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Local and regional governments face important barriers in accessing finance such as the low capacity for developing bankable projects and the lack of information on financing instruments and opportunities. The session will give an insight on: (i) local government representatives from Europe, South America and Africa sharing their challenges to secure finance. (ii) financial institution […]

This event is designed for panel discussions with policy makers, city representatives, industry experts and researchers to discuss clean transport adoption in cities as part of energy savings, climate mitigation and public health efforts. Different modes of zero-emission transport will be discussed, and several regions (Africa, Asia, Europe and Latin America) will showcase best practice […]

The theme of the 9th Africities Summit is: “The Role of Intermediary Cities of Africa in the Implementation of Agenda 2030 of the United Nations and the African Union Agenda 2063”. These two Agendas call for the urgent need to develop resilient and sustainable urbanisation in Africa, cognisant of the fact that by 2050 the […]

WUF11 - Transforming Our Cities for a Better Urban Future The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanisation. This will be the first time that the WUF, convened by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), will take place in Eastern Europe. The WUF was established in 2001 by the […]

Final Workshop of the IKI supported "Urban Pathways - Supporting Low Carbon Plans for Urban Basic Services in the context of the New Urban Agenda" project took place beginning of November 2022. For the last five years, the Urban Pathways project has taken a very practical and demand-driven approach working with countries and cities that […]

UNEP in partnership with the SolutionsPlus project and the TUMI e bus mission is organising a week long event in Dar es Salaam Tanzania as part of the Africa Regional Support and Investment platform events. This is also part of SESA's Community of Practice on electric mobility led by UNEP.  The primary goals of the […]

The UNEA-6 Cities and Regions Summit is an Associated Event to the Sixth United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6). This is the 3rd edition of the Summit, whose first occurrence was organized during UNEA-4 in 2019. The Summit brings together mayors and other representatives from cities and regions worldwide to engage in a collaborative dialogue on the pressing […]

The World Urban Forum (WUF) is the premier global conference on sustainable urbanization. The World Urban Forum (WUF) was established by the United Nations in 2001 to examine one of the most pressing issues facing the world: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies and climate change. Discover more