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Human Development Report Office to revisit the Human Security concept in 2021 In volatile world, where risks associated with planetary pressures – such as climate change and biodiversity loss – are overlayed on inequalities in human development, our societies are being put the test. The Covid-19 pandemic is the most recent manifestation of this. This year the Human Development Report Office will consider how the concept of Human Security can help to understand these challenges and frame res...

Introduction Since early October 2017, when the Islamist militants or jihadists – identified as the Ansar al-Sunna – launched their first attacks in the villages and towns of Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo Delgado, insurgency and conflict has continued to escalate, targeting civilians, public infrastructure and government buildings. Although the Government of Mozambique continues to make concerted efforts to fight and subdue the terrorist insurgency through its national defence fo...

Article by Social Share Port of Spain – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders will meet on Tuesday to “advance the process for the selection” of a new secretary general to replace the Dominican-born diplomat, Irwin LaRocque, who has been in the post since August 2011. A statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here said that the virtual 21st Special Meeting of the regional leaders will be chaired by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, the chairman of the 15-member grouping. ...

Papua New Guinea holds about seven percent of the worlds biodiversity and the United Nations Development Programme wants this reflected in its economy. The UNDP is working with Queenslands James Cook University to determine how an economic value can be put on nature. New Britain coast, Papua New Guinea. Photo: Alex Smith The PNG resident representative for the UNDP, Dirk Wagener, said what was often forgotten was that ecosystems generated by the environment produce many services for people. "S...

PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE Global right wing populism and the rise of Tehreek-e-Labbaik in Pakistan It is interesting to see TLP go from political obscurity to the third largest party in Punjab in the 2018 elections From the US to India to Eastern Europe, hate seems to be a word in vogue. The rise of Trump in the US and the successive governments of Narendra Modi in India are glaring examples of the power of politics of division, xenophobia and anger. In England, Brexit represented the division and a...

Think From reimagining the Human Development Report, to improving how we use data to fight poverty, to speeding up results through the Accelerator Labs, #NextGenUNDP is boosting countries’ progress toward the SDGs. Invest Investing nearly US$5 billion each year in development progress, and as countries’ partner of choice to access global funding windows, #NextGenUNDP understands finance and risk – and how to bring more SDG investors to the table. Manage A better workplace means bett...

The writer is the Resident Representative UNDP Pakistan. He tweets @knutostby Inequality makes headlines every day. Most of us now, are unfortunately getting used to the bold font condemning racial injustice, gender violence, and the rising costs of living. Inequality has even defined the Covid-19 pandemic; from who gets infected to who gets vaccinated first. Within this context, one can be forgiven for thinking that inequality is simply collateral for the world we live in: ‘This is how it h...

Why should we debate climate science from a space-based perspective?  This is a question that should concern all of us because of the unprecedented times we are living in. Dealing with uncertainty, risk and ignorance about the future, which the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 so promptly came to warn us about, is becoming a changing factor of all modern societies and the best we can pass on to future generations. It requires learning more, with more solidarity and intergenerational debate, underst...

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