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More countries collecting data on “Access to Public Transport”
Bangkok 2 December 2022--A total of 129 countries are collecting and reporting data pertaining to access to public transport by sex, age and persons with a disability as laid out in Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations, a meeting recently held in Bangkok heard. Over the last few years, the Urban Pathways project, among other partners, supported the definition of the data collection methodology and assisted with data collection efforts. READ MORE |
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Urban Pathways showcases climate actions from partner cities
The Urban Pathways project comes together for the final workshop to celebrate achieved urban climate action in 10 cities around the world For the last five years, the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the German Federal Government supported the project “Urban Pathways - Supporting Low Carbon Plans for Urban Basic Services in the context of the New Urban Agenda”, coordinated by UN-Habitat and implemented in collaboration with the Wuppertal Institute and the UN Environment Programme, among other partners. From 8-9 November 2022, the project culminated in the final workshop in Berlin, with more than 30 participants from German Ministries, City Governments, Civil Society, Research Institutions and Development Partners. READ MORE |
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City Exchange with Vienna leads to a Municipal Solid Waste Management Initiative in Schools in Addis Ababa
October 2022 - The Addis Ababa Cleansing Management Agency (AACMA) employs different techniques and projects to increase resource efficiency in the city and promote the 5Rs - Rethink, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Refuse the use of single-use items - to derive maximum value from waste. The 5Rs approach is advocated by UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities, a global program working with cities to address the solid waste crises. Under the Waste Wise Cities Challenge, and in collaboration with the city of Vienna, Austria, Urban Pathways supported AACMA in the implementation of an awareness campaign and a waste initiative for selected primary schools’ environmental protection clubs. READ MORE |
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Mobility is about so much more than transport in the global south
– African and Latin American city exchange in Bogota, Colombia 22-26 October 2022, Bogota, Colombia: It is easy to become despondent about mobility challenges, particularly in the global south, with so many demanding pressures on cities and their people. Hence, the power of connecting with similar realities and contexts to find innovative solutions and inspiration to tackle one’s own. What is more, once a mobility challenge is tackled, solutions to other problems can be found. After all, mobility is not just about moving people or goods from point A to point B, it is a tool to experience and build our cities collectively. READ MORE |
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Placemaking Week Nairobi 2022
Urban Pathways proudly supported Placemaking Week Nairobi 2022 on the theme of “Nairobi Streets of the Future” and as part of the #UrbanOctober activities. Kudos to all partners and participants involved in making it such a success! READ MORE |
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Buenos Aires and Lima meet for a city exchange on Solid Waste Management
Buenos Aires, 12- 15 September 2022 – UN-Habitat, the City of Lima, Peru, and the City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, organized a study visit on solid waste management, supported by the Urban Pathways project, and under UN-Habitat's "Waste Wise Cities Challenge". The "Changemaker City" Lima, committed to establishing a sustainable waste management system, was invited by the "Supporter City" Buenos Aires that shared knowledge and best practices on waste management and recycling. The study visit created a platform for mutual learning, and consequently, to improve solid waste management in both cities. READ MORE |
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Urban Pathways facilitates city exchange on the transformative potential of Urban River Regeneration for low carbon urban development
28 September 2022 - Human development has resulted in a significant decline in the health of rivers globally. Population growth, unplanned urbanization and climate change, among other factors, are expected to place additional pressure on river ecosystems over coming decades. As the settlement pressure in cities increases, green spaces often have to make room for human settlements, the development for trade, industry, and infrastructure. Often, this results in the loss of green public space for recreation, increased surface runoff, and flooding hazards and thus, negatively affects people’s well-being. Additionally, urban rivers have been heavily reduced to enable development, to carry waste, to supply drinking water, and facilitate transport. READ MORE |
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Nairobi, 19 September 2022 – 78 per cent of Africa’s population commutes by foot and on bicycles every day, yet difficult, dangerous and uncomfortable conditions contribute to a rapid rise in the number of vehicles in cities and an increasing number of road fatalities. This has grave implications for people’s health and the environment: 261 pedestrians and 18 cyclists are killed every day on the roads, along with over 258,000 deaths annually as a result of air pollution. These findings appear in a UN report released today, which recommends policies and investments to protect and enable Africans who commute by walking and cycling – often for lack of another choice.
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Executive Director of UN-Habitat inaugurates the Mobility Hub of the Urban Living Lab Center on the fringes of the G7 sustainable urban development ministers’ meeting
14 September 2022, Potsdam – On the fringes of the G7 sustainable urban development ministers’ meeting, the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, launches the Mobility Hub of the Urban Living Lab Center in collaboration with the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative to emphasize the strong commitment to local implementation action towards sustainable and low-carbon cities. READ MORE |
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Urban Pathways has supported a Technical City Exchange visit between Praia (Cape Verde) and São Paulo (Brazil) on Solid Waste Management
Praia 9 September 2022 -- The city of Praia, capital of Cape Verde, and Sao Paulo, Brazil, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding aiming at the exchange of knowledge, experience and good practices on the sustainable management of solid waste. Read more |
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Urban Thinkers Campus
Urban Mobility: Towards sustainable, accessible, and transit-friendly cities The Urban Pathways project is excited to be part of the Urban Thinkers Campus on “Urban Mobility: Towards sustainable, accessible and transit-friendly cities” from 2-4 pm CEST on the 6th of September 2022. Join Arcadis and UN-Habitat to discuss an overall sustainable mobility vision and how to manage and maximize it in cities. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/urban-thinkers-campus-urban-sustainable-mobility-tickets-395945001157 |
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My Waste, our Wealth
The comic book My waste, our wealth was drawn by WasteWiseCities, with support from Urban Pathways, to raise awareness among youth on municipal solid waste management and promote sustainable day-to-day practices that can support a circular economy. Available in English and Amharic. |
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Urban Pathways contributing to debates at WUF11 and calls for urgent climate action in cities
With more than 17,000 people attending the World Urban Forum 11 in Katowice, Poland, and another 6,200 joining sessions online, a successful conference has come to an end on 30 June 2022 calling for urgent urban action. The enthusiasm generated by participants throughout WUF11 was however balanced by warnings that there should be no further delays in taking urgent action to deliver sustainable urbanization, given the multiple crises confronting our cities in the world. READ MORE |
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Nairobi, 20 May 2022 – The United Nations Human Settlements Programme and several national and international partners have launched the first UN-Habitat collaborative centre to support the co-development of capacity building formats for local authorities, planners, practitioners and entrepreneurs.
The Urban Living Lab Centre, co-hosted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Technical University Berlin (TUB) and the Wuppertal Institute, will foster local policy and planning capacities, improve the ability of local authorities to access funding and financing mechanisms and support the take-up of innovative business models by companies and start-ups in the partner regions. The centre, initiated by the Urban Pathways project funded by the German Government’s International Climate Initiative (IKI), has already started setting up “Living Labs” across the globe in cities such as Nairobi, Kenya; Belo Horizonte, Brazil; and Quito, Ecuador. READ MORE |
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Integration is key: the role of electric mobility for low-carbon and sustainable cities
Transport electrification can simultaneously contribute to sustainable urban mobility by enhancing vehicle energy efficiency and supporting the shift towards public transport and active mobility. Electric mobility expands the mobility options in our cities, with a range of lightweight, new electric vehicles including electric bicycles and kick e-scooters which can act as a catalyst for behavioural change. Proactively integrating these small electric vehicles as feeders into mass transit can promote the shift from private cars and bolster the role of public transport as the backbone of the urban mobility system. In addition, electrification can also catalyse investments in clean public transport and new bus fleets, which, in turn, can raise the attractivity of public transport through modern and more silent vehicles. READ MORE |
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Kisumu communities co-design safer, greener and more inclusive streets and public space using Minecraft
Kisumu, Kenya, May 2022 - The City of Kisumu in collaboration with UN-Habitat the Block by Block, the Institute of Transport and Development Policy (ITDP), the Civil Society Urban Development Platform (CSUDP) and other partners organized a Minecraft workshop for the participatory design of Freedom Park (also known as Uhuru Park) as part of the Freedom Park facelift Programme and the “Reclaiming Streets” project. READ MORE |
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High Level Bike Ride in New York to advance the New Urban Agenda
New York, 27 April 2022 – Ranking United Nations officials, city authorities, and partners, donned helmets and peddled on bikes in the streets of the Big Apple to show solidarity for non-motorized transportation and express support for the New Urban Agenda. The ride and an ensuing side event were co-organised by UN-Habitat, the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP), the International Climate Initiative funded Urban Pathways project, the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the UN Road Safety Fund. The events were held to coincide with the High-Level Meeting called by the president of the United Nations General Assembly to raise attention to the New Urban Agenda (NUA) six years after the NUA was adopted in Quito, Ecuador, in October 2016 at Habitat III. READ MORE |
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Open Seneca’s air quality monitors in Quito
The University of Helsinki and the Finnish Meteorological Institute have continued working on the AQ model for Quito beyond the end of the project due to the high-quality data available from local sources. On one hand, the Municipality of Quito provided the AQ data collected on a daily basis by the reference stations throughout the city. On the other hand, the National Polytechnic School (EPN) shared the data of the meteorological models that they've developed and that are being updated on a daily basis. These two data sets, together with the open-seneca data, helped UoH and FMI improve the AQ model for Quito significantly. Thus, the next steps will be to publish a joint research paper (UoH, FMI, open seneca, EPN and Municipality) in a high-level journal. FMI and UoH also expressed their interest to continue collaborating with Quito in the future. READ MORE |
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Dart now ponders electric Bajajis
Dar es Salaam. The Dar es Salaam Rapid Transit Agency (Dart) is set to procure 30 electric three wheelers (e-bajaji) to promote e-mobility and reduce environmental pollution. The agency’s director transportation development, Mr Fannuel Kalungenda told The Citizen yesterday that under a demonstration project dubbed ‘Solution Plus’, they expect to procure 30 e-bajaji’s before the end of this year. “The suggested areas for packing points and charging areas of e-Bajaj for Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) phase one, would be at Ubungo mini depot and Kimara terminal. The packing facilities are already there and the only pending issue is the installation of charging sockets,” he said. The objective, he said, was to improve first and last mile connectivity to BRT through electric three wheelers, serve fuel cost and reduce noise pollution. He said that the project was under the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative (UEMI) which is bankrolled by the European Union (EU). In Africa, the project is being implemented in Tanzania and Rwanda in partnership with various other players. READ MORE |
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Extended producer responsibility for electronic devices in Ecuador - Kick-off event in Quito
As part of the e-nnovating project a participatory workshop series was launched on September 21. It was attended by 70 participants from the different sectors of the value chain, academia and politics. The e-nnovating project was designed by the Urban Pathways team together with local partners and is funded by the PREVENT Waste Alliance of the German Government. It started in December 2020 and will run until June 2022.
As part of the e-nnovating project a participatory workshop series was launched on September 21. It was attended by 70 participants from the different sectors of the value chain, academia and politics. The e-nnovating project was designed by the Urban Pathways team together with local partners and is funded by the PREVENT Waste Alliance of the German Government. It started in December 2020 and will run until June 2022.
Placemaking Week Nairobi 2021: For the love of Nairobi River
UN-Habitat joined the Placemaking Network Nairobi in the Placemaking Week Nairobi 2021, organised as part of Urban October. Themed around accelerating urban action for a carbon-free world, placemaking week sought to drive engagement around climate action and partnerships for places.
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UN-Habitat joined the Placemaking Network Nairobi in the Placemaking Week Nairobi 2021, organised as part of Urban October. Themed around accelerating urban action for a carbon-free world, placemaking week sought to drive engagement around climate action and partnerships for places.
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IKI Small Grant: Mobility Plan for Birendranagar Municipality, Surkhet in Nepal
Mobility planning in Birendranagar Municipality shall follow a holistic and tactical urban planning approach to safeguard Sustainable Mobility (i.e., walking, cycling, etc.) in the city. The key activities of the planning are the proper utilization of space in the city periphery and make those spaces more lively. Besides that, it also involves sensitization of the concept of Sustainable Urban Mobility to the citizens, municipal body, and decision-maker. The institution coming together for the planning process are Sano Paila, Cycle City Network Nepal, G.D. labs & Research and Story cycle with support from Wuppertal institute of climate, energy, and environment (under Urban Pathways). The project is funded by GIZ, under IKI small grant, with a budget of 60,000 Euros. The project duration is 01.11.2021 - 31.12.2022.
Mobility planning in Birendranagar Municipality shall follow a holistic and tactical urban planning approach to safeguard Sustainable Mobility (i.e., walking, cycling, etc.) in the city. The key activities of the planning are the proper utilization of space in the city periphery and make those spaces more lively. Besides that, it also involves sensitization of the concept of Sustainable Urban Mobility to the citizens, municipal body, and decision-maker. The institution coming together for the planning process are Sano Paila, Cycle City Network Nepal, G.D. labs & Research and Story cycle with support from Wuppertal institute of climate, energy, and environment (under Urban Pathways). The project is funded by GIZ, under IKI small grant, with a budget of 60,000 Euros. The project duration is 01.11.2021 - 31.12.2022.
