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The SDGs and the New Urban Agenda remain a challenge for cities. Goal 11 of the SDGs, to build sustainable cities, has proved to be a particularly tough one for urban areas across continents.
Cities are homes for billions of people. By 2050 around 70% of the global population is predicted to live in urban areas. Yet as our cities grow, most species have an increasingly hard time surviving on this planet. A new report titled Nature in the Urban Century highlights the scale of the cha ...
Species of mammals that live in urban environments produce more young compared to other mammals. But along with this advantage, mammals have other strategies to successfully inhabit cities. This is what Radboud University ecologist Luca Santini and colleagues found in a study that they will publ ...
The Vertical Forest buildings of the architect and urban planner Stefano Boeri make the most of the often overlooked and profound contributions of a single tree.
The team will also train people how to react when they see a coyote, screaming and waving so the animals don’t get comfortable in the company of humans.
“What happens if the water temperature rises by a few degrees?” is the 2018 International Year of the Reef leading question.
7 December 2018, Montreal, Canada
31 October 2018, New York, United States of America
Urban nature has a critical role to play in the future liveability of cities. An emerging body of research reveals that bringing nature back into our cities can deliver a truly impressive array of benefits, ranging from health and well-being to climate change adaptation and mitigation. Aside fro ...
Italian architect Stefano Boeri aims to combat climate change by building forests in the city. From the first Vertical Forest in Asia in Nanjing, China, to another Forest City in Liuzhou, the designer is planning to turn the country from the world's biggest polluter to an eco-friendly place.
Preserving local heritage and being in touch with nature is essential to living in a sustainable city, said students at a recent youth event in Singapore.
2 October 2018, Nairobi, Kenya
21 March 2018, New York, United States of America
31 October 2017, New York, United States of America
Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/NP/OH/CE/86325 (2017-020)
To: CBD National Focal Points
Reference: SCBD/MCO/AF/NP/OH/85959 (2016-110)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points
Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/OH/85504 (2016-037)
To: CBD National Focal Points, SBSTTA Focal Points
Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/AM/84790 (2015-075)
To: CBD National Focal Points
This side event seeks to contribute to the debate on implementation and effectiveness of the international regime on biocultural diversity at the local level. Firstly, it focuses on the relationship between nature and culture in cities and the role of culture in sustainability, particularly rega ...
Engagement with subnational and local governments
1 - 4 June 2014, Singapore, Singapore
21 - 24 May 2014, Qingdao, Province of Shandong, China
Engagement with Subnational and Local Governments
Reference: SCBD/MPO/AF/NP/OH/AM/cr/83169 (2014-035)
To: CBD National Focal Points of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, DPR Korea, Republic of Korea, Lao DPR, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Timor Leste and Vietnam
Increasing urbanization over the next decades presents not only unprecedented challenges for humanity, but also opportunities to curb climate change, reduce water scarcity and improve food security, according to the world's first global assessment on the relationship between urbanization and bi ...
4 - 10 October 2013, Salamanca, Spain
Report of the Second Curitiba Meeting on Cities and Biodiversity
Report of the Workshop
Report of the Third Expert Workshop on the Development of the City Biodiversity Index
Towards Aichi/Nagoya: Second Curitiba Declaration on Local Authorities and Biodiversity
Annotations to the Provisional Agenda
Provisional Agenda
The City Biodiversity Index
Progress Report on the CBD Initiative on Cities, Local Authorities and Biodiversity
Report of the Second Expert Workshop on the Development of the City Biodiversity Index
Annotations to the Provisional Agenda
Annotations to the Provisional Agenda (Corrigendum)