#Debate "Exposing the hidden value of #EquitableHousing in informal #settlements

Findings from a new report ‘Improving #housing in informal settlements: assessing the impacts in human development’ from #HabitatForHumanity and #IIED demonstrate that #EquitableAccess to adequate housing in informal settlements generate a direct impact of 10.5% #EconomicGrowth and that #LifeExpectancy could grow up adding 2.4 yrs of life on average globally"

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https://www.iied.org/better-for-everyone-exposing-hidden-value-equitable-housing-informal-settlements

Better for everyone: exposing the hidden value of equitable housing in informal settlements

This IIED Debates event will explore the social, economic and environmental returns that can be gained from equitable access to housing in informal settlements and how we can respond to the housing crises with political will and action that considers the needs and aspirations of those living in informal settlement and the wealth of existing evidence

International Institute for Environment and Development

G20 nations raked in $50bn in debt repayments from poor countries since Covid, report finds | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/g20-india-climate-change-debt-b2372158.html

#Debt
#G20
#Covid
#PoorCountries
#ClimateCrisis
#IIED
#ClimateVulnerable

G20 nations raked in $50bn in debt repayments from poor countries since Covid, report finds

Poor nations are forced to fill the ‘coffers of big banks and polluters’ instead of protecting people’s homes, experts say

The Independent

Employee sues Catholic Charities of Omaha over "life-like" active-shooter drill - alleges employees were not given a warning of the planned ‘drill.'

Question presented: Do workers’ compensation courts have exclusive jurisdiction over workplace injuries even if the employer specifically intends to do harm?

#LawFedi #Law #WorkersComp #EmploymentLaw #Nebraska #Omaha #CatholicCharities #CivPro #Jurisdiction #WorkplaceInjury #negligence #IIED

https://omaha.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/employee-sues-catholic-charities-of-omaha-over-active-shooter-drill/article_9ece0c92-b6ee-11ed-9be3-3719a5bda516.html

Employee sues Catholic Charities of Omaha over active-shooter drill

The lawsuit alleges leaders at the Omaha nonprofit intentionally caused an employee to fear for her life by staging an active-shooter drill without telling her and others it was fake.

Omaha World-Herald