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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Urban Pathways city-twinning activities at the
Intergovernmental Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia

Forum I28 - 31 October 2019 I Hanoi
The 12th Intergovernmental Regional Environmentally Sustainable Transport (EST) Forum in Asia with the theme ‘Achieving Smart and Resilient Cities through Low-Carbon and Intelligent Transport System’, co-organised by the United Nations Centre for Regional Development (UNCRD)will take place from 28-31 October 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Wuppertal Institute and the UN HABITAT are among the supporting organisations of the event. Urban Pathways project team will co-organise pre-events/workshops and has invited mayors from Urban Pathways partner cities (Lalitpur/Kathmandu, Nepal and Pasig, Philippines) to be a part of Mayors EST Policy Dialogue and carry out knowledge sharing and city twinning activities.

Multidisciplinary Meeting on Active Mobility and Health

CONFERENCE I 21 September 2019 I Belo Horizonte
In the context of the World Car-free Day, the Medical Association of Minas Gerais (AMMG) is organizing a multidisciplinary meeting to discuss the relationship between active mobility and health that will take place on September 21st in Belo Horizonte.
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Electric buses to start operating in the Kathmandu Valley

NEWS I 09 September 2019 I Nepal
“In the first phase, we have planned to operate these buses along Ring Road from tomorrow and in the next phase we will operate our buses along other routes of Kathmandu after we obtain the route permit from the government,” Thapa informed.
Meanwhile, Sundar Yatayat also established a charging station for electric vehicles in Kathmandu last week. The company has plans to construct five more charging stations in Kathmandu, Biratnagar and Butwal.
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The Confisco Zone 30 Project in Belo Horizonte

Event I 20 September 2019 I Belo Horizonte
With the aim of capitalising the acceptance to Zones 30 that was generated by the Cachoeirinha project and replicate similar intervention in other areas of the city, Belo Horizonte set the goal of creating a Zone 30 in each of the nine administrative regions of the city with a focus on safe school environments.
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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.
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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

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