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New report: GOLD VI by KNOW |
By :UCLG-KNOW and contributors |
14 October 2022 |
The sixth edition of the GOLD report, “Pathways to Urban and Territorial Equality: Addressing inequalities through local transformation strategies”, is being produced by United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) and part of the KNOW team and will be published in October 2022. GOLD VI will focus on how local and More...
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Australia: Counting Nation-wide Cost of Natural Disasters |
By :Merve Küçük and Mehmet Ulubasoglu, The Conversation |
20 April 2022 |
Natural Disasters Cost the Nation: We’ve Calculated the Income Tax Revenue Lost in their Wake
Understanding the true cost of natural disasters is critical for governments to develop policies to deal with them.
Historically, calculations have been based on toting up insurance claims and government aid. But these don’t account for intangible social costs More...
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Green-transition Discourse in MENA |
By :Joseph Schechla |
24 March 2022 |
The economic slowdown associated with the COVID-19 pandemic and other simultaneous crises has done little to slow the climate crisis. Preliminary data show global greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) increased in 2020 while the global average temperature in 2020 was about 1.2°C above pre-industrial level, dangerously close to the 1.5°C limit More...
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Land Times issue 20 |
By :HIC-HLRN |
08 August 2020 |
HIC’s Housing and Land Rights Network (HIC-HLRN) welcomes you to its 20th issue of Land Times. This milestone edition emphasizes the role of civil society in identifying and remedying housing and land rights problems in the context of a global pandemic.
Amid this protracted crisis, events and developments in the Middle More...
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Human Rights Habitat Observatory |
By :HIC-HLRN |
10 July 2017 |
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“Sanctuary in the City: Beirut” Workshop Beirut |
By :HIC-HLRN |
24 May 2017 |
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NUA Reporting in 2018 Crucial |
By :Gregory Scruggs, Citiscope |
11 May 2017 |
2018 reporting period will prove critical for New Urban Agenda, advocates say
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NAIROBI—Although 2017 is not yet halfway over, advocates for the New Urban Agenda on sustainable cities already are looking to next year as critical for embedding the agreement aims among national governments.
That’s because the recent Habitat III conference set More...
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Report of fourth “Sanctuary in the City: Beirut” Workshop Beirut May 2017 |
05 May 2017 |
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New Urban Agenda, A/71/L.23 |
By :UN General Assembly |
21 November 2016 |
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Alternativas desde la sociedad civil hacia Hábitat III, |
12 August 2016 |
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