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Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of Istanbul and President of UCLG, was in New York on 10 February at the High-Level Thematic Debate on Means of Implementation for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda. At the invitation of the President…
The first stocktaking session of the intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda is taking place in New-York this week. Representatives of UCLG, ICLEI and nrg4SD have ensured representation throughout the events. Check the key…
Ecuador will host the United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development in October 2016 The United Nations General Assembly welcomed today the offer by the Government of Ecuador to host the UN Conference on Housing and…
The COP20 in Lima aimed to approve a draft text of the new international climate change agreement to be adopted at COP21 next year in Paris. Despite a serene atmosphere, it proved difficult for parties to reach an agreement, stumbling over the…
On 31st October, which will see the celebration of the first #WorldCitiesDay and the end of Urban October, UCLG calls upon its members and partners to mobilize and raise awareness about the transformative potential of…
This high-level meeting to be held in Turin on 14-15th of October 2014, marks the culmination of the consultation on ‘Localizing the post-2015 Development Agenda’, led by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations…