Hacker News with Generative AI: International Organizations

International Bank Note Society (theibns.org)
The International Bank Note Society (IBNS) announces that its voting membership has for the first time selected the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to receive its annual prestigious “Bank Note of the Year Award” for 2023.
Awards, Banking, Currency, International Organizations
30 points by gone35 23 days ago | 7 comments
Giga Is ITU and UNICEF's School Connectivity Project (ieee.org)
Connecting every school to the Internet is a monumental challenge that until recently no one had dared to tackle—in part because not all countries can even pin down the locations of all their schools. But a new joint initiative from the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and UNICEF seeks to fill that gap.
Education, Internet, Technology, International Organizations
18 points by rbanffy 46 days ago | 3 comments
Global Solar Council announces 2 terawatt milestone achieved for solar (globalsolarcouncil.org)
November 8, London – The Global Solar Council leads the worldwide solar industry today in the celebration of achieving 2 TW of installed solar PV capacity against the backdrop of a Donald Trump presidency in the U.S. and a pivotal COP29 slated to begin next week in Baku, Azerbaijan.
Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Climate Change, International Organizations
45 points by mooreds 51 days ago | 26 comments
The Republic of Palau Becomes ITU's 194th Member State (itu.int:443)
Cutting tech-related emissions to net zero depends on tackling a complex value chain, according to the latest report from ITU and the World Benchmarking Alliance.
International Organizations, Telecommunications, Climate Change, Sustainability, Technology
28 points by zinekeller 108 days ago | 18 comments
Global Anti-Corruption Consortium (occrp.org)
Corruption, Journalism, International Organizations
13 points by Bluestein 152 days ago | 2 comments