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World Forum to Address Urban Crises, Urban Recovery The Forum will feature an extraordinary dialogue on urban crisis response and recovery, and special sessions on urban recovery frameworks and on rebuilding communities and neighborhoods after war and natural disasters “Partner-driven events” include SDGs in Action, ONE UN, Voices from Cities, Networking, Training, and Urban Library As the
WUF11 Declared Actions Urge Move from . . . - SDG Knowledge Hub To respond to these needs, WUF11 participants declared their “voluntary actions and commitments for the next two years and beyond,” including a move from incrementalism towards fundamental shifts in urban environments, systems of governance, and forms of habitation, in line with human rights treaties Organized by the UN Human Settlements
UN-Habitat Assembly Promotes Inclusive Multilateralism to Achieve SDGs Through a declaration, ministers attending the UN-Habitat Assembly (UNHA) committed to advancing multilateral engagement and international cooperation to address urban crises, SDG localization, and the need for adequate housing The ministers highlighted the importance of inclusive urban planning, multi-level governance, urban climate change
Human Settlements Population – SDG Knowledge Hub Global Platform to Inform Shift from Reducing Risk to Building Resilience 20 May 2022 12 SDGs Goal 1 - No Poverty Goal 2 - Zero Hunger Goal 3 – Good Health Well-being Goal 5 – Gender Equality Goal 6 – Clean Water Sanitation Goal 10 - Reduced Inequalities
Local Governments Should Formulate, Not Just Implement, Policy for . . . The meeting convened virtually on 11-13 November 2020 The President of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) told participants that it is through local governments and cities that the UN can translate its global vision into reality and implement frameworks such as the 2030 Agenda, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the New Urban Agenda
Building Urban Resilience in the Caribbean: Policies, Practices and . . . In the Caribbean, 72% of the population lives in urban areas, and it is projected this may be 80% by 2050 (Donovan and Turner-Jones, 2017; UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), Population Division, 2018) Currently, over 70% of the population of the Bahamas, Cuba, the Dominican Republic lives in urban settlements
Governments to Check Progress on Urban Goals - SDG Knowledge Hub Kenya said the New Urban Agenda is even more urgent amid post-COVID recovery, and the meeting is a chance to find ways to revitalize it Russian Federation said that the New Urban Agenda is often omitted from discussions on sustainable development and the high-level meeting should serve as a “booster” for urban component
Transport - SDG Knowledge Hub Transport This section addresses the ways of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from travel, including: the reduction of the fossil carbon content of transport fuel; the increase in fuel efficiency of vehicles; the encouragement of a move towards more environmentally friendly forms of transport; and the possible inclusion of transport in
BRICS Ministers Commit to Urban Environmental Management, Global . . . 19 August 2019: Following the fifth BRICS Ministers of Environment Meeting, held under the theme, ‘Contribution of Urban Environmental Management to Improving the Quality of Life in Cities,’ leaders of Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) issued a joint statement, expressing commitment to supporting the development of the post-2020 global biodiversity
Can Vertical Farming Stand the Test of COVID-19 and Food Insecurity . . . Cities hit the hardest by the virus account for 95 percent of positive cases[1] Currently, over half of the world’s population lives in urban areas, and by 2050, cities will be home to two-thirds of the global population[2], yet the urban food system, distribution, and retail were disrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic[3]