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Local and Regional governments publish a manifesto for deeper engagement with global politics.The modern world is changing rapidly. Trans-national and national governments…
The New Urban Agenda (NUA) makes a bold pledge that ‘no-one will be left behind’. A pledge which was unanimously reaffirmed in Monday’s High-Level Roundtable. This is a commitment…
Marc-Olivier P. Cantin surveys the profound foreign policy mutations that Canada is experiencing after a year under the Trudeau administration.‘We’re back’. It is with this…
Two days into the Habitat III conference public space (natural and built) has been discussed in terms of its importance for equitable, healthy, sustainable cities - making them…
The UN challenges governments to address housing as a human rights issue, but speakers admit they are at the mercy of the free market.
Day one of the Habitat III conference has…
Amy F. Woolf explores the implications of a possible no first use policy in the US.
In July 2016, reports in U.S. newspapers indicated the Obama Administration considered adopting…
Johanna Mendelson Forman argies that food is an important aspect of national security, social entrepreneurship, and peacebuilding.
We are witnessing a revolution in food. New…
Their message is that it will change production, benefit consumers and bring a sense of togetherness, writes Giuseppe Porcaro.
Any device with an on-and-off switch can (and should…
Nelson Mandela once said, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.” He should know. Mandela, and others, vanquished perhaps the world’s second most divisive conflict: the…