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Applications for the Global Award for Sustainable Development in Cities, Shanghai Award, are now open
Published: April 25, 2023
Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme First session of 2023
Published: March 30, 2023
March 30, 2023, Nairobi, Kenya
The Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme held its first session for the year 2023 from 28 to...
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2022 SDG Cities Conference Showcases City Initiatives Around the World
Published: November 28, 2022
November 28, 2022
Cities share how they are implementing local actions to accelerate towards Sustainable Development Goals.
The SDG Cities Gl...
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Chinese Achievements and Ambitions during the 2022 SDG Cities Conference
Published: November 25, 2022
Brisbane, first Australian city to be awarded SDG Cities Silver Certificate
Published: November 21, 2022
November 21, 2022
The City of Brisbane (Australia) has received the SDG Cities Silver Certificate at COP27 on November 15, 2022.
Brisbane, the capita...
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Three new Bolivian Cities are Silver certified SDG Cities
Published: November 14, 2022
November 14, 2022
The three Bolivian Cities of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, El Alto and Cochabamba have been awarded SDG Cities Silver Certificate during Ur...
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Tampere and Mwanza to join SDG Cities Global Initiative
Published: November 11, 2022
November 10, 2022
The Finnish city of Tampere and Tanzanian city of Mwanza have expressed their intent to join the SDG Cities Global Initiative last mon...
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Vitoria-Gasteiz launches its Local 2030 Agenda
Published: October 27, 2022
October 27, 2022
Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain) launched its Local 2030 Agenda during its 2022 Local Urban Forum on September 9th, showing its engagement towar...
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Transforming urban futures. World Urban Forum’s Eleventh Session meets Katowice
Published: October 27, 2022
The Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF11) is scheduled to take place for the first time in Central and Eastern Europe in Katowice, Poland from ...
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Youth take lead in the 1st Urban Monitoring Framework Pilot Project’s Training and Data Collection Process in Mombasa and Mathare-Nairobi
Published: October 27, 2022
In the Old Town of Mombasa County, UN-Habitat, in partnership with Swahilipot Hub facilitated a training workshop aimed at impacting the youth with data co...
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