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The world is experiencing a dangerous change in the climate. According to the latest report from IPCC2, in the last four decades, each decade has been successively warmer than preceding decades since 1850. This global heating is reducing the snow cover and sea ice in some regions and intensifying heavy rains and forest fires in [...]

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept through the world, food security vulnerabilities further weakened the Arab region’s ability to respond. Prior to the pandemic, up to 27 percent of the regional population (116 million people) experienced food insecurity. Undernourishment and adult obesity were rampant, affecting 10 and 26 percent of the population, respectively. The present report [...]

The Arab region is one of the most water-scarce regions in the world with 19 States below the water scarcity threshold. This is further complicated by transboundary water resources, since two-thirds of all water resources in the Arab region cross one or more borders. Other factors aggravating the water scarcity situation include pollution, inefficient use [...]

This research work was carried out with financial and scientific support from the UNOSSC and UNDP under the ‘South-South Global Thinkers – the Global Coalition of Think Tank Networks for SSC’ initiative. The paper is authored by Dr. Vaqar Ahmed, Joint Executive Director, and Mr.  Maaz Javed of Sustainable Development Policy Institute. The COVID-19 pandemic [...]

This research work was carried out with financial and scientific support from the UNOSSC and UNDP under the ‘South-South Global Thinkers – the Global Coalition of Think Tank Networks for SSC’ initiative. The research was conducted by the Department of International Development Cooperation of the Institute of New Structural Economics (INSE) at Peking University. The [...]

This research work was carried out with financial and scientific support from the UNOSSC and UNDP under the South-South Global Thinkers initiative. The paper is authored by Professor Dr. Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour, Economic Research Forum (ERF) Research Fellow and Full Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Economics at the University [...]

Unprecedented challenges have arisen in the first years of the Decade of Action for the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030: the Covid-19 pandemic, climate crises and war in the Ukraine are among other hardships threatening progress. In these crucial times, South-South and triangular cooperation can be fundamental for ensuring we continue [...]

The present report is submitted in response to General Assembly resolution 76/221, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to prepare a comprehensive report on the state of South-South cooperation. It highlights the follow-up to the second High-level United Nations Conference on South-South Cooperation, in particular the numerous initiatives undertaken by the United Nations development [...]

Seeking to promote the fundamental role of South-South and triangular cooperation in contributing to the alleviation of hunger, malnutrition and other development challenges across the Global South, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) have collaborated to produce the South-South in Action publication: [...]

Our humanity and planet Earth are under threat. The pandemic has only served to prove our fragility and our interconnectedness. Now urgent action, taken together, is needed to change course and reimagine our futures. This report by the International Commission on the Futures of Education acknowledges the power of education to bring about profound change. [...]