Urban Pathways - Delivering on the New Urban Agenda

Urban Pathways - Supporting Low Carbon Plans for Urban Basic Services in the context of the New Urban Agenda
The Urban Pathways project helps delivering on the Paris Agreement and the NDCs in the context of the New Urban Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals. The project follows a structured approach to boost Low Carbon Plans for urban mobility, energy and waste management services, working on concrete steps towards a maximum impact in cities to global climate change mitigation efforts and sustainable and inclusive urban development.

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Transforming Waste into Wealth: Global Challenge, Local Solutions

Webinar I August 2019 I 10 am (CEST)
Cities play a key role in meeting the ambitious climate, sustainability and urban development objectives defined in the Paris Agreement, Agenda 2030 and the New Urban Agenda (NUA) in recent years. Urban areas are not only responsible for 80% of energy consumption and 75% of GHG emissions, but also for 2.1 billion tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated worldwide each year. The amount of waste produced by individuals is growing daily and costs for waste management often account for a big share of the local governments’ budget.
English: 8 August 2019, 3 am (CEST)
Portugese: 13 August 2019, 3 pm (CEST)
Spanish: 15 August 2019, 4 pm (CEST)
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Walking and cycling through safer, friendlier and greener neighbourhoods

Webinar I 5 August 2019 I 10 am (CEST)
Successful examples of temporary interventions in Latin American cities were presented in order to inspire and provide the technical elements necessary for their replication. The proposed temporary interventions are of fast execution, of low cost and of high impact and seek to recover non-used public spaces or that have been assigned to non-sustainable uses (parking lots, streets, etc.) in order to activate local communities, generate awareness about the occupation of these spaces by the community and from there push for the permanent implementation and scaling-up of these interventions. Some of the interventions proposed are Zones 30, shared streets, bike paths, among others, which are always combined with recreational, cultural and community activities. The webinar also included details about the organization of the Day of Walking and Cycling to School.
Presentations

Moscow Urban Forum

Conference I 4-7 Juli 2019 I Urban Pathways
Moscow Urban Forum 2019 under the title ‘Quality of life. Projects for a better city’ is dedicated to the presentations and discussion of the initiatives and megaprojects that are launched by city administrations, business, citizens and are aimed at balanced and sustainable urban development.
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Open Seneca Air Pollution Sensors

Workshop I 2 July 2019 I Urban Pathways
Open-Seneca is a project that aims to create a global air quality sensor network with the help of citizen science to build sensors, measure their air pollution exposure in a bid to raise awareness and initiate behavioral change.
The University of Nairobi, Science and Technology Park in collaboration with Cambridge University, Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in conjunction with UN-Habitat are holding a one-day workshop on building and deploying the Open Seneca

Factsheet: Sustainable living unit "Tiny House"

Resource I 2019 I Urban Pathways
Sustainable building optimises energy use and incorporates renewable energies, saves water and ensures its reuse/recycling, uses efficient means of transport and reduces distances, undertakes site planning and biodiversity conservation, improves indoor environmental quality and occupant’s health with thermal comfort, reuses and recycles materials and manages waste effectively - aiming at the reduction of the environmental footprint of buildings.
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