Sentences with phrase «urban agenda»

When delegates gather in Quito for Habitat III to adopt the New Urban Agenda for sustainable cities, they should keep in mind people like Adelaida, a banker and mother in Accra, Ghana, where unreliable, expensive electricity is a challenge.

«Rather than curse the darkness and say, well, there hasn't been an effective national urban agenda for years, we're going to light the single candle and say, let it be us who start it,» Mr. de Blasio declared this summer, standing beside a cadre of like - minded mayors he'd assembled at Gracie Mansion.

«While I expect this fight to continue, it is my hope the administration can put this destructive chapter behind them and focus on solving our country's important issues, including funding infrastructure, creating jobs for working - class Americans, and developing a meaningful urban agenda to tackle the serious challenges facing America's cities,» said Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner in a statement.

And as Washington has become more and more gripped by gridlock, many experts agree that any hope of a national urban agenda has fallen by the wayside, leaving local lawmakers to step up or miss out.

«In our effort to promote the sustainable urbanization in Africa, the Federal Government of Nigeria funded and anchored the Africa Urban Agenda (AUA) programme in partnership with the UN-Habitat.

RIP Jerry Birbach, a Queens firebrand whose struggle to block a proposed low - income housing project in his Forest Hills neighborhood in 1972 augured a white middle - class backlash to the liberal urban agenda and helped propel the late former Gov. Mario Cuomo's political career.

Plans to overhaul the city's sex education curriculum, offer more birth control to women and join a national group of city legislators to promote a unified urban agenda are also likely to figure prominently in her last year as Speaker.

These days, Cuomo is getting some flack from Latino and black state lawmakers who feel his long - promised urban agenda has been too slow in coming.

Cuomo's camp insists his 280 - page urban agenda and his trip to Puerto Rico this week to address a conference of Hispanic New York lawmakers highlight his commitment to diversity.

The New Urban Agenda establishes a vision for sustainable urbanization that requires strong action on climate.

The main outcome of Habitat III was that UN nation states agreed on the New Urban Agenda (NUA): a non-binding document, which will guide policies over the next 20 years with the goal of making cities safer, resilient and sustainable and their amenities more inclusive.

She expressed her hope that the Trump administration will focus on infrastructure funding, job creation for working - class people and «a meaningful urban agenda» to solve problems that cities deal with.

«The Africa Urban Agenda will culminate in a major conference of African Ministers of Housing where numerous issues will be discussed.

About 30,000 people gathered in Quito, Ecuador, to discuss the key issues facing cities today and sign off on the New Urban Agenda - the global strategy which will guide urban development over the next 20 years.

Dave Cournoyer (a.k.a. Daveberta) recently published a great article, alison redford and her new cabinet could lead a new urban agenda.

As the Progressive Conservatives scramble to choose a new leader, Mr. Iveson and Mr. Nenshi are well - positioned to drive an urban agenda for Alberta.

At 6:30 p.m., the Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies host a panel to discuss Trump's first 100 days and closely examine the impact of his urban agenda on low - income communities with New York Immigration Coalition's Steven Choi, the New School's Maya Wiley and others, FPWA Conference Center, 40 Broad St., Manhattan.

Republican candidate Rob Astorino's campaign on Tuesday released what amounts to an urban agenda that would create inner - city enterprises zones, place an emphasis on fathers in a family and overhaul public assistance programs through promoting school attendance and reimposing fingerprinting for food - stamp eligibility.

Astorino unveiled the urban agenda in the Bronx alongside Democratic Sen. Ruben Diaz, who endorsed the Republican gubernatorial hopeful earlier this month.

When black and Hispanic leaders bemoaned the lack of a promised «urban agenda,» Cuomo appointed a number of minorities to administrative posts and created a jobs fund for inner - city youth.

I included the creation of land banks in my urban agenda as a way to help transform our struggling urban communities.

At the same time, the campaign is developing an «urban agenda» after concerns were raised by a group of black and Latino political leaders during a meeting this month in Mount Vernon, Westchester County.

ALBANY — Andrew Cuomo's camp is developing an urban agenda amid discussions by some black and Latino political leaders that the Democratic standard - bearer isn't paying enough attention to their communities.

Cuomo eventually released an «urban agenda» describing strategies for inner - city development.

In his policy book outlining his urban agenda, Cuomo touted his settlement with manufacturer Smith & Wesson while he was secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Clinton administration.

While he's awaiting final word on Cuomo's attendance, Ortiz was pragmatic when I asked if he agrees with his colleagues that the governor is lagging in the urban agenda department, noting that the administration had been sidetracked by the need to respond to unexpected events — like the back - to - back tropical storms that caused unprecedented flooding upstate and the rejection of the first PEF contract.

While it's easy for those focused on the urban agenda to dismiss suburban reform as a distraction or a novelty, it may be more useful to think of high - performing communities as terrific laboratories for bold solutions and as the place where high - functioning systems working in advantageous circumstances may have much to teach about how to help schools go from good to great.

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), at the kind invitation of the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, Malaysia, will organize the 6th Global Summit on Urban Tourism: «Sustainable and Competitive Tourism on the New Urban Agenda» from 4 - 6 December, 2017 in Kuala Lumpur.

It also highlights the critical role that sustainable energy plays in advancing major outcomes from post-2015 global processes including the SDGs, the Paris Agreement, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and the New Urban Agenda.

On 26 January 2017, 12 Dutch cities, the Province of Gelderland and 3 national Ministries jointly signed the Urban Agenda on Food, with the objective to strengthen the Dutch food system together with the private sector, knowledge institutes and societal organisations.

During the second Mayoral Session, discussions focused on how local governments can contribute to the global agreements, particularly the Paris Agreement and the New Urban Agenda, and define specific requests to national governments in this regard to ensure enabling frameworks are in place to support local climate action.

By Ani Dasgupta 2018-02-22T10:43:39 +00:00 February 22nd 2018 Categories: CLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, URBAN & METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE Tags: climate change, climate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, Urbanisation

By URBANET 2018-02-06T00:11:17 +00:00 February 5th 2018 Categories: CLIMATE CHANGE & RESILIENCE, STÄDTE ALS AKTEURE STÄRKEN, URBAN & METROPOLITAN GOVERNANCE Tags: climate change, climate change adaptation, Local Governance, New Urban Agenda, SDGs, sustainable urban development, Urbanisation

By Dirk Messner & Benno Pilardeaux 2017-11-01T16:24:45 +00:00 November 1st 2017 Categories: GLOBAL URBAN DEBATES Tags: 2030 Agenda, climate change, climate policy, Governance, Local Governance, municipal governance, New Urban Agenda, urban infrastructure

By G.P. Hari 2017-10-14T15:17:57 +00:00 April 28th 2017 Categories: GREEN & SMART DEVELOPMENT, SMART & DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT Tags: India, Kochi, New Urban Agenda, partnership, Smart City, South - East Asia, Urbanisation

The World Urban Forum in February will be the first session to focus on the implementation of the New Urban Agenda.