Recognition for Carlos Lopes Work
Member of the International Commission of Experts on Financing for Development, Government of Spain & United Nations, Madrid & New York
Government of Spain & United Nations | Jul 2024
First Class Order of Zayed II, bestowed by the United Arab Emirates President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Abhu Dhabi Media Office | May 2024
Member of the G20 Task Force on a Global Mobilization Against Climate Change
Brazilian Government | Feb 2024
One of 100 most influential black personalities of the Lusophone World
Bantumen 100 Powerlist | Dec 2022
Confirmed by the United Nations Economic and Social Council as a member of the prestigious Committee for Development Policy for the period 2022 to 2024.
United Nations Economic and Social Council | Apr 2022
New Chair of the Board and Advisory Council of the African Climate Foundation
African Climate Foundation | Apr 2022
Appointed as > Foundational Fellow of the International Science Council
International Science Council | Mar 2022
Recognised by the African report as one of the 100 most influential Africans
The Africa Report | Oct 2019
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L’รฉconomie du dรฉveloppement ร l’รจre des bouleversements
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Development Economics for an Age of Upheaval
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Cartographie : corriger la carte de l’Afrique, un enjeu รฉconomique et stratรฉgique
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Cartographic Justice for Africa
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Africaโs Interdependence with the Gulf Under Pressure
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Gulf shock: How Iran war could reshape Africaโs economic outlook
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Pro Vice-Chancellor Lecture by Professor Carlos Lopes
Development economics for an age of upheaval
Restauration des sols africains : les idรฉes visionnaires dโAmรญlcar Cabral restent dโactualitรฉ
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The first real splash came in 2016, 10 years ago, when my SOAS Centenary Lecture, โHow Big Is Africa?โ, was unusually hosted at the AUโa packed room intrigued as the cartographic issue was raised there for the first time. Today, the UN has affirmed that cartographic justice must
Lopes: El siguiente paso debe ser la implementaciรณn. La ONU y sus organismos deberรญan liderar el proceso adoptando proyecciones de รกreas equivalentes en sus publicaciones, representaciones y productos digitales. Los gobiernos deberรญan revisar los planes de estudio escolares y los
164 votes in favour! ๐๐บ๏ธ This is an emotional day for me. After making this case in three books and countless contributions over many years, the world has finally agreed: Africa must be seen in its true size. We did it! โ๐พ๐
#CorrectTheMap @SelmaHaddadi
@rdussey
#Togo
"LโAfrique ne peut pas sโindustrialiser de la mรชme maniรจre que dโautres lโont fait, mais ยซ la question est de savoir si elle peut sโindustrialiser dโune maniรจre qui reflรจte les rรฉalitรฉs du prรฉsent et les possibilitรฉs de lโavenir ยป, conclut Carlos Lopes. Charge aux Africains de
Thank you, @rdussey, for taking our battle to the UN ๐๐บ๏ธ It has been a long journey to show how cartography can perpetuate narratives inherited from centuries of contempt, offering false comfort built on distortion. Today, that deception is finally being challenged. โ๐พ
CORRECT THE MAP IS NOT THEREFORE ABOUT ATTACKING A MAP, IT IS ABOUT CORRECTION A DISTORTION. @_AfricanUnion
#FairWorldFairMap #TrueSizeOfAfrica #CorrectTheMap #MapsMatter #CartographicJustice #RepresentationMatters #AfricaMatters #DecolonizeMaps #KnowAfrica #GlobalJustice
๐ For two decades, I have called for maps to show Africaโs true size. Proud to have helped make @AfricaNoFilter and #CorrectTheMap the banner of this movement. Today, the UN votes. Whatever the result, denial is over. Africa can finally be seen as it truly is. โ๐พ๐๐บ๏ธ
Donโt be fooled, Africa's a giant, and itโs time we demanded that it be shown. Sign the petition to add your voice to thousands of others who care to correct history: https://bit.ly/42fhONX
#CorrectTheMap #RightSizeAfrica #SizeMatters #AfricaMatters #NoMoreMercatorMap
For someone who led both UNITAR and UN System Staff College simultaneously for 5 years and proposed the merger of the two in 2009, this is a moment of poetic justice. For me, it's not uncommon to take 17 years to get the reason ๐๐.
Today, the UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution endorsing the merger of @UNSSC into @UNITAR setting in motion a phased transition toward the future UN Institute for Capability and Learning Innovation (UNICLI).
Read more here: https://unitar.org/about/news-stories/press/general-assembly-adopts-resolution-endorsing-merger-unssc-unitar-and-establishing-new-united-nations








































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