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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Environmental Protection in Cities

Conference I 5 March 2020 I Berlin
The research project „Urban Environmental Protection International“ is weighting challenges to protect the environment at the urban level in Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and Indonesia. The Wuppertal Institute conducts this research by order of the German Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA).

TRA 2020 Rethinking Transport

Conference I 27-30 April 2020 I Helsinki
Electrification of road transport is progressing at rapid growth rates. Viable electric mobility technologies and solutions are being introduced and deployed in many transport modes. Electrification is a key measure to reduce total energy use and carbon footprint from the transport sector. Also, it helps mitigating air quality problems in urban areas. The session will present and discuss the status and outlook of transport electrification in the global setting, in terms of technology, market, procurement, finance, and the multitude of local and regional implementations.

Webinar - Tactical Urbanism: What, Why, How?

Webinar I 18 February 2020 & 04 March 2020
Copenhagen, Amsterdam, and New York were not always as attractive as they are today! They have undergone a steady transformation. New York is the most recent to the above list. Changing the streets of New York from the streets filled with yellow taxis to streets filled with umbrellas and outdoor seating is a story worth sharing! Amidst the extensive planning process of designing and implementing public spaces in the city, the communication between city Government and users is often missed out, leading to under-used or dead spaces.

WUF10 World Urban Forum

Conference I 8-13 February 2020 I Abu Dhabi
The World Urban Forum (WUF) was established in 2001 by the United Nations to address one of the most pressing issues facing the world today: rapid urbanization and its impact on communities, cities, economies, climate change and policies. Convened by UN-Habitat, the Forum is a high level, open and inclusive platform for addressing the challenges of sustainable urbanization.

Project SOLUTIONSplus

Workshop I 21-22 January 2020 I Berlin
SOLUTIONSplus is an EU-funded flagship project in which UEMI works with international partners in delivering on the objective of the Urban Electric Mobility Initiative and aims to boost sustainable electrification of transport in large urban areas in developing countries and emerging economies.

UN-Habitat engaged in policy-makers training

Training I 24 - 30 December 2019 I Abuja
Abuja, Nigeria: The maiden edition of the Africa Sustainable Urban Mobility Course took place from 24th - 30th November 2019 at the campus of the National Open University of Nigeria in Abuja. The course is designed to bring together policy makers, transport experts and the business community across Africa to deliberate on mobility issues facing cities and how solutions could be designed to address them.

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Urban Pathways Publications

Factsheet: Liveable Neighbourhood - activities to regain public space and foster social cohesion

A liveable neighbourhood is a neighbourhood in which streets and public spaces invite to stay, sit, roam and play, e.g. on park-like elements or pedestrianized zones, and where walking and cycling is encouraged. Read more

Resource Factsheet:
Construction and demolition waste management

Urbanisation and population growth leads to a massive increase in construction activities for housing, offices, industry and infrastructure Read more

Factsheet: Liveable Neighbourhood. - re-design of existing infrastructure to improve liveability of urban spaces

This factsheet now focuses on those measures that involve bigger capital investments and re-design of existing infrastructure in order to make a neighbourhood more liveable . Read more