Alistair Edgar from the Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS) recently interviewed Michael Nolan, Chair of the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme, about the Melbourne Model and strategies for furthering sustainability. Drawing on examples of cross-sectoral collaboration, Michael elaborates on the benefits of building trust across sectors. Source http://citiesprogramme.org/podcast-academic-council-of-the-united-nations-system/
Today the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme and RMIT University launched a first-of-its-kind ‘Ethical Cities’ open online course at the United Nations’ 20 year conference for sustainable cities with the aim of connecting people around the world with ethical concepts and practices for cities. The Ethical Cities course is a principle-based collaborative approach that engages…
City diagnostics are a critical component of success for sustainable urban development projects. A full house gathered at the One UN Pavilion at Habitat III in Quito, Ecuador to learn more and exchange ideas. This side event explored the insights and lessons learnt from the 2015 Global City Scan pilot, which engaged 19 signatory cities. As…
When facing economic challenges, many second and intermediary cities around the globe are taking a partnered approach to their urban transformation. Australian city Geelong recently stepped out on an international study to learn from others, with research support from the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme and RMIT’s Centre for Urban Research. The resultant report “Winning…
The UN Association of Australia recently hosted the Global Goals Academy series aimed at educating and empowering change towards achieving the SDGs. For the fourth event on 16 November, the UNAAV Young Professionals teamed up with the Cities Programme to host “Better cities for a better world: achieving the urban goal” at RMIT University. Attended by…
As part of the World Urban Campaign and Australian Sustainable Living Festival, the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme hosted a forum and panel event on How to make public private partnerships work for urban sustainable development – challenges and successes. Held on Wednesday 8 February at RMIT University, the panel was facilitated by UN Global Compact…
The Global Cities Research Institute ceased operation at the end of 2015, ending an era of successful collaboration under a more traditional discipline based research framework which has been replaced by Enabling Capability Platforms in eight focus areas. We are living through a period in which urban living has, for the first time in human history, …
