On May 29th, the ISET’s Salome Gelashvili spoke at the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – Tbilisi Implementation Conference hosted by the Parliament of Georgia and held at the Radisson Blu Iveria Hotel from May 28th to 29th. She participated in a panel discussion on data for sustainable development.

თუ მთავრობის წარმომადგენელი, სამოქალაქო საზოგადოების ორგანიზაცია, კვლევითი ინსტიტუტი ან უბრალოდ შეწუხებული მოქალაქე ხართ, რომელსაც გარემოს მდგომარეობაზე გული შეგტკივათ, ეკოლოგიური ეფექტიანობის ინდექსი თქვენთვის საინტერესო უნდა იყოს. EPI ორ წელიწადში ერთხელ ქვეყნდება და გვიყვება არასასიამოვნო სიმართლეს თითოეული ქვეყნის ტრაექტორიასა და მათი მუშაობის ეფექტიანობაზე.

About half of the world’s population are living in cities. Rapid urbanization puts pressure on urban infrastructure and labor markets, also contributes to environmental degradation, and speeds up the instability of construction projects and dwellings. Climate change is yet another cause that will harm the stability of cities. A solid and global plan on how to tackle urban planning is therefore much needed, which is why the New Urban Agenda was endorsed by the UN in 2016.

Perhaps as an early Christmas gift to the international community rooting for a cross-sectoral solution on combatting climate change, HSBC has announced its commitment to establish the world’s first bond. As explained by HSBC themselves, the bond is closely linked to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). Following seven selected SDG targets, HSBC will fund 1 billion USD through the bond and thus financially support projects set out to increase the sustainable well-being of communities and the environment.

Between June 9-10, Mr. Labadze attended the 4th Asia Think Tank Summit in Seoul, an event jointly organized by the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA), the Korea Development Institute (KDI), the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP), the Civil Society Program (TTCSP) of the University of Pennsylvania, and the Asia Development Bank Institute (ADBI).