Global Cities Hub
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Connecting local and regional governments to the United Nations and other international organizations.
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🔗 Read more on UNEA-7 ➡️ globalcitieshub.org/en/unea-7-ad...
🔗 Read more on MEAs localization ➡️ globalcitieshub.org/en/localizin...
🔗 Read more on MEAs localization ➡️ globalcitieshub.org/en/localizin...
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🔗 Read more on UNEA-7 ➡️ globalcitieshub.org/en/unea-7-ad...
🔗 Read more on MEAs localization ➡️ globalcitieshub.org/en/localizin...
🔗 Read more on MEAs localization ➡️ globalcitieshub.org/en/localizin...
💡 We suggested an innovative idea: an annual gathering of mayors, MEAs Secretariats and UNEP experts to advance the localization of MEAs. This gathering could be organized back-to-back to the UN Forum of Mayors and benefit from #InternationalGeneva rich multilateral environment.
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
💡 We suggested an innovative idea: an annual gathering of mayors, MEAs Secretariats and UNEP experts to advance the localization of MEAs. This gathering could be organized back-to-back to the UN Forum of Mayors and benefit from #InternationalGeneva rich multilateral environment.
At #UNEA7 MEAs Day, the Global Cities Hub took the floor during two High-Level Ministerial Debates on MEAs.
We highlighted:
❇️ the need for a robust multilevel multilateral framework
❇️ best practices in inclusion of cities and regions in MEAs
@ramsar.org @brsconventions.bsky.social @cms.int
We highlighted:
❇️ the need for a robust multilevel multilateral framework
❇️ best practices in inclusion of cities and regions in MEAs
@ramsar.org @brsconventions.bsky.social @cms.int
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
At #UNEA7 MEAs Day, the Global Cities Hub took the floor during two High-Level Ministerial Debates on MEAs.
We highlighted:
❇️ the need for a robust multilevel multilateral framework
❇️ best practices in inclusion of cities and regions in MEAs
@ramsar.org @brsconventions.bsky.social @cms.int
We highlighted:
❇️ the need for a robust multilevel multilateral framework
❇️ best practices in inclusion of cities and regions in MEAs
@ramsar.org @brsconventions.bsky.social @cms.int
🌡️ GCH and @unep.org & Cool Coalition organized the #UNEA7 event “Beat the Heat: Local and Regional Action for a Resilient Planet.”
The discussion emphasized that extreme heat is no longer solely a climate issue, but also a major concern for health, equity, and governance.
@iclei.org
The discussion emphasized that extreme heat is no longer solely a climate issue, but also a major concern for health, equity, and governance.
@iclei.org
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🌡️ GCH and @unep.org & Cool Coalition organized the #UNEA7 event “Beat the Heat: Local and Regional Action for a Resilient Planet.”
The discussion emphasized that extreme heat is no longer solely a climate issue, but also a major concern for health, equity, and governance.
@iclei.org
The discussion emphasized that extreme heat is no longer solely a climate issue, but also a major concern for health, equity, and governance.
@iclei.org
🏙️ At the Cities and Regions Summit preceding UNEA, two key messages emerged:
❇️ Empowering cities and regions is essential to turn global environmental ambition into action
❇️ Multilevel governance is critical to enable cross-sectoral solutions and scale up sustainable practices
❇️ Empowering cities and regions is essential to turn global environmental ambition into action
❇️ Multilevel governance is critical to enable cross-sectoral solutions and scale up sustainable practices
December 18, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🏙️ At the Cities and Regions Summit preceding UNEA, two key messages emerged:
❇️ Empowering cities and regions is essential to turn global environmental ambition into action
❇️ Multilevel governance is critical to enable cross-sectoral solutions and scale up sustainable practices
❇️ Empowering cities and regions is essential to turn global environmental ambition into action
❇️ Multilevel governance is critical to enable cross-sectoral solutions and scale up sustainable practices
📅 5 December 2025 🕝 14:30-15:30 CET
📍 Online
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#Cities #Regions #Citiverse #Digitalization #ITU #AI #VirtualWorlds
📍 Online
🔗 Read more & register ➡️ globalcitieshub.org/en/co-govern...
#Cities #Regions #Citiverse #Digitalization #ITU #AI #VirtualWorlds
Co-governing the Citiverse - Global Cities Hub
The “Co-governing the Citiverse” webinar provides a virtual behind the scenes tour presenting different multilateral processes and their main outcomes. It offers a briefing on why LRGs should particip...
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December 4, 2025 at 10:16 AM
📅 5 December 2025 🕝 14:30-15:30 CET
📍 Online
🔗 Read more & register ➡️ globalcitieshub.org/en/co-govern...
#Cities #Regions #Citiverse #Digitalization #ITU #AI #VirtualWorlds
📍 Online
🔗 Read more & register ➡️ globalcitieshub.org/en/co-govern...
#Cities #Regions #Citiverse #Digitalization #ITU #AI #VirtualWorlds
On 5 December, join the UNEA-7 Cities & Regions Summit to discover how LRGs contribute to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs).
GCH co-director Kamelia Kemileva will also be intervening!
🔗 www.unep.org/events/summi...
GCH co-director Kamelia Kemileva will also be intervening!
🔗 www.unep.org/events/summi...
December 3, 2025 at 9:27 AM
On 5 December, join the UNEA-7 Cities & Regions Summit to discover how LRGs contribute to Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs).
GCH co-director Kamelia Kemileva will also be intervening!
🔗 www.unep.org/events/summi...
GCH co-director Kamelia Kemileva will also be intervening!
🔗 www.unep.org/events/summi...
🔗 Read more ➡️ globalcitieshub.org/en/beat-the-...
#Cities #Regions #Sustainability #Cooling #UrbanHeat
#Cities #Regions #Sustainability #Cooling #UrbanHeat
Beat the heat: Local and Regional Action for a resilient planet - Global Cities Hub
UNEA-7 OFFICIAL SIDE EVENT | While cooling has become essential for urban adaptation, the integration of LRGs into international governance and implementation mechanisms remains limited. This session ...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🎯 The objectives are:
✳️ Sharing innovative practices and solutions
✳️ Bridging the gap between national and #Local
✳️ Cooling and sustainable buildings as a recurring UNEA topic
✳️ A formal consultation mechanism for LRGs in UNEP processes
✳️ Elevating the role of LRGs in climate adaptation
✳️ Sharing innovative practices and solutions
✳️ Bridging the gap between national and #Local
✳️ Cooling and sustainable buildings as a recurring UNEA topic
✳️ A formal consultation mechanism for LRGs in UNEP processes
✳️ Elevating the role of LRGs in climate adaptation
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🎯 The objectives are:
✳️ Sharing innovative practices and solutions
✳️ Bridging the gap between national and #Local
✳️ Cooling and sustainable buildings as a recurring UNEA topic
✳️ A formal consultation mechanism for LRGs in UNEP processes
✳️ Elevating the role of LRGs in climate adaptation
✳️ Sharing innovative practices and solutions
✳️ Bridging the gap between national and #Local
✳️ Cooling and sustainable buildings as a recurring UNEA topic
✳️ A formal consultation mechanism for LRGs in UNEP processes
✳️ Elevating the role of LRGs in climate adaptation
“ #Cities are heating up at twice the global average rate due to rapid urbanization and the urban heat island effect… [they] are bearing the brunt, as congestion, the built environment and concentrated energy use trap and amplify temperatures”
- UN SG António Guterres' Call to Action #ExtremeHeat
- UN SG António Guterres' Call to Action #ExtremeHeat
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
“ #Cities are heating up at twice the global average rate due to rapid urbanization and the urban heat island effect… [they] are bearing the brunt, as congestion, the built environment and concentrated energy use trap and amplify temperatures”
- UN SG António Guterres' Call to Action #ExtremeHeat
- UN SG António Guterres' Call to Action #ExtremeHeat
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Kamelia Kemileva of @globalcitieshub.org stresses the need for greater inclusion and structured cooperation with local and regional governments on all environmental policy processes, noting they are uniquely positioned due to their closeness to citizens.
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Kamelia Kemileva of @globalcitieshub.org stresses the need for greater inclusion and structured cooperation with local and regional governments on all environmental policy processes, noting they are uniquely positioned due to their closeness to citizens.
✳️ Do these technologies take decisions for us?
✳️ Do they serve municipalities to improve residents’ lives and how?
✳️ Do they create jobs and how to get qualified for those new jobs?
➡️ No simple answer, but shared conviction that #AI is a tool to create better lives for people.
✳️ Do they serve municipalities to improve residents’ lives and how?
✳️ Do they create jobs and how to get qualified for those new jobs?
➡️ No simple answer, but shared conviction that #AI is a tool to create better lives for people.
November 5, 2025 at 12:39 PM
✳️ Do these technologies take decisions for us?
✳️ Do they serve municipalities to improve residents’ lives and how?
✳️ Do they create jobs and how to get qualified for those new jobs?
➡️ No simple answer, but shared conviction that #AI is a tool to create better lives for people.
✳️ Do they serve municipalities to improve residents’ lives and how?
✳️ Do they create jobs and how to get qualified for those new jobs?
➡️ No simple answer, but shared conviction that #AI is a tool to create better lives for people.
🔗 Read more ➡️ globalcitieshub.org/en/urban-for...
#UrbanForests #UrbanResilience #UrbanTrees #Cities #Regions #InternationalGeneva
#UrbanForests #UrbanResilience #UrbanTrees #Cities #Regions #InternationalGeneva
Urban Forests in Action - Global Cities Hub
This session, part of FOREST 2025, the 83rd Session of the UNECE Committee on Forests and the Forest Industry (COFFI), will explore how to systematically implement the San Marino Regional Urban Forest...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🚶🚶🚶 Join us for an interactive event to discover the urban forest of Parc Rigot! 🚶🚶🚶
After a light breakfast, we will visiting a Miyawaki forest in Parc Rigot.
📅 5 Nov 🕑 08:00 – 09:00
📍 Villa Rigot
Co-organized with United Nations Economic Commission for Europe & ArboCityNet
After a light breakfast, we will visiting a Miyawaki forest in Parc Rigot.
📅 5 Nov 🕑 08:00 – 09:00
📍 Villa Rigot
Co-organized with United Nations Economic Commission for Europe & ArboCityNet
November 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🚶🚶🚶 Join us for an interactive event to discover the urban forest of Parc Rigot! 🚶🚶🚶
After a light breakfast, we will visiting a Miyawaki forest in Parc Rigot.
📅 5 Nov 🕑 08:00 – 09:00
📍 Villa Rigot
Co-organized with United Nations Economic Commission for Europe & ArboCityNet
After a light breakfast, we will visiting a Miyawaki forest in Parc Rigot.
📅 5 Nov 🕑 08:00 – 09:00
📍 Villa Rigot
Co-organized with United Nations Economic Commission for Europe & ArboCityNet
How can LRGs plan, fund and sustainably manage urban trees and forests?
Discover practical tools, policies, and funding models.
📅 5 Nov 🕑 11:30 – 12:30
📍 Palais des Nations, Room XII
Discover practical tools, policies, and funding models.
📅 5 Nov 🕑 11:30 – 12:30
📍 Palais des Nations, Room XII
November 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
How can LRGs plan, fund and sustainably manage urban trees and forests?
Discover practical tools, policies, and funding models.
📅 5 Nov 🕑 11:30 – 12:30
📍 Palais des Nations, Room XII
Discover practical tools, policies, and funding models.
📅 5 Nov 🕑 11:30 – 12:30
📍 Palais des Nations, Room XII
🔗 Read more and register ➡️ globalcitieshub.org/en/listing/g...
GCH @ Global Forum on Human Settlements - Global Cities Hub
The GCH is excited to participate in the 20th Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS 2025). Specifically, the GCH will speak at the High-Level Dialogue "Invigorate innovation and leadership towards g...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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🔥 GCH's Anh Thu Duong will moderate the panel "Increasing Climate Resilience through Integrated Urban Heat and Water Resource Management", exploring how urban services can help cities address growing challenges from heat stress & water scarcity.
📅 4 Nov 🕑 14:20-15:40 CET
📍 WMO HQ - Room Obasi
📅 4 Nov 🕑 14:20-15:40 CET
📍 WMO HQ - Room Obasi
October 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🔥 GCH's Anh Thu Duong will moderate the panel "Increasing Climate Resilience through Integrated Urban Heat and Water Resource Management", exploring how urban services can help cities address growing challenges from heat stress & water scarcity.
📅 4 Nov 🕑 14:20-15:40 CET
📍 WMO HQ - Room Obasi
📅 4 Nov 🕑 14:20-15:40 CET
📍 WMO HQ - Room Obasi
🌊 GCH's Andras Szorenyi will moderate the panel "Coastal Cities as Source and Solution: Shifting the Plastics Pollution Paradigm", exploring how coastal cities can transition from sources of pollution to drivers of safe and effective solutions 🌱
📅 4 Nov 🕑 14:20-15:40 CET
📍 WMO HQ - Room C1
📅 4 Nov 🕑 14:20-15:40 CET
📍 WMO HQ - Room C1
October 29, 2025 at 12:44 PM
🌊 GCH's Andras Szorenyi will moderate the panel "Coastal Cities as Source and Solution: Shifting the Plastics Pollution Paradigm", exploring how coastal cities can transition from sources of pollution to drivers of safe and effective solutions 🌱
📅 4 Nov 🕑 14:20-15:40 CET
📍 WMO HQ - Room C1
📅 4 Nov 🕑 14:20-15:40 CET
📍 WMO HQ - Room C1