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This section provides news about PASCAL together with significant developments in policy and research relating to the areas of interest to PASCAL. It is based on regular scanning of policy, practice and academic literature, including web-based sources.

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Cultural Heritage Policy report - Elia Vlachou and Henrik Zipsane

Together with a colleague, Elia Vlachou also from the European Museum Academy (EMA), Henrik Zipsane, produced the attached literary review summary for cultural heritage policies on an international level.  It is produced within the EU Horizon 2020 project Sophia (Social Platform for Holistic Impact Assessment). It provides an overview of what’s in the relevant policies here and now.

Applications are now open for SHLC’s Capacity Development Acceleration Fund and Visiting Research Fellowship

Globalisation and rapid urbanisation have created neighbourhoods that are more dynamic than ever. Assuring sustainability in our neighbourhoods plays an important role in delivering sustainable cities. The Centre for Sustainable Healthy and Learning Cities (SHLC) is working to respond to urban challenges across fast-growing cities and neighbourhoods in Africa and Asia.

The Talloires Network E-Newsletter - February 2020

The Talloires Network is one of the partners with whom PASCAL collaborates. The Network enjoys a high profile and is among the several national and international bodies encouraging universities worldwide to adopt a more centrally-focussed universities' 'third mission' commitment to community service in its different senses and settings.

NewCities Newsletter | Climate Migration, Urban innovation, SDGs & more

Learn from cities and regions preparing to receive a generation of climate migrants. Thirteen expert contributors from diverse sectors envision what new, more resilient, and equitable districts might look like on higher ground, as we learn that not every risk can be mitigated. Rebuild, relocate, prevent, or brush aside, whatever you may think the future holds, explore the challenges climate change brings and what it means for urban planning.

Weatherproofing Democracy by Josef Konvitz

Josef Konvitz, Chair, PASCAL International Observatory, wrote a paper on climate change, or rather how to cope with it, as a challenge to democracy, after driving across France and Belgium on July 25 2019, the hottest day of that year (42 degrees).

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