Zainab Kakal
@zainabkakal
Innovation in development Playing at @UNDP_innovation Previously @UNDPAccLabs @WRIRossCities @Xynteo @wef
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In the panel discussion "Beyond the National: How to Future at the Multilateral, Global and Local Levels?", @zainabkakal emphasizes the importance of helping people see themselves and their future generations in foreisght work. #MuseumoftheFuture #DubaiFuture #FutureForum24…
We're excited to introduce the now complete Regional #Innovation and #Digital Team at @UNDPasiapac. @zainabkakal @afreenundp @melly_frederika @aishamarzuki @sriganeshl @AlexOprunenco @UNDP_innovation
The @UN Summit of the Future concluded yesterday. In the @UNDP_Pacific, we continue building governance structures for #anticipatory development action, guided by humility and traditional knowledge. undp.org/pacific/blog/d… @TuyaLive #pacific #OurCommonFuture
You are invited to join the @COL4D “Digitalisation and Future Learning” webinar on 25 September 2024, from 1700 to 1830 hrs Pacific Standard Time (PST North America) and 1100 hrs in Suva on Thursday the 26 September 2024. This interactive session will feature a distinguished…
Congratulations @PaulaCirikiyas3 Much well deserved!
Big congratulations to my good friend and colleague Paula! what a great appointment! Good luck @PaulaCirikiyas3 in this mission!
Tuvalu is the world's first digital nation. "If you were about to lose everything, what is that one thing that you would save?" youtube.com/watch?v=m0KoYa…
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The First Digital Nation COP28 Update
“This is a crazy situation. Rising seas are a crisis entirely of humanity’s making, a crisis that will soon swell to an almost unimaginable scale, with no lifeboat to take us back to safety. But if we save the Pacific, we also save ourselves.” theguardian.com/world/article/…
This is us transforming @UNDP's internal engines and in the process development paradigms. For collabs / questions, reach out!
Women are less likely to think that generative AI will enable them to develop new skills (40% vs 51% of men), change jobs (36% vs 44%), create new opportunities (33% vs 40%) or increase their income (35% vs 42%). theconversation.com/women-are-less….
Amid a turbulent time for our planet, the Pacific Islands region is a beacon of solidarity and strength, environmental stewardship and peace. The world has much to learn from the Pacific Islands.
The word “Protopia” was coined in a 2011 blog post by Wired’s founding editor Kevin Kelly. Kelly’s initial idea of the concept came from the word “pronoia,” (the opposite of “paranoia”): an exuberant feeling that the entire world is rooting for you. medium.com/protopia-futur…
"Science fiction is about anticipation, and this is a big problem. Society is perfect in North Korea; the hierarchy is perfect, so why dream about the future? How to imagine the future when society is perfect?" arstechnica.com/culture/2023/0…
Royal Mint opens factory in south Wales to recover gold from e-waste theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…
Tonga's annual debt repayments to China are nearly 4 per cent of its GDP — the third-highest level in the world. abc.net.au/news/2024-07-2…
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China has loaned Pacific Island nations money for infrastructure — the debts have become 'astrono...
Pacific Island nations are spending big to repay loans from China. But some say there are other roads available to them if they want to overcome their debt burdens.
The islands of the Hawaiian archipelago were once divided into self-sustaining communities called ahupuaʻa. Through collective stewardship, they provided people with food, building material, and other basic and cultural necessities. nationalgeographic.com/culture/graphi…
One vision of Indigenous futurism is alternative history. A time line where Captain Cook never makes it to Hawai‘i, Cortés never arrives at Tenochtitlan in search of gold, and the Niña, Pinta, and Santa María are still trees planted in the earth. nationalgeographic.com/culture/articl…
As we all strive to imagine the future, the inevitability of extractive capitalism should not be assumed. It’s important to build an alternative reality—one where Indigenous perspectives on relationships to land, sea, sky, and cosmos are the guiding force nationalgeographic.com/culture/articl…
Water and wealth are constructed from the same word in Hawaiian. These terms—wai and waiwai, respectively—are an indelible part of who I am, and who Native Hawaiians are. nationalgeographic.com/culture/articl…
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