General Assembly of Partners (GAP) Responds to Report of High Level Independent Panel to Assess the Effectiveness of UN HABITAT
On August 29, the 16 Partner Constituent Groups of the General Assembly of Partners (GAP) issued its response to the report of the High Level…
Atlas of Sustainable Development 2017:: World Bank
From the World Bank: The Atlas is built around World Development Indicators 2017 — the World Bank’s compilation of statistics from over 200 economies…
The Guardian | Four of world’s biggest cities to ban diesel cars from their centres
Paris, Madrid, Athens and Mexico City will ban the most polluting cars and vans by 2025 to tackle air pollution. Four of the world’s…
Reflections on Habitat III
Dr. Birch, co-chair of the General Assembly of Partners, reflects on Habitat III
Atlas for the End of the World
On May 20, 1570, Abraham Ortelius—book collector and engraver from Antwerp—published the world’s first Atlas: the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theater of the World).[1] With his maps Ortelius…
Scientists must have a say in the future of cities
Nature News & Content, October 10, 2016 Timon McPhearson, Susan Parnell, David Simon,Owen Gaffney,Thomas Elmqvist, Xuemei Bai, Debra Roberts & Aromar Revi A United Nations conference seeks urban sustainability.…
General Assembly of Partners (GAP) Speakers at the Habitat III Conference in Quito
Members of the General Assembly of Partners (GAP) participated in Habitat III across multiple platforms including plenaries, round tables, and side events. Below are…
New Data-Driven Climate Action Planning Tool from the World Bank
The World Bank and partners have designed CURB, a free data-driven climate action planning tool to help cities more easily identify and prioritize cost-effective,…
GAP Stakeholder Roundtables @ Habitat III
Schedule and links to Roundtable Agendas MONDAY, 17 OCTOBER Time Stakeholder Group 16:00 – 18:00 Parliamentarians Roundtable (Agenda TBA) TUESDAY, 18 OCTOBER Time…
There’s a Message for City Planners in Cape Town Plumbing Poll | Next City
Story and Photography by Ann Babe, Next City A mother and father stand in the doorway of their Khayelitsha home, looking on as their…