By Alejandra Rivera, international urbanist and founder of Urban Matters and Marie Urfels, urban geographer and Northern Europe Lead at Urban Matters. Since we had

Photo taken by Alejandra Rivera at the UCLG Congress opening ceremony June 23, 2026 Reflections by Alejandra Rivera The third stop in my journey of

By Alejandra Rivera, international urbanist and founder of Urban Matters and Adam Kiedrowski Chief Specialist at Poland’s Ministry of Climate and Environment, Department of Environment

In this blog I explore what is the Economy for the Common Good and share key takeaways from the ECGIC 2026 conference: Four Keynote Perspectives on Economic Transformation and the work of a constellation of actors working on the field.

Understanding Climate Resilient Housing and the Right to Housing

According to Vanity Fair, “the Proust Questionnaire has its origins in a parlor game popularized (though not devised) by Marcel Proust, the French essayist and

A review of a discussion generated by the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) in a series of webinars “On The Forthcoming EUs Directive on Human Rights Due Diligence

Alexandria, Egypt. November 2022. Alejandra Rivera Alejandra Rivera represented the IHRB’s Built Environment programme and played an active role at last month’s COP27 in Sharm

A conversation between Alejandra Rivera, Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) Built Environment Team and Charis Hoffmann, ICLEI Circular Development, reflecting on COP27 and its significance

Alejandra Rivera leading a working session at the ISOCARP Young Planning Professional workshop in Kocaeli, Turkey. March 2022 Alejandra Rivera graduated from 4CITIES in 2019