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World-wide, cities are on the advance. Today, they host more than half of the world's population and every minute, their population grows by 140 people: 200,000...
Cities are on the sharp end of a range of risks from criminal violence, terrorism and war to demographic pressures, to climate and environmental change. Coastal...
The World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Risks Report, like other recent analyses of global trends, notes “rising political discontent and disaffection,” but also...
Allowing global temperatures to rise 1.5 degrees Celsius beyond pre-industrial averages could cost the global economy $12 trillion by 2050, or 10 percent of the...
Water is a unique resource because of its multiple uses and key role for any economic development. In many shared river basins, water resources availability is...
What is the current and what will be the future role of the climate energy nexus in the G20? Did the adoption and entry into force of the Paris Agreement...
A low-emission transition will require profound changes in terms of infrastructure, business models as well as individual habits. In order to support this...
This study presents the unique features that distinguish the Partnership in the international climate governance architecture and documents main deliverables of...
Climate change is a decisive global challenge which, if not urgently managed, will put at risk not only the environment but also world economic prosperity...
At the Habitat III conference in Quito, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) launched, ‘Addressing Climate Change in National Urban...
Out of the ashes of World War II, the United Nations (UN) was founded to maintain global peace, rights and security. Today, the world is a dramatically...