Fighting against poverty: the impact of inflation on households’ purchasing power
Authors: Pablo Acosta and Folha de S. Paulo
As the COVID-19 pandemic began to ease its effects on households across the globe, another crisis started...
Anemone Or Bee Killer: The Third Dialogue
Sleep. I don’t sleep anymore at night. I don’t sleep very well, or, not at all. You only see what you want to see....
WEF and UN-Habitat Join Forces to Unlock Critical Investment in Cities through Public-Private Collaboration
The World Economic Forum and UN-Habitat today launched the Global Partnership for Local Investment to accelerate public-private collaboration and resourcing of urban initiatives that...
5 ways countries can adapt to the climate crisis
The destructive impacts of the climate crisis are being felt around the world. This year, unprecedented floods have left one-third of Pakistan underwater, people...
Why Are Some Countries Happier Than Others
To ponder the question of happiness and happy countries, one can start with the World Happiness Index.
A quick perusal identifies several Scandinavian countries at...
Persons with disabilities integral players in determining innovative solutions to fully inclusive societies
Ten years ago, the Asia-Pacific region came together and designed the world’s first set of disability-specific development goals: the Incheon Strategy to “Make the...
Four ways the planetary crisis is impacting mental health
As the world grapples with the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste, there is a growing...
New European Bauhaus under Cohesion Policy: €50 million call for innovative projects in cities
The European Urban Initiative (EUI) is launching today a €50 million call to support urban innovation and cities' capabilities to build a sustainable urban...
The Soldier and the Sangoma
Youth excites me. The youth in men. The youth in women. I cannot help for that. It is difficult for me to forget. Forget...
The BRICS Mandate
The future of seawater towards immortality, dust singing of sick birds. My sister was the former, and I, the latter. The night air clandestine...