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The New Urban Agenda has been unanimously adopted at the Habitat III conference in Quito. Around 36,000 people from 167 different countries met last week to analyse and discuss the challenges facing cities. Last...
Urban experts are warning that the New Urban Agenda does not go far enough on financing. Some fear it could pave the way for a surge in private development at the expense of liveable...
After 38 hours of non-stop negotiations, a new draft for the New Urban Agenda has been approved. The 23-page document is likely to be adopted at the Habitat III summit in Quito, Ecuador next...
In the lead-up to the upcoming UN Habitat III conference in Quito later this year, delegates at an African regional meeting adopted a declaration outlining their vision of sustainable development in Africa. The Abuja...
The Montreal Declaration on Sustainable Cities states that metropolitan areas are key to sustainable urbanisation. The declaration was drafted at one of several meetings being held in the lead-up to next year’s Habitat III...
The Addis Ababa Action Agenda is being hailed as a major achievement that will help the international community finalise the new Post-2015 Development Agenda. But some charge it does not go far enough on...
The United Nations General Assembly has voted in favour of holding the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador in October 2016. The conference is held every two...
