18 Jan 2016 Bogotá Humana – a personal experience and perspective Former Intern and Cities Programme Research Associate, Shai Diner, shares his experience and perspective of Bogotá based on his recent three month study trip in the capital. It is a city he describes as inspiring. Bogotá, Colombia consists of 20 municipalities, over 8 million...
10 Aug 2016 GC Network Brazil’s call to action for ‘Less Waste, More Water’ Every year, 6.5 billion cubic metres of water are wasted in the urban distribution systems in Brazil. That represents approximately 39% of all the water treated for consumption in the country. To reverse this situation, the Less Waste, More Water Movement...
16 Aug 2016 Built environment advises the Australian Parliament Built Environment Meets Parliament (BEMP) is a premier urban think-tank event in Australia, involving leading Parliamentarians, policy specialists, academics and practitioners across the built environment sector. This year, it was held at the NSW State Parliament in Sydney on 10 August, with an agenda which focused...
20 Sep 2016 Bushfires the number one hazard for Tasmanians Originally published on The Conversation – 15 September 2016 Authors: Alexei Trundle, Darryn McEvoy, Christopher J. White, Stuart Corney and Tomas Remenyl Tasmania has had a damaging year, with the island state hit by a series of bushfires and floods. Now a comprehensive new assessment...
20 Nov 2016 Cities for the Future Volume II – Advancing the SDGs Share your innovative practice and achievements We are preparing to develop the second volume of our flagship publication, ‘Cities for the Future’. It will be published in late 2017. All UN Global Compact cities and regions are encouraged to contribute case studies...
17 Nov 2016 Global Advisor Awarded for Climate Change Research Cities Programme global advisor and leader of the Climate Change and Resilience research program at the RMIT Centre for Urban Research (CUR) Dr Karyn Bosomworth has been recognised by RMIT University for her outstanding research contributions and industry collaboration. Bosomworth took home one award...
1 Dec 2016 Cities Programme researcher joins world’s largest all-female voyage to Antarctica RMIT urban resilience researcher Dr Niina Kautto is one of the 77 talented female scientists on voyage to Antarctica as part of a new global leadership program, Homeward Bound. Regions of Antarctica are currently exhibiting some of the most rapid responses to...
13 Aug 2016 Birigui enters with a wealth of sustainability action In May this year we welcomed the municipality of Birigui from the state of São Paulo into the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme. Founded on 7 December 1911, this Brazilian city has a population of 120,000. We recently had the opportunity to speak...
1 Nov 2016 City Scan side event at UN Habitat III City diagnostics are a critical component of success for sustainable urban development projects. A full house gathered at the One UN Pavilion at Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador to learn more and exchange ideas. This side event explored the insights and lessons learnt from...
10 Feb 2017 Collaborative approaches to global urban sustainable development As part of the World Urban Campaign and Australian Sustainable Living Festival, the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme hosted a forum and panel event on How to make public private partnerships work for urban sustainable development – challenges and successes. Held on Wednesday 8...
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