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By Robert Muggah and Carlo RattiRIO DE JANEIRO  —  With cities facing disastrous climate stresses and shocks in the coming years, one would think they would be rushing to implement mitigation and adaptation strategies. Yet most urban residents are only dimly aware of the risks, because their cities’ mayors, managers, and councils are not collecting or analysing the right kinds

By Robert Muggah and Carlo RattiRIO DE JANEIRO  —  With cities facing disastrous climate stresses and shocks in the coming years, one would think they would be rushing to implement mitigation and adaptation strategies. Yet most urban residents are only dimly aware of the risks, because their cities’ mayors, managers, and councils are not collecting or analysing the right kinds

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The SecDev Group Partners with RS21 to Launch Worldwide Pandemic Preparedness Dashboard Share Article Real-time, multi-user web application will support cities to prepare for and recover from current and future pandemics Urban Pandemic Preparedness Dashboard, in progress view Automated data analytics can help leaders make smarter decisions about when, where and how to better support vulnerable people recover and rebuild. OTTAWA, Ontario and ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (PRW...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been widely accused of mishandling the coronavirus in his country. (Sergio Lima/AFP via Getty Images) Robert Muggah is a principal of the SecDev Group and cofounder of the Igarape Institute. His latest book, Terra Incognita , co-authored with Ian Goldin, focuses on the systemic threats facing our world. RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil is in critical condition. Latin Americas largest country is experiencing record-breaking death tolls and its health system is tee...

Abdulrahman al-Masri MENASource MENASource MENASource On February 25, the US military carried out airstrikes in eastern Syria that targeted Iran-backed Shia militias. The move is the first military action under the Joe Biden Administration. The retaliatory strike comes after a rocket attack on February 15 near the Erbil Airport that killed a US military contractor and injured several, including a US service member. With nuclear negotiations on the hori...

Cambodia’s Internet Clampdown: A ‘Great Firewall’, or No Worse than the West? width No media source currently available 0:00 0:01:48 0:00 share Government spokesperson “[Is there] any country which does not control the Internet? The USA and England have it … so Cambodia made this sub-decree by learning from other countries.” Misleading On February 16, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen signed a sub-decree to set up a National Internet Gateway (NIG). The Cambodian government initially ...