Green Energy in Cities

How Quezon City Changed After Declaring Climate Emergency

By |2025-02-05T09:52:42+01:00February 3rd 2025|Resilient Cities and Climate|

In 2019, Quezon City, Philippines, declared a climate emergency, recognising the need for urgent action. Mayor Joy Belmonte highlights the city's bold efforts to mitigate risks and build resilience.

Green Energy in Cities

Cities at the Crossroads: Powering Urban Energy Futures Amid Global Crises

By |2025-01-23T13:02:44+01:00January 23rd 2025|Resilient Cities and Climate|

Cities are central to the energy transition. They balance climate action, economic growth, equity, and resilience. Amid geopolitical shifts, urban action and innovation remain critical. By Rohit Sen and Kanak Gokarn

Urban Governance

Local Governance of Sustainable Urban Mobility Transitions: Challenges and Opportunities for Inclusive Action

By |2024-12-17T13:55:23+01:00December 17th 2024|Good Governance, Resilient Cities and Climate|

As climate change intensifies, cities find themselves at a crossroads. Gülfem Cevheribucak highlights how urban areas can become champions of sustainability by rethinking mobility and governance. What changes are needed to make this vision a reality?

Urban Governance

How Multi-Level Dialogue Platforms Can Drive Sustainable Urban Development

By |2024-12-03T17:19:15+01:00December 3rd 2024|Good Governance, Resilient Cities and Climate|

Multi-level dialogue platforms are enhancing sustainable urban development. From city networks to EU partnerships, Rene Peter Hohmann illustrates how collaboration across government tiers is shaping the future policy environment of our cities.

Young Voices

Empowering the Next Generation of Urban Changemakers

By |2024-01-04T16:25:27+01:00August 19th 2022|Good Governance, Integrated Planning|

Young people have fantastic ideas how to create liveable cities of the future - we need an environment that fosters their creativity, says Mario Raimundi Pruss from the Young City Makers Programme.

WORLD URBAN FORUM

Transforming Our Cities for a Better Urban Future: Can We?

By |2024-01-04T15:50:31+01:00June 28th 2022|Integrated Planning, Resilient Cities and Climate|

Climate change is the biggest challenge our cities are currently facing. Lance Jay Brown on the urgent need to transform them – and on the many ideas on how to do it.

WORLD URBAN FORUM

Womenomics for the Cities We Need

By |2024-01-04T15:50:47+01:00June 23rd 2022|Gender and Inequalities, Integrated Planning|

"The City We Need Now!" (TCWNN) is a campaign by UN Habitat that is inclusive and promotes gender equality. Prof. Analia Pastran, Co-Chair of the Professionals Group and Member of the Steering Committee of the UN Habitat’ World Urban Campaign, on the importance of female professional alliances.

WORLD URBAN FORUM

Transforming Cities for a Liveable Future for All

By |2024-01-04T16:03:07+01:00June 14th 2022|Integrated Planning, Sustainable Infrastructure|

Making cities liveable for all remains one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. By Ingolf Dietrich, Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Germany.

WORLD URBAN FORUM

WUF11: Transforming our Cities for a Better Urban Future

By |2024-01-04T16:04:49+01:00June 7th 2022|Good Governance, Integrated Planning|

Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), invites you to the 11th edition of the most important global conference on sustainable urbanisation.

Hand in Hand With Nature For the Future of Urban Nepal

By |2024-01-04T15:14:30+01:00October 19th 2021|Resilient Cities and Climate|

Nepal belongs to one of the least urbanised regions in the world, while also being one of the fastest-growing countries. This poses tremendous challenges for its sustainable future. By Ripin Kalra

The Future of the Brazilian City Statute

By |2024-01-04T15:17:00+01:00September 30th 2021|Good Governance, Integrated Planning|

On the 20th anniversary of the City Statute, it is essential to reflect on its legacy of social inclusion in Brazilian cities, recognise its strategic role within national urban frameworks throughout the world and understand how a more radical transformation of our cities can be inspired by mechanisms that this legislation offers.

To Build An Urban Future, Dare Looking At The Basics

By |2024-01-04T15:00:11+01:00August 19th 2021|Integrated Planning, Sustainable Infrastructure|

The future of our cities is circular, argues Maíra Valladares from 3R - Reduzir, Reusar e Reciclar, a recycling company aiming to circularise Mozambican cities' waste management.

Civic Technology for Participatory Cities of the Future

By |2024-01-04T15:00:36+01:00August 17th 2021|Integrated Planning, Sustainable Infrastructure|

Advanced by the COVID-19 pandemic, cities are experiencing a surge in technological innovation. Among them, civic technologies hold promising solutions towards more citizen participation, argues Francesca Esses.

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