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This news was originally published at talkofthecities.iclei.org For this year’s Climate Action Summit in New York, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on leaders to bring concrete, realistic plans to enhance their nationally determined…
The United Nations General Assembly High Level Week, which marks the quadrennial review of the SDGs, will be held in New York from 23 to 27 September. The second Local and Regional Governments' Forum, which will take place on 24 September, will be…
(Submitted by UCLG) UCLG and the Global Taskforce presented on July 15 the third edition of the Towards the Localization of the SDGs report to the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). The report builds on over 180 survey replies from 80 countries and…
(Submitted by the Global Parliament of Mayors) The 29th of July marked Earth Overshoot day, the date by which we have used more from nature than our own planet can regenerate in a year. By 2050 70% to 80% of the planet’s population will live in…
On 13 – 15 July 2019, the Mayors Migration Council held its first Leadership Board Meeting in New York on the margins of the 2019 High-Level Political Forum on the Sustainable Development Goals. At the Leadership Board meeting mayors reaffirmed…
During the 2019 HLPF the constituency of Local and Regional Governments held a Local and Regional Governments Day prior to the Local 2030 Event. The Statement of the Local and Regional Governments constituency to the 2019 HLPF was further adopted by…