ODI PAPER: Towards sustained development in Small Island Developing States: why we need to reshape global governance

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Aug
This working paper written by Matthew Bishop, Rachid Bouhia, George Carter, Jack Corbett, Courtney Lindsay, Michelle Scobie, Emily Wilkinson analyses how "global governance reforms are urgently needed to allow SIDS to exploit new niches and sustain levels of development in a post-pandemic and warming world".
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Online Event: Essential for Recovery Summit

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Aug
#Essential4Recovery, the first summit to lay out a global vision for a just economic recovery that recognizes the value of essential workers.Wed, Sep 8, 2021, 6:45 PM – Sat, Sep 11, 2021, 8:15 AM +0545
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9th Global Affordable Housing Conference

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Aug
The biennial Global Affordable Housing Conference, hosted by the World Bank Group, is the foremost global event for affordable housing. As a well-anticipated event, it brings together participants and speakers from the public and private sector, including housing practitioners, academia, non-profit organizations, government agencies, developers and more.
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Conversations on Rethinking Human Development

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Aug
Bringing together diverse voices from across the world, this publication launches a global dialogue on human development in the 21st century. The Report is a joint initiative between The International Science Council and UNDP.
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ADB: Virtual Policy Dialogue on Rethinking the Role of Cities and Urban Function (Event | 24 August 2021 Online)

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 23Aug
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.
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PRIX VERSAILLES THE WORLD ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN AWARD

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 20Aug
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"
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The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis Introducing the Children’s Climate Risk Index

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 20Aug
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.
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WORLD HUMANITARIAN DAY

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 19Aug
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
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United Nations University Water Network

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 18Aug
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.
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Post-COVID-19, building resilience to crises and regaining citizen’s trust should be a priority for governments, says OECD

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Submitted by Simone Galimberti 18Aug
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.
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