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Last Friday, the 22nd the Open Working Group on sustainable development goals had conveyed a dialogue between Major Groups and other stakeholders and Member States addressing cross-cutting issues for the SDGs process. On behalf of the Local Authorities Major Group, UCLG ... (+)
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The next meeting of the Global Taskforce will take place at the occasion of the special event “Sustainable Cities; Key to Sustainability and Development”. This event is organized at the invitation of UCLG, UN Habitat and the Group of friends of sustainable cities at the ECOSOC... (+)
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UCLG has launched a new website to promote the local and regional government campaign for a Stand-Alone Goal on Sustainable urbanization. The initiative, supported by cities like Bilbao, Bordeaux, Kazan, Istanbul, Quito and Rabat, to mention a few, comes as part of the awareness raising campaign in the... (+)
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Climate change - 22/11/2013
Local and regional governments take action to address 50% of the global emissions of CO2 linked to the daily running of their communities. As the level of government closest to citizens, local and regional governments have the ability to play a role on issues as diverse as urban planning, consumption,... (+)
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Climate change - 21/11/2013
The Climate change Conference of Parties, COP 19, is taking place in Warsaw from 11 to 22 November. Following the lack of agreement in Copenhagen in 2009, States agreed 2 years ago in Durban to work towards a new international climate action agreement by 2015 that would be applicable to all countries.... (+)
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Post-2015, Global Taskforce - 21/11/2013
Following the UN-Habitat Governing Council resolution 24/3 in April 2013, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted an expert group meeting on 24th and 25th April in Paris, in cooperation with UCLG and the ISOCARP planner network. (+)

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