenship, part of SLR, will be hosting a series of webinars to help businesses explore climate risk and opportunity and TCFD. Webinars are 30 minute ESG Bites, and can be attended as a series or stand-alone sessions.

Apply to be an AVPN Philanthropy Fellow

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The programme seeks to help practitioners better understand and unleash the opportunity of philanthropy for sustainable, scalable and measurable impact. It will be a hybrid course with virtual learning sessions in November 2023 and an in-person convening at our South Asia Summit in Mumbai in December 2023.

INTERNATIONAL IDEA: Insights from the East and Southern Africa Regional Governance Forum

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The Government of the Republic of Zambia, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA), in commemoration of the International Day for Democracy 2023, organized a series of events under the title East and Southern Africa Regional Governance Forum.

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