The 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP24) to the UN Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place in Katowice, Poland, from 3-18 December 2018.
On February 26th, hundreds of people from around the world will gather in Mexico City for C40’s 2nd annual Women4Climate conference, an event bringing together mayors, business leaders and innovative change makers who are committed to taking action on climate change and air pollution.
The COP 23, organized under the presidency of the Fiji Islands, will be host
"Sustainable urbanization is the key to the wellbeing of our citizens" Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda.
"Cities and other urban areas should be taken into account when setting future development goals" Angelino Garzon, Vice-president of Colombia.
"Urbanization cannot be seen as a demographic phenomenon, but as a transformative force shaping societies" Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN Habitat.
Members of the Global Taskforce gathered at the UN Headquarters in New York for the Integration Segment of ECOSOC 2014 have released their joint messages "Towards achieving Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements and localizing the Post-2015 Agenda", on the eve of the debates with Member States.
Taking advantage of the presence of many of the networks in Brussels for the Cities of Tomorrow Conference, the Global Taskforce will hold a meeting in Brussels on18 and 19 February at CEMR offices (CCRE-CEMR: 1 Square de Meeûs; B - 1000 Brussels).
The aim of the meeting will be to discuss content of the key agenda topics. Share a calendar of activities and define distribution of tasks for the months ahead.