ADB: Virtual Policy Dialogue on Rethinking the Role of Cities and Urban Function (Event | 24 August 2021 Online)

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COVID-19 has reinforced the need for healthy, livable, and resilient cities, highlighting the relationship between health, space, and infrastructure. With many cities under lockdown, public transport disrupted, health-care services running overcapacity, and infections skyrocketing, it is critical to rethink the role of cities as resilient engines of growth.

PRIX VERSAILLES THE WORLD ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN AWARD

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Like each year, six airports, six university campuses, six passenger stations and six sports facilities have been chosen, from amongst the hundreds of projects completed in 2020, to compete in the Prix Versailles World Finale that according to the Guardian "recognises architecture that fosters a better interaction between economy and culture, and includes a range of categories"

The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis Introducing the Children’s Climate Risk Index

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Today, UNICEF releases the new report “The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis: Introducing the Children's Climate Risk Index”. The report finds that nearly every child on earth is already exposed to at least one climate and environmental hazard, such as flooding, heatwaves, water scarcity, drought, cyclones and air pollution.

WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY

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With most climate campaigns focused on slowing climate change and securing the planet’s future, World Humanitarian Day 2021, will highlight the immediate consequences of the climate emergency for the world’s most vulnerable people and ensure that their voices are heard, and their needs top the agenda at the UN Climate Change Con

United Nations University Water Network

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The United Nations University (UNU) focuses its water-related research on the needs of low and middle-income countries as they pursue action plans for sustainable development.

Post-COVID-19, building resilience to crises and regaining citizen’s trust should be a priority for governments, says OECD

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09/07/2021 - The COVID-19 crisis has demonstrated governments’ ability to respond to a major global crisis with extraordinary flexibility, innovation and determination. However, emerging evidence suggests that much more could have been done in advance to bolster resilience and many actions may have undermined trust and transparency between governments and their citizens, according to a OECD.

Meet the athletes of the Refugee Paralympic Team (from SPORTANDDEV PLATFORM)

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Six athletes have been selected for the first ever Refugee Paralympic Team for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

[Call for participants] ASEAN Human Rights Advocacy Academy 2021

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The ASEAN Human Rights Advocacy Academy is a 15-hour online capacity building workshop (spread into weekly sessions) for young activists and professionals in Southeast Asia on effective human rights advocacy in ASEAN.

City playbook for advancing the SDGs

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A collection of how-to briefs on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals locally Tuesday, July 6, 2021

73% of people believe Earth approaching tipping points, according to international survey

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Today, the Global Commons Alliance released some fascinating new research highlighting how the public feel about protecting nature and its importance in safeguarding our future.

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