One World – One Environment – One Network
Urban experts have established of a global blueprint to better understand climate change, its impact on cities and the critical role local authorities play in solving this challenge. The blueprint came at the end...
At least 45 events will be held around the world in 2017 to come up with concrete action plans on how to implement the New Urban Agenda. The events are part of the Urban...
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...
Cities are uniquely vulnerable to climate change, but they are also drivers of innovative mitigation and adaptation strategies. The outcome of COP21 will have a crucial impact on the future of cities. The New...
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...
