Asia Trade Week. Trade in Asia: looking ahead 21st-24th March 2022 Online and in-person

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Modern supply chains are highly complex and susceptible to disruptions. Last year’s Suez Canal blockage served to illustrate the fragility of current global supply chains and highlight the importance of having visibility across them in navigating challenges effectively. Register free Share with a peer

 

Real-time supply-chain visibility platforms have been used over the last 18 months by leading logistics organisations to successfully manage logistics and supply-chain disruptions. How can you benefit from it?   Join more than 50 policy maker and industry expert speakers for the 3rd annual Asia Trade Week — a forward-looking, must-attend event for those involved in trade in Asia-Pacific looking to discover new opportunities for growth. Find out more

 

Who will be speaking? Over the course of 4 days, Asia Trade Week will convene business leaders, trade negotiators, policymakers, academics and experts including:

 

Anderson Martins Head, Supply Chain & Procurement Nestlé Philippines Craig Burchell Senior vice president, Global Trade Affairs Huawei Technologies Joseph Phi  Group chief executive, Li & Fung; President, LF Logistics Khulan Davaadorj Director and chief technologist LHAMOUR

 

Mary Jacques Global director, Sustainability and Environmental Affairs Lenovo Michelle Ho President, Asia Pacific UPS Ng Chee Soon Managing director Carousell Singapore Pakorn Thampimukvatana Director, supply chain, India and South-East Asia Danone

 

Find out more   What will they speak about?

 

Join us for answers to: ·        How to work collaboratively with partners across the value chain and share data when appropriate ·        How to prepare for worst-case scenarios in supply-chain disruptions ·        How to better understand customer demand and its fluctuations to improve transport and warehouse processes ·        What opportunities do blockchain and other technologies bring for the supply chain in Asia? ·        At a time of peak consumer demand for shipping, especially in e-commerce, what are the benefits for the most tech-savvy firms Register free

 

We look forward to you joining us in March next year.

 

Yours sincerely, Laurel West Managing director, Economist Events, Asia  The Economist Group

 

 

SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES >> If you are interested in the speaking opportunities available, please contact levinama@economist.com SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES >> If you are interested in the sponsorship opportunities available, please contact christophrowen@economist.com

 

 

Iraq’s Fareed Yasseen given 2021 ‘Ambassador of the Year’ award. December 2021

Congratulations Ambassador Yasseen.

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December 28, 2021   Iraq’s Fareed Yasseen given 2021 ‘Ambassador of the Year’ award   The National US-Arab Chamber of Commerce (NUSACC) recognized Iraq’s Fareed Yasseen as its 2021 “Ambassador of the Year” during a Dec. 14 awards ceremony and luncheon at Washington’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The event, which attracted 150 people, including 20 current and former ambassadors. “Look around you,” Yasseen told his audience. “You will find not only members of the business community, but also elected officials, current and former government officials, diplomats, academics, researchers, human rights activists, journalists, and friends, including a couple of my Baghdad College classmates. I don’t blush, and I am not easily humbled, but this turnout is truly humbling.” Yasseen noted that three of his colleagues have received NUSACC’s “Ambassador of the Year” award in past years: Algeria’s Madjid Bouguerra, Jordan’s Dina Kawar and Tunisia’s Faisal Gouia. “The United States and the Republic of Iraq have traveled a long road together over the years,” said David Hamod, NUSACC’s president & CEO, in praising Yasseen. “He has skillfully and strategically built partnerships between Iraq and America that will serve our respective countries for decades to come.” Read More »

CENSA’s newest board member, Mr. Kevin Ryan. Kevin is a U.S. Army Intelligence Officer. December 2021

 

CENSA Members, It is my great pleasure to introduce to you CENSA’s newest board member, Mr. Kevin Ryan. Kevin is a U.S. Army Intelligence Officer, who has held senior intelligence positions at the company, battalion, brigade, and division levels. Kevin has served in both conventional and special operations units -- deploying multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan. Most recently he served as a Defense Congressional Fellow in the US Senate, and as the Intelligence Portfolio manager for the Army's Office of the Chief Legislative Liaison. Kevin joins the board after being a CENSA member for the last three years, having led several CENSA working groups - including one that published a CENSA paper on improving artificial intelligence expertise in the national security workforce. Kevin will be assuming the responsibilities of Director of Finance for CENSA. Kevin replaces Board Member Christopher McGuire, who is taking a temporary leave of absence while serving in a new position in the U.S. government. We thank Chris for his contributions and leadership on the board for the last three years and wish him the best of luck in his new responsibilites.  Finally, I’d like to wish you a wonderful holiday season and happy new year - we look forward to seeing you all at a CENSA event (hopefully in person) in 2022. Respectfully, William J. Denn Chairman of the Board of Directors Council for Emerging National Security Affairs

First year of Making Cities Resilient 2030 draws to a close December 2021

     

Dear MCR2030 local government and municipality representatives,

As the first year of Making Cities Resilient 2030 draws to a close it is very encouraging to see such progress from cities and districts all over the world in understanding, communicating and managing their climate and disaster risk more effectively.

MCR2030 already has nearly 630 member local governments covering a population of almost 440 million. We also have seen a number of Resilience Hubs emerge. These are municipalities committed not only to protecting their own citizens and city’s infrastructure systems and assets but inspiring and supporting other local governments to move do the same.

Local governments are on the ‘frontline of opportunity’ in this era of the Climate Emergency. It is at the municipality level that the biggest dividend in avoided future disaster losses can be reaped.

The evidence is clear: those cities that invest to better understand, communicate, and manage their climate and disaster risk protect the lives and livelihoods of their citizens as well as their local infrastructure systems and assets.

With more than 90% of all disasters now related to climate change and extreme weather events, inaction will only escalate risk and losses. Climate change is generating more powerful storms, exacerbating coastal flooding, causing more deadly heatwaves, and prompting greater water shortages and more protracted drought. It is amplifying disaster losses, both in terms of human lives and livelihoods as well as the overall economy. And these losses are increasingly concentrated in urban areas.

Local leadership and capacity to better understand, communicate, and manage this increasing climate and disaster risk is a huge opportunity to invest in a resilient future; one where citizens continue to be safe and economically active; their homes remain dry; roads stay clear; bridges remain standing; power and water supplies keep working; and schools and hospitals stay open.

Local governments that do now in terms of climate and disaster resilience, the less they will suffer – and the less they will pay – in the future.

Reducing the impact of disasters: keeps people out of poverty; protects hard-earned local development gains; and enables municipalities to become more inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable.

In 2022, MCR2030 is committed to supporting your municipality to continue its progress along the Resilience Roadmap with increased and easier access to support, tools and services to help your local government along that journey.

For latest news on the MCR2030 website, please visit here: https://mcr2030.undrr.org/mcr-latest-news

To access all the resources available on the MCR203 website, please visit here: https://mcr2030.undrr.org/

And for those active on LinkedIn please visit the MCR2030 page

Best wishes to all our member local governments and service providers for a resilient and safe 2022!

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Office for Northeast Asia & Global Education and Training Institute

4F, G-Tower, 175 Art Center Daero, Yeonsu-gu, Incheon 22004, Republic of Korea

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Food Insecurity: Bananas. El Pulpo

 

Your Bananas were Bought with Blood

I will never be able to look at bananas the same way again. The history behind this fruit is filled with government coups, propaganda, and predatory corporations. This is the story of how US imperialism gave us crappy bananas - and why the ones in your kitchen might be doomed.