GOLD VI Working Papers!
How can Commoning, Housing systems, Urban health, Sanctuary cities and Democracy contribute to urban and territorial equality? With the aim to define an urban and territorial equality agenda, UCLG and the KNOW program (led by University
Published : 20 April 2022
World Bank Spring Mtgs: Billions for Fossil Fuels
The World Bank Drives Billions into Fossil Fuel Investments The 2022 Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG) will take place from Monday, April 18, through Sunday, April 24.
Published : 18 April 2022
UNESCO Resolutions to Protect Jerusalem
UNESCO unanimously adopts two resolutions on state of Palestine OCCUPIED PALESTINE—The Executive Council of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has unanimously adopted two resolutions on the State of Palestine. At its 214th session
Published : 07 April 2022
‘Burn Their Homes’: Israeli WhatsApp Groups Urge
‘Burn Their Homes’: Israeli WhatsApp Groups Are Organizing Attacks on Arabs One WhatsApp group where Israelis have been inciting violence has been open for a year. A number of Israeli WhatsApp and Telegram groups, some of which
Published : 05 April 2022
IPCC: ‘Now or Never’ to Avoid Climate Disaster
Climate scientists from 195 countries have warned that actions to avoid climate catastrophe have been too little and too late. This failure is the subject of two reports from the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Published : 04 April 2022
Palestine: Day of the Land and Its People
Statement of Housing and Land Rights Network of Habitat International Coalition commemorating Palestine’s national Land Day, 2022GENEVA and CAIRO, 30 March 2022—On this occasion of Palestine’s 46th Land Day and fourth anniversary of the Great
Published : 30 March 2022
Palestine: Confronting the IDF Home Destroyer
Coming face-to-face with the man who destroys Palestinian homes Standing in the main hall of Israel’s Supreme Court last Tuesday, I came face-to-face with the man responsible for demolishing Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank. The
Published : 30 March 2022
How Ukraine War Impacts Global Food
How could the war in Ukraine impact global food supplies? Both Ukraine and Russia are some of the world’s largest food exporters. How could global food be impacted? Ukraine has been one of the world’s largest contributors
Published : 24 March 2022
Green-transition Discourse in MENA
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
Published : 24 March 2022
