The International Day of Family Remittances get some facts

(IDFR) is an international day adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (A/RES/72/281) and celebrated every year on 16 June.
See some key posts and Infographics from the UN 2020 online event

Find out why they are important using these UN reports which highlight the roe of remittances as a force for sustainable development
the World Bank has also prepared a page it includes recent remittances data, links to household surveys and factbooks

Another good source is the ILO website
which has a section on migrant labour with related resources
The International Labour Migration Statistics (ILMS) Database in ASEAN. The data include countries' stocks of international migrants and international migrant workers; the corresponding annual inflows of these; and countries' stocks and outflows of nationals abroad

The Migration Data Portal has a useful guide and links to a range of data sources on migrant labour worldwide.

World Oceans Day- academic resources

This week World Oceans Day celebrated the contribution of the oceans and the need to maintain their diversity and sustainability

Here are some useful academic resources for finding information about oceans.


"Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission" (IOC) of UNESCO was established in 1961. it has a knowledge exchange with a catalogue of useful websites and data about all aspects of oceans


UNEP has an ocean data viewer

ODV presents global datasets on coastal and marine biodiversity. It includes GIS data.

The Ocean Plus library has data and reports they include Environmental Impact assessments and both regional and global datasets

The UN environment website includes news, programme and data on all aspects of the environment they include a recent report on marine pollution

For the UK there is a British Oceanographic data Centre . It includes marine environment monitoring.

World Bicycle day - 3rd June some facts and figures for social scientists

3rd of June was designated by the United Nations as World Bicycle Day
How many people cycle in the UK?
The Uk government has statistics on wlaking and cycling for 2018 down to local authority area.
the proportion of adults cycling at least once a week in England fell slightly from 2015 to 2016 in 12% to 11% in 2017 to 2018
For Europe see some general facts and figures from the European Cyclist FederationEurostat has a transport database on road rail transport that give details on vehicles, passengers and infrastructure.It also has some survey results on walking and cyclingand data on cycling and road safety
On an international scale the International Transport Forum (OECD) has reprots and policy documents covering cycling
Fia foundation is concerned with philanthropy nin road safety and has case studies of safer city cycling.
Ecocounter has a world wide cycling index they map journeys cycling at night and popularity worldwide and in cities. They have a dashboard monitoring changes in use during the pandemic
Other discussion of changes can be seen in the World Resources Institute blogEIT Urban Mobility website