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A voice and forum for future generations in the united nations
This policy brief outlines how a Special Envoy for Future Generations and a UN Forum on Future Generations could support countries to implement the Declaration. It suggests how these tools could work and through what process they could be created.
Implementing a declaration on future generations
This policy brief outlines what implementing a Declaration on Future Generations, annexed to the Pact for the Future to be adopted at the UN Summit of the Future in September 2024 could mean in practice by identifying key policy tools.
Strengthening Democracy by Reducing Threats to Women in Politics
Growing violence against politically active women poses a threat to representative democracy. This report addresses the measurement and mitigation of online violence against women politicians.
The effect of inter-municipal cooperation on social assistance programs
Decentralised administration of social assistance programs requires significant organisational capacity. In some circumstances, inter-municipal cooperation can enhance local policy implementation but impact evaluations have focused on public services that are capital-intensive, and on the effect of cooperation on service costs rather than quality.
Accounting for carbon offsets – Establishing the foundation for carbon-trading markets
Tackling climate change requires not only reducing green house gas emissions but also removing them from the atmosphere. The offset-accounting principles in this paper complement and extend the E-liability method of accounting for GHG emissions.
Toward a Declaration on Future Generations
A key UN proposal to issue a Declaration on Future Generations and commit to institutional reforms could mark an inflection point in longstanding multilateral efforts to manage crises and place long-term sustainable development on secure foundations.
The public institutional integrity of the Amazon Fund
The Amazon Fund has the potential to enter a new phase, attracting millions of dollars in donations. For this, it must maximise its trustworthiness. The theory of public institutional integrity supports the Fund in identifying how it could improve its trustworthiness.
Zambia’s Constituency Development Fund: Policy considerations
The Lemann Foundation Programme is a comparative research programme with an emphasis on Brazil, which generates and disseminates knowledge to improve the public sector and its associated institutions.
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