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UN Secretary General highlights the important role of cities in ensuring a resilient recovery

20 April 2021
In a meeting with a Mayors' delegation held on 16 April 2021 facilitated by C40, UN Secretary General António Guterres acknowledged the positive and growing force of mayors and cities on the global stage.    ...
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The Annual Meeting of the Global Taskforce expands and gathers in the year of review of the New Urban Agenda.

25 February 2021
The Annual Meeting of the Global Taskforce took place on Friday, 19 February to provide a space for topics related to pivotal joint advocacy moments of the year. The Global Taskforce formally welcomed the Resilience Cities Network a ...
Climate and resilience
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Networks of the Global Taskforce gather to debate the agenda for 2021 and the next steps at the GTF Working Session.

15 December 2020
Over 130 participants, including representatives from GTF member networks such as UCLG; CLGF; AER; Regions 4; ORU-FOGAR; ICLEI; C40, FMDV, UCCI, AL-LAS; CUF; the Resilient Cities Network; Metropolis; Platforma; CEMR; and UCLG-MEWA, an ...
Localizing the SDGs
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The constituency of local and regional governments worldwide responds to the call of UN75

25 September 2020
In the framework of the United Nations General Assembly, local and regional governments worldwide are launching their vision, laid out in the Report to UN75 on how Local and Regional Governments Envision the Global Future.  I ...
Localizing the SDGs

Local and regional governments networks welcome the UN Secretary-General Policy Brief on COVID-19 in an Urban World.

29 July 2020
With an estimated 90 percent of all reported cases taking place in cities, urban areas are the epicenter of the pandemic. The UN Secretary General Policy Brief: COVID-19 in an Urban World argues that there is an urgent need to rethink ...
Localizing the SDGs

The Third Local and Regional Governments’ Forum highlights how basic services are at the heart of sustainable recovery

15 July 2020
The Third Local and Regional Governments’ Forum, co-organized by the Global Taskforce and UN-DESA, UN-Habitat, UNDP, and the Executive Office of the UN Secretary General, took place within the framework of the 2020 High-Level Politica ...
Localizing the SDGs

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World Assembly of Local
and Regional Governments

On 16th October 2016, on the eve of Third UN Conference of Housing and Sustainable
Urban Development (Habitrat III), over 600 representative of local and regional governments
gathered in Quito for the World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments to celebrate the
adoption of the New Urban Agenda and to commit to play their part in its achievement.

 

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