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It is clear that the New Urban Agenda (NUA) sets ambitious goals regarding environmental sustainability and resilience, acknowledging them as crucial elements in order to achieve…
Humanitarian relief projects now require co-operation between a broader range of actors to deliver both immediate aid and long term sustainable recovery.The context of…
“We cannot talk about cities without talking about migrants and we cannot talk about migrants without talking about cities” – Jill Helke (International Organisation for Migration…
Amartya Deb explores the prospect of greater collaboration between governments and local communities for improving informal settlements.
The Habitat III conference in Quito on the…
“This is the single most important event at Habitat III”, says the panellist at the Cities, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction special session. The challenge of climate…
Abdur Rehman Cheema and Muhammad Ali Khan explore a recent opportunity for 'South-South learning' and call for further cooperation through regional bodies.
“I never thought…
Local and Regional governments publish a manifesto for deeper engagement with global politics.The modern world is changing rapidly. Trans-national and national governments…
The New Urban Agenda (NUA) makes a bold pledge that ‘no-one will be left behind’. A pledge which was unanimously reaffirmed in Monday’s High-Level Roundtable. This is a commitment…
Marc-Olivier P. Cantin surveys the profound foreign policy mutations that Canada is experiencing after a year under the Trudeau administration.‘We’re back’. It is with this…
Two days into the Habitat III conference public space (natural and built) has been discussed in terms of its importance for equitable, healthy, sustainable cities - making them…