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Integrating Food into Urban Planning

Posted Feb 17, 2019 |  by FAO, Yves Cabannes, Cecilia Marocchino

With the majority of the world’s population already living in urban areas, feeding cities with accessible, affordable food and healthy diets poses unprecedented challenges. In this publication by the FAO, Yves Cabannes and Cecilia Marocchino highlight examples from developed and developing countries on innovations in food systems and... Read More

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Estimating the Economic Impacts of Climate Change Using Weather Observations

Posted on Feb 17, 2019 | in category: Delivering sustainable economic growth | by National Bureau of Economic Research, Charles Kolstad, Frances Moore

The question of how best to estimate the economic effect of long-run changes in climate has long been an issue of contention. In this paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research, Charles...  Read More

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This is a Crisis: Facing up to the Age of Environmental Breakdown

Posted on Feb 17, 2019 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by  Institute for Public Policy Research, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Lesley Rankin, Darren Baxter

The human impacts on the environment have reached a critical stage, potentially eroding the conditions upon which socioeconomic stability is possible. Since 2005, the number of floods has...  Read More

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A United Nations with Chinese Characteristics

Posted on Feb 17, 2019 | in category: Improving global governance | by Clingendael, Maaike Okano-Heijmans, Frans-Paul van der Putten, Etienne Béchard et al

The Chinese government is strengthening its role and influence in international institutions, including in the United Nations. The reshaping of such organisations may presage a real change,...  Read More

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Handbook on the Least Developed Country Category: Inclusion, Graduation and Special Support Measures

Posted on Feb 17, 2019 | in category: Reducing poverty and improving equity | by  UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs

The 47 countries ranked as LDCs comprise approximately 13 per cent of the world’s population, but account for less than 1.3 per cent of global GDP and approximately 0.9 per cent of world...  Read More

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Ukrainian Church Autocephaly: The Redrawing of the Religious Borders and Political Identities in the Conflict between Ukraine and Russia

Posted on Feb 12, 2019 | in category: Sharing core norms and values | by Russian Analytical Digest, Alexander Ponomariov, Regina Elsner,

There has been a sudden change of religious and political boundaries and identities between the Ukraine and Russia and within the Ukraine. This edition of the Russian Analytical Digest considers...  Read More

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The Global Syndemic of Obesity, Undernutrition, and Climate Change

Posted on Feb 12, 2019 | in category: Addressing vulnerability and promoting security | by Lancet Commission

Obesity is still increasing in prevalence in almost all countries and is an important risk factor for mortality. This Lancet Commission report suggests that the current approach to obesity...  Read More

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