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31/1/2019 - 55th ISOCARP Congress Jakarta: Call for Contributions open now 30/1/2019 - Remunicipalisation of the local energy supply 29/1/2019 - 1st International Conference on Urban Fire Service and Safety 28/1/2019 - City Leader Conclave & the 5th Smart Cities 2019 25/1/2019 - UCLG Culture Summit in 2019 24/1/2019 - European Conference on Sustainable Mobility at Universities 23/1/2019 - Save the Date: 6th European Conference on SUMPs 16/1/2019 - ECOMM 2019 in Edinburgh CANCELLED! 15/1/2019 - Walk21 Conference in Rotterdam: call for contributions is open 14/1/2019 - First Urban Nodes Forum: save the date! 11/1/2019 - 55th ISOCARP Congress “Beyond the Metropolis" 10/1/2019 - The Nature of Cities Summit 9/1/2019 - WeMakeThe.City 8/1/2019 - The official TUMI side event at COP24 7/1/2019 - Lisbon will host Velo-City in 2021
55th ISOCARP Congress Jakarta: Call for Contributions open now Take your chance to actively get involved in the discussion about megacities and their opportunities and challenges. Join us at the 55th ISOCARP World Planning Congress in Jakarta, Indonesia, on “Beyond the Metropolis”. Papers, case studies, practical and research projects, session proposals by international experts coming from practice, government, the private sector will be discussed in seven parallel tracks https://isocarp.org/2019congress/call-for-abstracts/ Webinar: Designing a Welcoming Economy What does a welcoming economy look like? Research suggests newcomer-friendly services and slogans aren’t enough. Immigrant retention depends on positive labour market experiences and a robust local economy. What can local planning councils do to attract and sustain immigrant investment in the social, economic and cultural growth of their cities and regions? To foster new opportunities for innovation and wealth creation? Join us for in-depth discussion on the drivers of immigrant attraction and retention in the urban economy. Experts from Canada and the U.S will share research, local experience and great ideas for how cities can leverage the potential of immigrant talent and contribution to benefit both newcomers and receiving communities. http://citiesofmigration.ca/webinar/immigrant-futures-event-designing-a-welcoming-economy/ Arctic Welcome for the Multicultural City When the city of Anchorage, Alaska, comes to mind, urban diversity might not be the first thing you think of. It turns out, Anchorage is one of the most diverse cities in America. While the number of foreign born residents increases steadily across the United States (13.4% overall in 2017), in Anchorage the numbers jumped from 8.4% in 2008 to 11.13% in 2015. http://citiesofmigration.ca/good_idea/arctic-welcome-for-the-multicultural-city/ Bari will start paying people that cycle to work Bari, the capital city of the Apulia region in Southern Italy, will be the first major Italian city to reward people who cycle to work. In the first days of 2019 the city announced a new project to reward people who commute by bike in a bid to increase the overall share of cycling trips in the city. The project is supported by a €545,000 grant from Italy’s Ministry for the Environment and will begin with a pilot phase of four months in 2019. http://www.eltis.org/discover/news/bari-will-start-paying-people-cycle-work Remunicipalisation of the local energy supply From 28 February to 1 March 2019, Ettlingen, Germany A 2-day workshop organised by Energy Cities and the city of Ettlingen, in the framework of the Interreg NWE HeatNet project Inspired by remunicipalisation initiatives all over Europe, an increasing number of local authorities are expanding their role, no longer simply acting as planning authorities but becoming operational stakeholders and driving forces for the local energy transition. New integrated municipal companies are increasingly being set up. Save the date: Polis-ITF Working Group on road safety Lisbon will host the 4th joint road safety workshop between Polis and the International Transport Forum's "Safer City Street". Save 16-18 October 2019 in your calendars. The previous joint workshop was held back to back to the 2018 Polis Conference on 20 and 21 November 2018 and marked the launch of the first global urban road safety benchmark. Can Child-Friendly Cities Reduce Income Disparities? Do you remember what it was like in your neighborhood as a child? Do you have vivid memories of the buildings, the roads, the people, or the empty spaces around you, if there were any? Making children an integral part of the wider community, including public policies and programs, is the basic idea behind building child-friendly cities. A recent report published by UNICEF examined the effects of modern-day urbanization on urban children – which is mainly characterized by inequality and insecurity. Based on 10 indicators of child survival and well-being across 77 low- and middle-income countries, sanitation and access to water were found to be the highest contributors to the urban income gap – at 44% and 18% respectively. https://progrss.com/places/20190110/can-child-friendly-cities-reduce-income-disparities/ Inside China's leading 'sponge city Known as ‘the city of a hundred lakes’ until most got paved over, Wuhan has a flooding problem. Can permeable pavements and artificial wetlands soak it up? Take a stroll down the central Chinese city’s Fan Lake Road or Fruit Lake Street and despite their names you won’t see any large bodies of water – unless it has been raining very hard, that is. Wuhan was once known as “the city of a hundred lakes”. It had 127 lakes in its central area alone in the 1980s, but decades of rapid urbanisation mean only around 30 survive. 1st International Conference on Urban Fire Service and Safety This annual conference is held with different topics and themes about firefighting and safety for the purpose of escalating the level of knowledge of fire and safety managers and experts and those interested in safety fields. Different managers and experts from firefighting organizations all over the country, Persian specialists, university professors, workers of leading fire and safety companies and also special foreign guests and specialists from other countries of the world participated in the past successful events. Urban Nodes Forum - Register Now For the first URBAN NODES FORUM in Budapest, we invite you as urban nodes representative, planners, infrastructure coordinators and operators, freight and logistic operators, or funding specialist in mobility, infrastructure, passenger transport and freight or logistics. At this first event of its kind, we want to bring all urban nodes of the TEN-T together. We want to find and exchange on solutions that improve the interface of long-distance freight transport and last-mile delivery. https://vitalnodes.eu/events/urban-nodes-forum/ Cities Are Bracing for 2020 Census Chaos The Supreme Court may decide the fate of the citizenship question that the Trump administration wants to add to the census. The first federal court decision about the Trump administration’s efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 U.S. Census did not leave much room for debate. U.S. District Court Judge Jesse M. Furman’s 277-page ruling, described as “crystal clear” and “remarkably restrained” by constitutional scholars and lawyers, outlined what Furman called a “veritable smorgasbord” of administrative law violations by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, who misled Congress when he said that the Department of Justice had originally requested the citizenship question. https://www.citylab.com/equity/2019/01/census-citizenship-question-supreme-court-wilbur-ross/580519/ New mobility is coming to a city near you—will it be sustainable? With the right policies, these tech-advanced and data-driven modes of transport can ensure safe and reliable transportation for all. More than 300 new bike-share services were launched worldwide last year. Ride-hailing services such as Uber and Didi Chuxing together provide more than 45 million rides a day. Electric scooters are accounting for more short trips in the places where they’re available and drones and autonomous vehicles are getting better every day. City Leader Conclave & the 5th Smart Cities 2019 City Leader's Conclave is a dynamic and exciting business programme for industry and government, engaging multiple stakeholders to address the needs of urban sustainability. It offers a common platform to both industry and city leaders/mayors (national and international) to foster best practices in urban policy innovation, encourage collaboration, boost investments and offer lucrative business opportunities. http://www.smartcitiesindia.com/City-Leaders-Conclave.aspx Women leaders played a pivotal role in negotiating the Paris Agreement on climate change in 2015, and will be crucial to its success in the future. Now more than ever, enhancing women’s participation and leadership will be critical to securing a healthy, prosperous and sustainable future for us all. Through the Women4Climate initiative, C40 aims to empower and inspire the next generation of climate leaders through a global mentorship program dedicated to women in cities and raise awareness through research on gender, cities and climate to highlight the key role women play in championing climate action in cities. Waste heat from power plants hits home District heating systems that use industrial waste are increasingly common, which helps the transition to a circular economy. There is no such thing as a perfect energy efficient process. The second law of thermodynamics states that all energy generating processes produce heat as a by-product. This so-called waste heat is often released into the atmosphere as hot air or water. http://www.cityfied.eu/news/articlesinterviews/waste-heat-from-power-plants-hits-home_1.kl Climate science for urban policy makers The Global Covenant of Mayors has recently released the Summary for Urban Policymakers (SUP), a city-driven report authored by IPCC scientists, city practitioners and NGOs. The report summarises what the IPCC findings in their latest 1,5 degrees warming assessment report mean for cities worldwide. “Climate science should accessible to urban policymakers, because without them, there will be no limiting global warming to 1.5°C”. That’s the main idea behind the SUP Report, which was released on December 10th 2018 at the latest COP24 in the Polish city of Katowice. Since the founding Congress of Paris, culture has been at the heart of UCLG’s policy agenda. That is why, following the success of the first and second UCLG Culture Summits, and considering the growing importance of culture in the framework of sustainable cities, the Executive Bureau of UCLG decided to convene a third UCLG Culture Summit in 2019. As the call for candidacies to host the 3rd edition of this Summit ended, the World Council of UCLG decided in Hangzhou (China) in December 2017 that the host city would be the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (Argentina). Webinar "Procuring Better Outcomes: Deep domestic retrofit projects" Join the Nottingham Team on Monday, 28th January 2019, 15.00h (UTC+0) to learn more on innovative procurement for domestic energy retrofitting Ten Nottingham City Homes’ properties in Sneinton, Nottingham were the first homes in the UK to be refurbished under the Dutch Energiesprong initiative. The Energiesprong approach aims to make desirable, warm and affordable homes by radically improving older houses via one deep retrofit rather than small incremental improvements over time. Instead of procuring a pre-defined construction solution, Nottingham City Homes piloted performance-based procurement and encouraged contractors to be as innovative as possible. Luxembourg to make public transport free Luxembourg is planning to make all modes of public transport free to use. Xavier Bettel, leader of the country’s recently re-elected government, has pledged to remove fares on buses, trains and trams from the beginning of the summer of 2019. This follows Estonia's decision to make it possible for its counties to make public transport free to use. http://www.eltis.org/discover/news/luxembourg-make-public-transport-free Cities are invited to join the IUC city-to-city cooperation programme Cities and towns in EU member states who wish to exchange with an international city facing similar challenges in another global Region are encouraged to apply for the International Urban Cooperation (IUC) city-to-city cooperation programme on sustainable urban development. The programme aims to foster links between EU cities (in particular those with more than 100,000 inhabitants) and those in IUC’s global Regions. Through the programme, local leaders will be able to connect and gain new perspectives on pressing sustainable urban development issues. http://www.iuc.eu/city-pairings/ European Conference on Sustainable Mobility at Universities During 2 days, Krakow University of Technology and U-MOB Consortium will become an international centre for knowledge transfer and networking among European universities on sustainable mobility practices, welcoming new and consolidated university mobility managers, academics, policy makers, entrepreneurs and businesses of the sector, NGO's, civil society representatives and students. http://2019krk.u-mob.eu/the-conference/ Implementing smart sustainable cities approaches worldwide” will take place on 29 January 2019 at 14:30-18:00. The event will present the progress made on the implementation of the United Smart Cities programme and will discuss smart sustainable cities approaches in Ukraine. The event will also focus on the work of the UNECE Joint Task Force on Energy Efficiency Standards in Buildings and on ways to improve energy efficiency in buildings and neighbourhoods to promote smart sustainable cities and policies in Ukraine and in the UNECE region. https://businessforsmartcities.com/en/ Local and regional governments as service providers For quality public services, involve local governments Waste collection. Public transport. Employment services. Social housing. Local and regional governments deliver essential public services every day. And yet, the EU’s many rules on public service delivery were made without sufficient local input. In the future, this needs to change. That’s why CEMR is publishing its position paper on the future of public services in Europe: Strong public services through local governments. http://www.ccre.org/en/actualites/view/3826 URBACT call for Action Planning networks now open The URBACT III Programme is looking for up to 23 new Action Planning networks. Action Planning networks aim to help cities in Europe find solutions to common urban challenges. These networks bring together up to 10 partners from different European countries to share experience and learn from each other. The partners will produce an Integrated Action Plan and will have the opportunity to test some small scale solutions in their cities. This work is done by bringing together local stakeholders and working in local and transnational partnerships. http://urbact.eu/urbact-last-call-action-planning-networks-now-openSave the Date: 6th European Conference on SUMPs
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10 Trends reshaping climate and energy policies
Towards elections: which future for EU-backed nature-based solutions (NBS)?
ECOMM 2019 in Edinburgh CANCELLED!
Medellin to host 4th International Conference on Learning Cities
When does electrifying shared mobility make economic sense?
Walk21 Conference in Rotterdam: call for contributions is open The next Walk21 Conference will be held in Rotterdam from 7 to 11 October 2019. Walk21 is the international charity dedicated to ensuring the right to walk and opportunity for everyone across the world. The call for contributions to Walk 21 is now open and closes on 22 February 2019. Please, cick on the following link to submit an abstract: https://www.callforcontributions.com/walk21-rotterdam For more information, please visit the Walk21 Conference website to discover all the themes and much more: https://www.walk21.com/rotterdam Global Alliance for Urban Crises On December 13, 2018, the Global Alliance for Urban Crises, UN-Habitat and Bureau Technique des Villes Libanaises hosted a consultation entitled “Adapting Humanitarian Response in Urban Contexts: Regional Consultation on Key Instruments – Middle East”. This joint consultative event brings together all Global Alliance constituencies providing the opportunity to contribute to the knowledge products currently being developed by the Global Alliance working groups. The overall aim of this event is to ensure the views of the different constituencies are properly reflected in the products and foster peer-to-peer exchange amongst humanitarian, development, academic, local authority representatives, and built environment specialists engaged in urban crises. https://unhabitat.org/global-alliance-for-urban-crises/ 6 trends for Smart Cities in 2019 As we enter 2019, Smart Cities Dive presents a list of trends that are expected to influence and shape the future of smart cities in 2019. From new mobility services to advanced payment options and the evolution towards 5G technologies, this year is expected to significantly transform cities. https://www.urenio.org/2019/01/03/six-trends-smart-cities-2019/ Cities Rethink Punishment for Transit Fare Evasion Should jumping the turnstile be treated as a crime or a civil violation akin to missing a toll? When the city council in Washington, D.C., voted last week to reduce penalties for transit riders who skip paying their fares, the District joined a growing list of cities reconsidering how harsh their punishments should be for fare evaders. Advocates often worry that fare crackdowns disproportionately target minority riders. First Urban Nodes Forum: save the date! For the first URBAN NODES FORUM in Budapest, we invite you as urban nodes representative, planners, infrastructure coordinators and operators, freight and logistic operators, or funding specialist in mobility, infrastructure, passenger transport and freight or logistics. At this first event of its kind, we want to bring all urban nodes of the TEN-T together. We want to find and exchange on solutions that improve the interface of long-distance freight transport and last-mile delivery. https://vitalnodes.eu/events/urban-nodes-forum/ The Association of European Transport is delighted to kick off the preparations for the ETC 2019 at Dublin Castle with the Conference’s 2018 Call for Papers. The European Transport Conference (ETC) attracts papers that address themes of relevance to the transport agenda in Europe and worldwide. The Conference provides a great opportunity for presenters to network and form career-spanning professional relationships. The deadline for abstract submission is 05 February 2019. https://aetransport.org/en-gb/etc/this-year-at-etc/submit-an-abstract Breda wins 2019 Access City Award The 2019 Access City Award goes to the city of Breda, in the Netherlands, for continuously making improvements to make life easier for people with disabilities. The award was handed out at the Access City Award Ceremony, taking place in Brussels. Breda is a source of inspiration for cities in Europe and beyond, which encounter similar challenges. Cities and Regions unlocking the potential of biogas for their energy transition biogasactionThe BiogasAction project has been supporting a number of EU regional governments in the development of biogas and biomethane solutions. BiogasAction has operated in French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (led by the Covenant Supporter AURA-EE), the North-West part of France, UK, Croatia, Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Denmark, Latvia and South-East Sweden (led by the Covenant Supporter Energikontor Sydost). The project has enabled the removal of the non-technical barriers to create better frameworks for the widespread use of biogas and biomethane. The efforts and success stories of BiogasAction have been summarised in the final booklet of the project disseminated at the conference in Brussels. 55th ISOCARP Congress “Beyond the Metropolis" 2019 ISOCARP Congress will take place in Jakarta and Bogor, Indonesia 9-13 September 2019. The theme is “Beyond the Metropolis” and we will discuss the burning needs of finding a balance between megacities and rural areas, liveability and health, knowledge economies, culture and heritage, sustainability, governance and many more. There will also be continuation of this year’s “Cool Planning” Congress in Bodø tackling the issues of changing environment, risks and resilience. We expect a large turnout of experts on the theme, with workshops, keynote speeches and also the usual ISOCARP programme, including YPP workshop prior to the congress. There will be many opportunities for networking as well. Please mark your calendars and join us this autumn in Indonesia!The Congress is organised together with the Indonesian Association of Urban and Regional Planners (IAP). We are happy to be working together for a successful event. Please find out more practical information about Jakarta. There will be more exciting opportunities for pre- and post-congress tours, technical workshops and other possibilities to explore this amazing destination. Soon more information will be provided and the Call for Contributions will be issued mid-January 2019. We will be welcoming not only scientific content and research papers but also case studies and examples from the practice. Deadline for abstracts will be the end of March 2019, while the final submissions of papers will be expected in June 2019. Save the date and please check here for more updates coming soon. https://isocarp.org/2019congress/ Policy Conference 2019: Urban Transitioning - A Joint Adventure Welcome to the fourth JPI Urban Europe policy conference with the main aim to launch the updated Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA 2.0) and to provide an arena for discussions and exchange on urban transitions. Join urban practitioners & policymakers, researchers, European institutions & organisations and engage in discussions and networking. Listen to city leaders describing how experimentation, socio-technical innovation and stakeholder involvement can play an important role in local urban transition strategies. Together with other participants, apply your own knowledge and experience in interactive break-out sessions. https://jpi-urbaneurope.eu/event-calendar/save-the-date-policy-conference-in-brussels/ Build a secure future by aligning your climate strategies to the latest science A group of sustainability-focused city-networks, associations and non-governmental organizations and international organizations have signed and released an open letter to urban policymakers, drawing their attention to a summary report that condenses the latest science published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. EC's ITS plans likely to apply to cities and regions The European Commission has adopted the 2018-2022 Work Programme of the ITS Directive. It covers a range of areas including legally-binding rules relating to the publication of transport data in a standardised form covering all roads in Europe. Other activities in this work programme address interoperable payment/ticketing, information on charging/refuelling points, access to in-vehicle data, continuity of traffic management services, C-ITS and eCall. If these activities lead to new or revised EC legislation, the impact may be substantial for city and regional transport authorities, especially those organisations that have not yet established procedures to supply transport data to a national data point. A first-ever gathering of The Nature of Cities community where thought leaders from communities of practice, policy, and academia come together to discuss the nature of cities—green cities that are better for people and nature. The TNOC Summit will be a gathering unlike any before in its commitment to convening diverse voices and actors in support of propelling a movement for collaborative green cities. Call for Papers: Urban Transformations: Housing / Resources / Public Spaces The international conference "Housing under Pressure. Dynamics between Centers and Peripheries" will focus on the topic of housing in growing cities, which will be discussed from different disciplinary and applied perspectives. The merging of diverse knowledge and the discussion of scientific and occupational expertise on the basis of current research results, innovative projects and urban interventions, will serve to discover and develop new perspectives on social housing and sustainable development. An attitude that respects the reality of life and the residents’ future plans "on site" is essential in order to define urgent challenges, identify innovation potentials, and discuss options of management on a societal level. https://www.fh-campuswien.ac.at/index.php?id=2147475 How to Push Kid-Friendly Transit in a Rapidly Urbanizing City An advocate and mom in Dakar, Senegal, talks about elevating a child-focused policy agenda, in a city that’s still struggling with basic infrastructure. As part of its recent series, Room to Grow, CityLab has covered a number of city governments, departments, and officials that are making policy tailored specifically to the needs of young kids. For most officials in Dakar, Senegal, consideration of children is not yet a part of the governing mentality, according to advocates. Citizens Shaping The Thinking City The second and final Thinking Cities of 2018 is online now! The theme of this issue is Citizens Shaping the Thinking City, with several articles focusing on people- and citizen-centric issues. Cities featured in this 112-page edition include Aarhus, Amsterdam, Brno, Leuven, Manchester, Madrid and San Francisco. https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/62289205/thinking-cities-november-2018 The second edition of WeMakeThe.City will take place from June 17 to June 23, 2019 in the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. 6th European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans The European Conference on Sustainable Urban Mobility Plans is Europe's leading annual event for all those involved in putting the SUMP concept into practice. It serves as a forum for policy makers, local authorities, urban transport planners, academics, NGOs and other mobility professionals. The event offers opportunities to network, debate key issues and to exchange ideas on sustainable urban mobility planning. The 6th edition will take place on 17 and 18 June 2019 in Groningen, The Netherlands. ?The RAND Corporation and City Parks Alliance, with help from The Trust for Public Land, led a National Study of Neighborhood Parks to identify to what degree neighborhood parks in America’s cities encourage people to be physically active New York City’s Self-Induced Transportation Crisis Bill de Blasio and other city officials are heading for commuting calamity by failing to properly plan a coherent vision for subways, buses, e-bikes, and ride-hailing. The story of e-bikes in New York City is like a transportation parable. Until last spring, as subways were slowing, traffic from ride-hailing vehicles was thickening, and bike fatalities were on the rise, e-bikes were illegal to ride. That was in spite of the fact that these increasingly popular battery-boosted bicycles have long provided a vital means of transportation for thousands of working New Yorkers making below minimum wage, are energy and space efficient, cost-effective, quiet, and quick. And the fact that there’s growing evidence to suggest dockless e-bikes and e-scooter rides replace car trips, which could reduce traffic and cut down on fatal crashes. The official TUMI side event at COP24 Brought together by Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) at the German Pavillion on 8th December, this side event, Mobility transition in our cities: Prioritising people - decarbonising transport, presented examples from emerging and developing countries to showcase and discuss creative ways to bring about a mobility transition, including the use of urban planning, innovative vehicles, and the power of cooperation across city and national borders. UCLG World Congress 2019 - Dates announced 18-22 November 2019. eThekwini (Durban) The 2019 Congress will provide the opportunity to present progress in the implementation of the SDGs and their impacts at local level. It should also be the occasion to show the evolution of our World Organization within the framework of its 15th anniversary. https://www.uclg.org/en/media/events/uclg-world-congress-and-world-council 2018 as a year of Smart City skepticism Despite the rapid progress of Smart City solutions, 2018 was a year of Smart City skepticism, caused by a number of incidents with safety and data privacy. This, however, does not reduce the vast potential of the Smart City concept. It simply means that more care should be taken in 2019. https://www.urenio.org/2018/12/31/2018-as-a-year-of-smart-city-skepticism/ 5 Cities Show What Urban Transformation Really Looks Like Urbanization is changing the face of the planet – for better and for worse. City populations, GDP and investment are increasing exponentially. At the same time, carbon emissions are rising, more and more people are living in slums, and air pollution is a growing threat. Experts point to the need for urban transformation, yet few people have a concrete sense of how to trigger and sustain such rapid change. The WRI Ross Prize for Cities aims to spotlight exemplary real-world examples of urban transformation to help inspire better cities for all. Nearly 200 projects around the globe submitted applications for the inaugural $250,000 prize Lisbon will host Velo-City in 2021 Lisbon will be the host city of the 2021 edition of Velo-City, one of the world’s leading conference on planning for cycling-friendly cities. The Portuguese capital is the third Polis member to host one of the latest editions of the conference after Arnhem Nijmegen (2017) and Dublin (2019). Lisbon stood out among the two other finalists, Ljubljana and Valencia, for its strong political commitment at the local and national level to promote urban cycling and to highlight the benefits associated with active mobility. https://www.polisnetwork.eu/publicnews/1876/45/Polis-member-Lisbon-will-host-Velo-City-in-2021 The World Urban Forum, which is convened by UN-Habitat, is the world’s most important conference on cities. As a non-legislative forum open to all, it provides the opportunity for thousands of participants involved in all aspects of urbanization to share practices and knowledge on how cities are built, planned and managed. Participants include national, regional and local government, NGOs, community based organizations, research institutions, the private sector, development finance institutions, the media, UN agencies and other stakeholders. The first WUF took place in 2002 in Kenya and eight other WUFs have taken place. The last Forum (WUF9) took place in Kuala Lumpur in February 2018. In 2020, WUF will be hosted for the first time by an Arab nation – Abu Dhabi, the capital and the second most populous city in the United Arab Emirates and capital of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. New York City’s Self-Induced Transportation Crisis Bill de Blasio and other city officials are heading for commuting calamity by failing to properly plan a coherent vision for subways, buses, e-bikes, and ride-hailing. The story of e-bikes in New York City is like a transportation parable. Until last spring, as subways were slowing, traffic from ride-hailing vehicles was thickening, and bike fatalities were on the rise, e-bikes were illegal to ride. That was in spite of the fact that these increasingly popular battery-boosted bicycles have long provided a vital means of transportation for thousands of working New Yorkers making below minimum wage, are energy and space efficient, cost-effective, quiet, and quick. And the fact that there’s growing evidence to suggest dockless e-bikes and e-scooter rides replace car trips, which could reduce traffic and cut down on fatal crashes. A New Summary for Urban Policymakers The Summary for Urban Policymakers is a comprehensive summary for all those working on urban issues that makes it clear that the only pathways that cities and regions should aim for is to constrain global warming to 1.5°C rather than 2°C.
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