From the climate crisis to inequalities, urban areas play an increasingly central role in tackling key sustainable development challenges. Strengthening the connections between city-level actors and facilitating their engagement in international policy debates is therefore vital to scale up innovative approaches based on concrete experience. In this spirit, Sami Kanaan, member of the Executive Council …
On 2 March, the Geneva Cities Hub was invited by R20 to the panel on “Blended finance for infrastructure investment at subnational level”. The event was mainly targeting the finance sector and presenting new opportunities to invest into projects that help address climate change and achieve sustainable development goals. The Geneva Cities Hub was invited …
The past year was full of exciting initiatives. Our flagship event series, the Geneva Urban Debates and the City Diplomacy Events offered great opportunities to discuss with local authorities, member states and international organizations such important issues as the state and future of multilateralism, human rights, sustainable development, economic recovery after the Covid-19 pandemic, sustainable …
The Geneva Cities Hub (GCH) raised awareness about the important upcoming urban meetings planned in the first half of 2022 at a joint briefing for UN Member States co-organized by UNECE and UN-Habitat. As moderator, the GCH emphasized the need for contribution by all stakeholders, including States, local and regional governments, international organizations and civil …
Fulfilling its role as the urban platform in Geneva, the Geneva Cities Hub (GCH) co-convened an informal urban briefing with UN-Habitat on 7 February 2022 targeting Geneva-based international organizations and international city networks. The objective was to raise awareness, mobilize and engage those stakeholders in view of important upcoming urban meetings in the first half …
On 24 January 2022, the Geneva Cities Hub, the Geneva Environment Network, and the UN-Habitat Geneva Office, with the support of Norway, convened the first Geneva Urban Debate of 2022 with the purpose of promoting the voice of local and regional governments (LRGs) in the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) proceedings relating to plastics. UNEA is …
Cities are among the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions which contribute to climate change, but they also are the ones the most impacted by it. Much depends on how they are planned, built and use energy to enable people to live, move and thrive. For many cities, local and regional governments, tackling climate change …
The 3rd Annual Strategic Retreat of the Geneva Cities Hub focused on how to support the involvement of local and regional governments (LRGs) in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which provides a concrete multilateral entry point for LRGs to directly interact with States. To do so, retreat participants first discussed lessons learnt from the Voluntary …
On 10 December 2021, the Geneva Cities Hub will hold its Annual strategic retreat. This year, the retreat will focus on the role of local and regional governments (LRGs) in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR, a State-driven process involving a review of the human rights records of all UN Member States). On that occasion, the …
The Geneva Cities Hub supports the Healthy Cities, Healthy People initiative that will be launched today. The Healthy Cities, Healthy People initiative brings together local leaders and organizations such as UN-Habitat, the World Health Organization, the Commonwealth Local Government Forum and others, committed to creating healthy cities for all, with a focus on reducing rates …
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