The world faces a deepening planetary emergency – and is on a reckless path toward catastrophic climate change – having already over-stepped six of nine scientifically-identified planetary boundaries. A system-wide approach to solving the climate crisis is now required to ensure reliable climate and planetary boundary governance for the Earth as a whole. In its report Governing Our Planetary Emergency, the Climate Governance Commission has recommended bold and concrete steps to catalyze a shift in global governance for the benefit of all, with proposed pathways to address the planetary emergency. The Climate Governance Commission is formed by its Commissioners and Contributing Experts, a group of diverse and high-level experts, who advise on and contribute to proposals regarding global climate governance, planet boundary governance and related global ecological challenges. CGC aims to address this crucial gap by developing, proposing, and building partnerships that promote feasible, high-impact global governance solutions for urgent and effective climate action to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C or less.

In May 2022, at the Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development, SIPRI’s Environment of Peace initiative launched a major report for policymakers: Environment of Peace: Security in a New Era of Risk. The Environment of Peace initiative was established in May 2020 to assemble the latest research on how climate change and environmental degradation impact international peace and security. The research team consisted of over 30 people from around the world and was guided by an international expert panel and a panel of youth experts. The research carried out by the initiative shows that the environmental crisis is increasing risks to security and peace worldwide, notably in countries that are already fragile. The Environment of Peace reports survey the evolving risk landscape and document a number of developments that indicate entry points for integrated responses to the crises—in international law and policy, in peacekeeping operations and among non-governmental organizations.

September 2, 2020 - UN-Habitat published the COVID-19 Wuhan Guidance Papers (hereinafter referred to as the Wuhan Guidance Papers). The Wuhan Guidance Papers provide strategies for community management, selection and construction of makeshift care centre, using QR apps and big data in tracking and mapping, and establish a normalized prevention and control mechanism for the pandemic, etc.. The presented Guidance Papers summarize specific measures for infection prevention and control of the disease from Wuhan experience. The Wuhan Guidance Papers provide evidence-based strategies that could be replicated in other countries. The Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) participated in the completion of the Wuhan Guidance Papers. We encourage you to make use of this papers, learn from the experiences so that together we can fight and control the health and economic crisis and, in the end, improve our urban environment, our health and well-being through the realization New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals, so that we can build back better and leave no one and no place behind.