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Today, we are on the verge of a critical juncture. Global “excess deaths” directly and indirectly attributable to COVID-19 reached 15 million by the end of 2021. More than four years of progress in alleviating poverty have been wiped out, pushing 93 million more people worldwide into extreme poverty in 2020. Either we fail to […]
UN General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right. With 161 votes in favour, and eight abstentions, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on 28 July 2022, declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a universal human right. Cited from UN News, the UN Secretary-General, António […]
The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2022 warned the world is on the verge of a climate catastrophe where billions of people are already feeling the consequences. Energy-related CO2 emissions for 2021 rose by 6 percent, reaching their highest level ever and completely wiping out pandemic-related declines. To avoid the worst effects of climate change, as […]
The United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) and the Indonesia Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) discussed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) establishing plans to pursue collaboration in the Climate Resilient and Inclusive Cities project implementation, during a virtual meeting on Wednesday (24/6). Representatives from the MoEF are the Director of Climate […]
In the framework of the CRIC project, and after the individual workshops organized with the pilot cities, a training on urban sustainable development will be organized online the 22nd and 23rd of July 2020. Our audience will be city mayors and practitioners in Indonesia. The provider of the training will be the ISOCARP institute, which is […]