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Higher Education Sustainability Initiative Special Event at HLPF 2021

An online session exploring the role of higher education in achieving Sustainable Development Goals and promoting resilient recovery.

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Carbon Neutrality & Social Transformation: Are We on Track to Arrive at a Justice-Based Transition?

As part of HLPF 2021, UNU institutes and partners will host a side event exploring the policies needed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Recovering From COVID-19: The Role of Sustainable Finance To End Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking

This event explored how the financial sector can address modern slavery and human trafficking, with a focus on the aftermath of COVID-19.

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News

UNU at HLPF 2021

UNU-IAS will showcase some of UNU’s latest research and participate in a variety of sessions on sustainable development at HLPF 2021.

29 Jun 2021

Press Release

Laptops, Cell Phones, and eGames Defied Slump as COVID-19 Dented 2020’s Electronics Sales

COVID-19 caused a greater drop in electronics sales in low- and middle-income countries than in high-income countries in 2020.

09 Jun 2021

Event

UNU Gender and Health Hub Launch

Seeking to increase uptake and investment in effective strategies to address gender inequalities in health systems and health outcomes.

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The Garment Industry in Bangladesh Under COVID-19

Sanchita Banerjee Saxena joins the WIDER Webinar Series to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on garment workers in Bangladesh.

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News

Call for Papers: COVID-19 and Development – Effects and New Realities for the Global South

UNU-WIDER is accepting papers until 15 April 2021 for its annual WIDER Development Conference.

23 Mar 2021