Rio de Janeiro Faces Perfect Storm of Climate Change
All coastal cities are vulnerable to climate change
1 de abril de 2021
Etiqueta: Robert Muggah
Espaço público pode sair mais forte
A percepção dessas deficiências é um ponto de partida para a busca das soluções, segundo Robert Muggah, cofundador e diretor de Pesquisa e Inovação do Instituto Igarapé.
31 de março de 2021
Governance and COVID-19: a Background Paper for the 2021 SDG16 Conference
Robert Muggah contributed to this report that aims to campaign to halve violence by 2030 with cities around the world.
18 de março de 2021
Brazil’s catastrophic management of COVID-19 threatens the entire world
Bolsonaro’s administration is largely responsible for all of this chaos, which has killed 270,000 Brazilians.
16 de março de 2021
Qual a relação entre conflitos armados e mudanças climáticas
Nesta entrevista, concedida ao Nexo por escrito, na quinta-feira (4), Muggah diz que “as mudanças climáticas já estão criando as condições para o início de novos conflitos, estão intensificando os conflitos existentes e estão reacendendo antigos conflitos.
16 de março de 2021
COVID-19 is reconfiguring organized crime in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean are suffering from the twin epidemics of COVID-19 and organized crime and violence.
5 de março de 2021
Opinion: Brazil’s President Is A Global Health Threat
Brazil is in critical condition. Latin America’s largest country is experiencing record-breaking death tolls and its health system is teetering on the brink of collapse.
5 de março de 2021
Climate change and security in West Africa (Inglês)
O Instituto Igarapé preparou uma série de produtos sobre a relação entre segurança climática e violência na África Ocidental
19 de fevereiro de 2021
West Africa at the precipice: Visualizing climate stress and insecurity (Inglês)
Instituto Igarapé preparou o boletim “Avaliando as relações entre as mudanças climáticas e a segurança na África Ocidental”
19 de fevereiro de 2021
In Brazil, QAnon Has a Distinctly Bolsonaro Flavor
When Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro repeatedly downplayed the threat of COVID-19, Brazilians were understandably confused about the gravity of the pandemic.
12 de fevereiro de 2021
Drug Cartels Are All Over Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok
Late last year, Colombia’s federal police arrested Diego Optra, a crime boss who heads a ruthless gang called La Local in the port city of Buenaventura.
1 de fevereiro de 2021
Ataque hacker que atingiu Microsoft e setor militar dos EUA destrói ilusão de segurança na rede
Enquanto a pandemia de Covid-19 se espalhava pelo mundo, outro vírus misterioso e com efeitos devastadores de longo prazo também se multiplicava despercebido pelo planeta.
1 de fevereiro de 2021
Uso das redes sociais por facções criminosas exige resposta ágil
As redes sociais se tornaram um meio de comunicação essencial para o narcotráfico e para as facções do crime organizado.
28 de janeiro de 2021
PS Commentators’ Predictions for 2021
The global green transition will accelerate – and not a moment too soon.
28 de janeiro de 2021
Bolsonaro Is Following Trump’s Anti-Democracy Playbook
At least one foreign leader still believes outgoing U.S. President Donald Trump’s desperate claims that the election was rigged.
28 de janeiro de 2021
Expert Voices 2021: What Will Be the “New Normal”?
The COVID-19 pandemic could give rise to positive innovations in cities and a radical intolerance of the status quo
26 de janeiro de 2021
Why The Latest Cyberattack Was Different
All during 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic swept around the world, another novel virus with devastating long-term effects spread unnoticed worldwide
25 de janeiro de 2021
Here’s how rising global risks will change our cities
While the coronavirus pandemic is ravaging around the globe, we will continue to experience unprecedented urbanization in the coming decades.
22 de janeiro de 2021
Brazil’s LGBTQ community faces surging violence, but they’re fighting back
Discrimination and violence against Brazil’s LGBTQ communities are widespread, yet often underreported
11 de dezembro de 2020
The Radicalization of Bangladeshi Cyberspace
At 8:45 pm, five gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery, an upscale establishment in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
27 de novembro de 2020
A desinformação nas redes não apenas ameaça as eleições municipais, mas também corrói a democracia
Muitos brasileiros se preocuparam com a torrente de desinformação nas redes sociais durante as eleições presidenciais americanas deste ano, que foram duramente disputadas.
23 de novembro de 2020
Jihadist Networks Dig In on Social Media Across Central Asia
Central Asia was long a digital backwater
12 de novembro de 2020
Misinformation Is Threatening Brazil’s Elections, Too
Brazilians are preparing nervously for their own municipal elections on November 15
12 de novembro de 2020
From 19th-century long-haul travel times to the global spread of McDonald’s and Netflix: The fascinating maps that will change how you see the world
This is the startling observation made by authors Ian Goldin and Robert Muggah in the introduction to their fascinating new book, Terra Incognita
28 de outubro de 2020
The maps that show life is slowly getting better
Maps are not just informative, they are empowering. They can help provide a new perspective to age-old problems
19 de outubro de 2020
COVID-19 is increasing multiple kinds of inequality. Here’s what we can do about it
Around the world, responses to the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic are understandably focused on reducing infections and fatalities.
13 de outubro de 2020
Arming the Americas
Robert Muggah and Katherine Aguirre contributed with a chapter for The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Latin America.
9 de outubro de 2020
COVID-19 could reset cities for the better
The COVID-19 pandemic is a profoundly urban crisis. The vast majority of the millions of reported cases worldwide are concentrated in overcrowded neighbourhoods and informal settlements.
6 de outubro de 2020
Migrations and polarization in Latin America
This article is part of a series in which leading experts reflect on emerging trends for cities seeking to address hate, polarisation and extremism.
1 de outubro de 2020