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Join us on 28 November for the next OECD Virtual Forum Series

Nov 28 2023 16:00
Nov 28 2023 17:30
Europe/London
*** ONLINE WEBINAR ***
OECD COP28 Virtual Pavilion

Currently, half of the world population resides in cities, with this figure projected to rise until 2050. The health and well-being of residents in cities is negatively affected by a lack of opportunities for physical activity, exposure to high levels of outdoor air pollution, and rising temperatures more acutely felt cities. Cities are also a key contributor to global warming, consuming two-thirds of the world’s energy and producing over 70% of all CO2 emissions.

Community school organises first learning city conference and festival in Otelu Rosu, Romania

Banatean High School, Otelu Rosu, in Western Romania, Timisoara region, was the focus of a week of activities in October 2023 around the theme of learning cities and regions. The event is part of a wider ‘Schools for Learning Cities’ project involving other cities in Nocera, Umbria (Italy), Alcora (Spain), Platon (Greece) and Modiin (Israel).  The programme included a 2-day conference entitled ‘Log into the Future’ with the key themes being sustainability, digitalisation, and social inclusion.

November Edition of Wyndham News

We are pleased to share with you the November Edition of Wyndham News, featured below in full and attached for download.

Cities, Regions, and American National Security | The Urban Lens Newsletter

Yesterday was the 70th anniversary of an obscure bureaucratic document with the formal title of “NSC 162/2 Statement of Policy by the National Security Council.” The document was finalized on October 30, 1953.

NEP-SOC 2023-08-28, eight papers

In this issue we feature 8 current papers on the theme of social capital, chosen by Fabio Sabatini (Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”):

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