New Cities Alliance Joint Work Programme on Resilient Cities
The Cities Alliance is a global partnership for urban poverty reduction and the promotion of the role of cities in sustainable development. The Cities…
UN Announces High-Level Panel On Women’s Economic Empowerment
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the creation of the first High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment that will target the persistent economic gender gap across the…
SSRN: New Environment, Science & Policy eJournal
a new Hebrew Research Network (HRN) Subject Matter eJournal ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE & POLICY eJOURNAL View Papers: http://ssrn.com/link/HRN-ESP.html Subscribe: http://hq.ssrn.com/jourInvite.cfm?link=HRN-ESP Editors: Shachar Bookman, Editor of…
New Urbanization Guidelines For China’s Cities
A new set of guidelines titled “Green and Smart Urban Development Guidelines” have been published through a collaborative effort by the China Development Bank Capital, the biggest source…
Citiscope | The challenge and potential of informal settlements
The United Nations estimates that more than 860 million people are currently living in urban slums! It defines a slum as a place where…
Season 3 of UN-Habitat Urban Lectures launches
UPCOMING URBAN LECTURE RELEASES: 29 January: Steffen Lehmann, architect and urban designer 12 February: Ana Falu, National University of Argentina, Cordoba 26 February:…
Bringing innovations in funding to government, developing world
USAID’s Global Development Lab is bringing private-sector investment strategies to developing countries. The USAID Global Development Lab, less than two years old, is bringing…
IRENA Report: Rapid switch to renewable energy can put Paris climate goals within reach
Increasing renewables to 36% of the global energy mix by 2030 would provide about half emissions reductions needed to hold warming to 2C, says…
SSRN: New Environment, Science & Policy eJournal (Hebrew Research Network)
SSRN announces a new Hebrew Research Network (HRN) Subject Matter eJournal – Environment, Science & Policy eJournal. ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE & POLICY eJOURNAL Subscribe…
2015 Human Development Report released by UNDP
On 14 December, 2015, H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, UNDP Administrator, Helen Clark, HDR Office Director Selim…