Hello, this is Michelle. ESG has hit a wall. US seasoned diplomat John Kerry, who has straddled the private and public sectors, explains why storytelling is key to regaining momentum as he visits Geneva for Building Bridges, the city's flagship conference on sustainable finance.
Happening elsewhere, the UN chief backs Trump's plan to halt the war in Gaza, while the US pushes for the head of the UN's drug and crime agency to be removed early. |
Former US Secretary of State John Kerry at the Building Bridges conference, 30 September 2025, in Geneva. (Antoine Tardy for Building Bridges)
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🕊️UN chief urges ‘all parties’ to commit to Trump’s Gaza plan.
World powers, including Arab and Muslim nations, welcomed Donald Trump's proposal presented on Monday, but Hamas had yet to respond.
Alarabiya with AFP (EN)
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👋Exclusive: US seeks ouster of UN drug and crime agency chief.
Weeks before her scheduled November departure, the Trump administration asked for the executive director, Ghada Waly, to be removed from her post and be replaced by an American senior official in the agency in the meantime, as the race for her successor heats up.
Devex (EN)
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🎧Inside Geneva’s final summer profile: ICRC physiotherapist Rieke Hayes.
For a last summer profile, Inside Geneva podcast host Imogen Foulkes speaks to the Irish physiotherapist working in Gaza for the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Swissinfo (EN)
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⛑️Opinion – From the Global Sumud Flotilla to the UN General Assembly: Where are the humanitarians?
Civil society movements are carrying the mantle of humanitarian values that national and global institutions have all too willingly abandoned, writes TNH's chief executive officer, Tammam Aloudat.
The New Humanitarian (EN)
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