Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus with WIPO director general Daren Tang at the launch of Clip in Geneva, 17 November 2023. (Geneva Solutions/Kasmira Jefford)

🎹 WIPO helps musicians get the record straight on their rights. A digital platform launched by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and a foundation backed by Abba legend Björn Ulvaeus wants to help musicians and other artists debunk the legal jargon around getting paid and credited for their work.

💭 Are we using the right terms to describe the situation in Gaza? Defining a situation in legal terms may not be within the purview of an aid organisation, but Françoise Duroch of Médecins Sans Frontières says simply calling the situation in Gaza a “humanitarian crisis” doesn’t feel right for those responding to the mounting needs of besieged Palestinians.

📚‘Tis the season of climate reports. With less than two weeks to go before the start of the Cop28 climate talks, the UN Environment Programme (Unep) releases today its annual emissions gap report, showing where they are heading versus where they should be to keep global temperature rise within 1.5°C above pre-Industrial times.

This year’s report will also focus on carbon capture, a controversial means of cutting emissions that the Cop28 host, the United Arab Emirates, is expected to promote. It will also discuss energy transitions in developing countries. Earlier in the month Unep published a report showing how government policies are lagging on their climate commitments.

Sadly on emissions, the World Meteorological Organization last week already reported that the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere had reached new levels. “Despite decades of warnings from the scientific community, thousands of pages of reports and dozens of climate conferences, we are still heading in the wrong direction,” WMO’s chief, Petteri Talaas said.

🇵🇸Palestine aid board meets. As Unrwa, the biggest provider of aid to Gaza, struggles to respond to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the enclave, its advisory commission is expected to meet in Jordan’s capital, Amman, on Tuesday and Wednesday. Since July, the commission – made up of 29 member states – is chaired by Julieta Valls Noyes of the United States, which last year was the biggest funder of the agency, four years after President Donald Trump cut support.

The meeting comes a week after the UN Security Council adopted a resolution calling for extended “humanitarian pauses” in the Gaza Strip. Last week, Unrwa’s chief, Philippe Lazzarini, said its operations were nearing collapse as fuel needed for basic necessities and delivery of aid. Only a fraction of needed aid has entered the Palestinian territory since 7 October.

7-8 December | Geneva Graduate Institute launches Upskill series. The Geneva Graduate Institute has launched the Upskill Series as part of its Executive Education offer, with a short course on Artificial Intelligence: A Strategic Asset for Diplomacy and Organisations that will take place on 7 and 8 December 2023 in Geneva.

This two-day course, developed by Jérôme Duberry, managing director of the Tech Hub and academic advisor of its Executive Programme on Diplomacy, Negotiation and Policy, gives you a deep understanding of AI and how to harness its power for diplomacy and organisations.