Reimagine. Recreate. Restore. Those are the watchwords of World Environment Day, an annual day of celebration and contemplation taking place globally on June 5th every year. In 2021, Pakistan is playing host to the official events of the day, which this year also mark the beginning of the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. According…
On March 20, 2021, we celebrate the 9th annual International Day of Happiness, a day commemorated by the General Assembly of the United Nations to acknowledge the inextricable connection between well-being and human development around the globe. On this day, the international community – including world leaders, policymakers, and economists – are reminded that well-being must be measured through determinants far more complex than income and wealth accumulation. This idea is not modern in any sense. Quoting Aristotle from his book Nicomachean Ethics, “wealth is…
In these trying times of COVID-19, nurses have rightly come to be heralded as heroes, not only of their communities, but of the world at large. It is apt, therefore, for Katoikos to look at this profession today, on the International Day of Women and Girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and for…
As international issues go, climate change is unique in that it will, without exception, impact every single country on Earth. The responsibility for it is therefore shared widely among countries, and the crisis can only be effectively mitigated if there is global cooperation and a unified response. With the threats posed by climate change becoming…
By Richard Kinley, Georgios Kostakos and Harris Gleckman* With Joe Biden set to assume office on 20 January, there is great expectation at the return of the US to the multilateral fold, to reclaim its leadership position with active engagement on global challenges, notably climate change. All is well, then, and the world no…
In observance of UN Day, the Foundation for Global Governance and Sustainability (FOGGS) and Katoikos issued an open call to citizens of the world to submit photos with one word answering either of the following questions: What has the UN been most associated with over the past 75 years? What do you want the UN…
Calculations by the London School of Economics show it clearly. If early on Wuhan could have directly informed a truly “global health organisation” and the epidemic thus been restricted to its city of origin, the world economy could probably have avoided more than 8 trillion dollars worth of damage and possibly thousands fewer lives would…
Every human being is part of a community, whether rich or poor, privileged or not, communities are made up of diversities, and that’s exactly what makes everything so beautiful. But diversity calls for equality and that is where the problem lies, everything has to be the same for everyone, but at the same time, each…
Katoikos lanzó esta petición ante las Naciones Unidas, el Secretario General de la ONU y los líderes de todos los países La urgencia global del COVID-19 ha puesto de relieve no solo las debilidades de los sistemas de salud mundiales, sino también el bajo nivel de preparación de los países para tales desastres, así como…
Katoikos a lancé cette pétition adressée à l’Organisation des Nations Unies, au Secrétaire général de l’ONU et les dirigeants de tous les pays L’urgence globale du COVID-19 a mis en lumière non seulement les faiblesses des systèmes de santé mondiaux, mais également le faible niveau de préparation des pays face à de telles catastrophes, ainsi…
