The Relevance of the New Urban Agenda in Confronting Climate Change
November 15th, 16h30 – 17h30 – Cities and regions hub, Blue Zone COP30
The New Urban Agenda, approved at the last United Nations Conference on Human Settlements – Habitat III, in 2016 in Quito, Ecuador, is a Global Agenda that must be implemented by countries for the development of resilient, just, sustainable, and democratic cities and human settlements. The year 2026 will mark the 10th anniversary of the New Urban Agenda, which includes the vision of the right to the city as a strategic element for the implementation of this Global Agenda.
As part of the celebration and evaluation process, it is extremely important to linkage such a debate with the ongoing discussions at COP 30, which has cities and climate change as one of its strategic axes. This event seeks to promote a dialogue between various sectors, including national and local government agencies, international organizations such as UN-Habitat, non-governmental organizations, professional entities, academic institutions, and urban grassroots organizations and movements, on the challenges of implementing the New Urban Agenda to address climate change, based on the vision of the right to the city.
Issues such as connections with the IPCC report on cities and climate change, countries’ and cities’ climate plans, climate adaptation indicators for cities and climate change, knowledge production, and the assessment of local and community experiences should guide this dialogue.
This event aims to be one of the international preparatory events for the celebration and evaluation of the implementation of the New Urban Agenda in 2026, which will have a privileged venue at the World Urban Forum, organized in May by UN-Habitat.