Innovation is one of the key forces that drive economic growth and social progress. To monitor it, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) publishes annually the Global Innovation Index (GII), which also identifies the world’s top 100 science and technology (S&T) clusters. Year after year, these happen to be cities. The next GII will be launched on 26 September but …
The 4th Forum of Mayors – the Cities’ Summit of the Future starts in one month on 30 September 2024. It is worth recalling the excellent analysis of Paola Deda published by the Geneva Policy Outlook earlier this year about the participation of Mayors in the work of …
The Global Cities Hub will participate in an upcoming webinar hosted by the Local and Subnational Governments Coalition for the Plastic Pollution Treaty (LSNG). This webinar, the second of its kind, (17th July 2023) aims at informing local and subnational governments on the activities of the Coalition and will feature the possibility to join as …
In a recently published WEF Agenda Post GCH argues that LRGs can be agile partners with the capacity to respond quickly in times of economic, health or environmental crisis. Their actions can complement and extend the actions of central governments. They can also help deliver key global goals, such as the SDGs or the Paris …
From 16-17 July 2024, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) tasked to draft a new pandemic agreement met for its 10th session. There was high hope that relevant stakeholders, including the Global Cities Hub, would be allowed from now on to take part as observer in all INB meetings. But this proposal has been strongly pushed back by several delegations.
At its 56th session, which ended last week, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a procedural decision requesting the Advisory Committee, a think tank body composed of experts, to conduct a three-year study on plastic pollution and its implications for human rights. This decision, put forward by Latin American States, including Ecuador …
On 15 July 2024, on the margins of the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) the Global Cities Hub co-organized with UNECE an event “How does the Forum of Mayors contributes to transforming global governance and reinvigorating the multilateral system” in New York hosted by the Permanent Mission of Switzerland. The HLPF focuses on the theme “Reinforcing …
On 4 July, the Global Cities Hub took part in an event organized by Chile, Egypt, the Republic of Korea, Romania and the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to share the conclusions and discuss the implementation of recommendations contained in the OHCHR report (A/HRC/56/32) submitted at this current session (56th) …
On 1 July 2024, 52 countries joined the Statement on “Digitalization of Cities and Human Rights”. It is the first time that the UN Human Rights Council addresses the question of ‘smart cities’. While digitalization presents many opportunities (accessibility of public services, enhanced civic participation), it also entails human rights risks, including those arising from …
On 26 June 2024, at the occasion of the International Day against drug abuse and illicit trafficking, the Global Cities Hub (GCH) hosted a Geneva Urban Debate on “Advancing Drug Policy Reform at the Local Level”. The event was co-organized by the Global Commission on Drug Policy (GCDP), UN Habitat, with the sponsorship of the Permanent Missions of …
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