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The Mexico City Declaration for Habitat III, “Localizing finance for inclusive change”, calls for local governments to be empowered to finance urban development and recognizes that cities are “reliable partners” for investment. The…
On May 15, local government leaders and networks from around the world will gather in New York for the first session of the Second World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments, convened by the Global Taskforce just before the Habitat III…
Financing urban development: GTF members mobilize at the Habitat III Thematic Meeting in Mexico City
Ahead of HABITAT III Thematic Meeting on financing urban development, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability calls for innovation and scaling-up of public and private finance mechanisms at all levels in order to accelerate the…
Local government association members of the Global Taskforce met in Barcelona from 9-10 February to define their joint action in the run up to the Habitat III Conference in Quito. The first day saw discussions on the Local Authority Hearings of…
Building on inputs provided by members, the Global Taskforce, facilitated by UCLG, has provided detailed feedback in response to the ten Habitat III Policy Paper Frameworks published on 4 January. The Policy Paper Frameworks of each Policy Unit…
Article originally published on the ICLEI CityTalk blog on 26 January 2016. According to the Mayan calendar, 2015 was to be the year of the apocalypse. While the Earth did not stop turning, global achievements on sustainability in 2015…