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Language around next year’s cities conference is under discussion during the final week of negotiations on the Sustainable Development Goals text.

In October 2016, the United Nations will convene the UN Conference on Housing and   Sustainable   Urban Development  (Habitat III) in   Quito, Ecuador.

"Human-induced climate change is a scientific reality, and its decisive mitigation is a moral imperative for humanity” Declaration of Mayors 21 July, Vatica On July 21 2015, a large delegation of

The third International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD3) was held from 13-16 July 2015 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to agree on the financing mechanisms for the implementation of the Post-2015 Agenda.

On the 26th of June, UCLG President, Mayor Kadir Topbaş, represented local and regional authorities of the Local Authorities Major Group and the Global Taskforce at the opening plenary of the 

Against the odds, the global community agreed on an ‘action agenda’ for financing development. But is it up to the challenges ahead?