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New report: GOLD VI by KNOW |
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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
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Demolitions in Jeddah turn residents into `strangers` |
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By :AFP |
| 22 April 2022 |
Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – The Saudi doctor still had 15 years left on the loan he used to build his family`s "dream" home in Jeddah when bulldozers razed it to the ground, turning his life into "hell".
The operation was part of a $20-billion clearance and construction project that stands
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Australia: Counting Nation-wide Cost of Natural Disasters |
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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
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Green-transition Discourse in MENA |
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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
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Half a Million Migrants Evicted in Jeddah |
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By :Migrant rights.org |
| 09 March 2022 |
This is the second time in a decade that Abdullah and his family have had to pack everything they could and hurriedly move to a new house because their neighbourhood would soon turn to dust.
The first time that this happened, Abdullah and his family – his wife, and their two
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Land Times issue 20 |
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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
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Israel/Palestine: Ending TIPH May Breach Oslo |
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By :MEMO |
| 31 January 2019 |
Member nations call on Israel to renew TIPH mandate. Norway says Israel’s removal of international observers from Hebron may breach Oslo Accords.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to dismiss international observers in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron may breach the Oslo Accords, a Norwegian minister has said.
“The one-sided
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Human Rights Habitat Observatory |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 10 July 2017 |
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UNSRs: Saudi Demolition Violates Human Rights |
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By :OHCHR |
| 24 May 2017 |
Saudi Arabia’s use of force and demolitions in the al-Masora (al-Masawara ) neighborhood violates human rights
The following press release from three UN human rights Special Rapporteurs addresses the Saudi Arabian government’s demolition of the historic neighborhood of al-Masora (al-Masawara), in the village of al-Awamiya as the action causes
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“Sanctuary in the City: Beirut” Workshop Beirut |
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By :HIC-HLRN |
| 24 May 2017 |
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