The United Nations University Centre for Policy Research is an independent @UN think tank advancing innovative solutions to global public policy challenges.
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Civilian protection is about more than responding when violence breaks out.
🎧 Full episode of Multilateralism UNpacked on how financial pressures are affecting UN peace operations in South Sudan 🔗→ piped.video/c0v80DZmZxU
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Across nearly 200 countries, tax systems work very differently. In some cases, people and companies can face overlapping tax obligations. In others, income may not be taxed at all.
🎧 Full episode of Multilateralism UNpacked 🔗→ piped.video/hLoNgnLr8KE?si=8t2o…
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Attiya Waris, UNU-CPR Senior Fellow, explains why the way multinational companies allocate profits across borders matters for inequality, taxation and public revenue.
🎧 Full episode of Multilateralism UNpacked 🔗→ piped.video/hLoNgnLr8KE?si=72rW…
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Kah Walla, CEO of STRATEGIES!, discusses how critical mineral wealth can deliver tangible benefits for African countries, communities and citizens.
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Our new report examines these themes ↓
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The report is the latest output from UNU-CPR’s Global Governance Innovation Platform (GGI).
🔎 Find out more: governanceinsights.unu.edu/
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Augusto Lopez-Claros of the @GlobalGovForum on why the world is good at diagnosing global problems and poor at acting on them, and what that means for the next Secretary-General.
Watch his conversation with UNU-CPR Director David Passarelli 🔗→ piped.video/ROCGrryON-M?si=KqW5…
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The number of armed conflicts is rising globally. Yet UN peace operations are facing growing financial constraints.
Catharina Nickel discusses what this could mean for the future effectiveness of peacekeeping missions.
🔗→ piped.video/c0v80DZmZxU
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Last week, the Global Governance Innovation (#GGI) Platform at UNU-CPR convened a Global Governance Policy Dialogue on building resilient global governance in an era of recurring crises.
📄 Read the policy brief 🔗→ unu.edu/publication/building…
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Three landmark treaties on landmines, international justice and nuclear weapons. Augusto Lopez-Claros, Executive Director and Chair of the @GlobalGovForum, says they have one thing in common: they all began with civil society.
🔗→ piped.video/ROCGrryON-M?si=7rTn…
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Who will shape the rules governing critical minerals?
A new UNU-CPR report examines the global governance of their extraction, trade and use, and what it means for resource-rich countries. 👉 unu.edu/publication/governin…
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A blog on the report's findings and recommendations is also available here 👉 unu.edu/cpr/blog-post/critic…
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During the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, UNU-CPR and the Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco convened a small expert discussion on “The Future of Global AI Governance”.
#UNGA81 #AIGovernance #AI
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During #UNGA81, UNU-CPR co-hosted “Governing AI in the Real World: From Frontier Innovation to Global Action”, convened by the Institute for AI International Governance at @Tsinghua_Uni, with support from the @UNUniversity AI Network.
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Happening Now: Daouia Chalali of @UNUCPR discusses Pact for the Future mapping.
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During #UNGA81 High-Level Week, UNU-CPR convened a policy discussion with the support of @Bayer on the role self-care of in bringing efficiencies and reducing costs for households and health systems.
Explore UNU-CPR's new self-care series: unu.edu/cpr/collection/self-…
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During UNGA 81 High-Level Week, UNU-CPR and the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy (@YaleCELP) convened a roundtable on “Deploying AI for Better Sustainability Metrics and Improved Environmental Policymaking.”
#UNGA81 #AI #Sustainability #EnvironmentalPolicy
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Could Canada’s new relationship with the EU signal a wider shift in global cooperation?
At the start of #UNGA81, Augusto Lopez-Claros explores what shared values could mean for rethinking the global institutional system 🔗 → piped.video/ROCGrryON-M
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On Friday, UNU-CPR and @FrontiersIn, in collaboration with the Group of Friends on Science for Action, convened a Science-Policy Luncheon on the margins of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly (#UNGA81).
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The discussion drew on “From Science to Policy: Planetary Solutions in Action”, a policy brief developed by Frontiers Policy Labs, UNU-CPR, PIK - Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and UNESCO.
🔗 📘 policylabs.frontiersin.org/f…
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