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Dr.NicolaTollinExecutiveDirectorRESURBEInternationalProgramonUrbanResilienceRECNETRecycling [email protected]
HABITATIII:THENEWURBANAGENDAResilientUrbanTransition:ParisAgreement,HIII andSDGs
Més enllà d’Habitat III.Propostes perlaTransformació Urbana
deSocietats en Transició
Dimecres 23denovembre de2016
CatedraUNESCOdeSostenibilitat
Urbanization Challenges: >50% population, 75% natural resources, 80% energy supply, 75% carbon emissions
Climate Challenge : multiply effect on urban challenges, direct threat slow/rapid on-setting risk, mitigation
Development Challenges : poverty, sprawl, inequality, pollution, security, depletion/access of resources…..
URBAN CHALLENGES
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International Policies opportunities: UN SDGs, UNISDR Sendai, UN-Habitat HIII, UNFCCC Paris Agreement.
Urban Knowledge opportunities: capacity of creativity, innovation, knowledge creation and exchange
Consumption/Production opportunities: from linear to circular, integrated, metabolic
URBAN OPPORTUNITIES
Urban Momentum opportunities: city initiatives, individual and in networks (C40, 100 res cities, etc)
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THE TRIPLE POLICY LINE
Urban Resilience Transition:
SustainableDevelopment Climate Change
Urbanization 4
HABITAT IIIHabitatIII istheUnitedNationsConferenceonHousingandSustainableUrbanDevelopment heldinQUITO,Ecuador,from17– 20October2016.
Precededby:HabitatIVancouver1976HabitatIIIstanbul1996WorldUrbanForum7Medellin2014
Following:UNPost-2015DevelopmentAgenda(SDGs)UNFCCCCOP21(ParisAgreement)
Aims:AdoptionoftheUNNewUrbanAgenda
Definingglobalstrategiesandactionsforsustainableurbandevelopment,particularlyfacingkeyurbanchallengesasclimatechange.
HABITAT II ISTANBUL
HabitatAgenda:IstanbulDeclarationonHumanSettlements
Following1992UNConferenceonEnvironmentandDevelopment:RIOSummitandAgenda21
Aimsatachievingadequateshelterforallandsustainablehumansettlementsinanurbanizingworld
RedefinethemandateofUN-Habitat,UnitedNationsagencyforhumansettlementsandsustainableurbandevelopment
WUF 7 MEDELLIN
WORLDURBANFORUM7:MedellinCollaborationforUrbanResilience
TheWorldUrbanForum(WUF)isanon-legislativetechnicalforumconvenedbytheUnitedNationsHumanSettlementsProgramme(UN-Habitat),hostedinadifferentcityeverytwoyears,toexaminethemostpressingissuesfacingtheworldtodayintheareaofhumansettlements,includingrapidurbanizationanditsimpactoncities,communities,economies,climatechangeandpolicies.
New Urban Agenda
Weanchorourvisionintheconceptofcitiesforall,referringtotheequaluseandenjoymentofcities,towns,andvillages,
seekingtopromoteinclusivityandensurethatallinhabitants,ofpresentandfuturegenerations,withoutdiscriminationofanykind,areabletoinhabitandproducejust,safe,healthy,accessible,resilient,andsustainable citiesandhumansettlements,asacommongoodthatessentiallycontributestoprosperityandqualityoflife.
Action Plan
SUSTAINABLEURBANDEVELOPMENTFORSOCIALINCLUSION ANDPOVERTYERADICATION
SUSTAINABLEANDINCLUSIVEURBANPROSPERITYANDOPPORTUNITIESFORALL
ENVIRONMENTALLYSOUNDANDRESILIENTURBANDEVELOPMENT
Implementation
BUILDINGTHEURBANGOVERNANCESTRUCTURE:ESTABLISHINGASUPPORTIVEFRAMEWORK
PLANNINGANDMANAGINGURBANSPATIALDEVELOPMENT
SDGs
GROWTH EMPLOYMENT
INFRASTRUCTURES
CITIES
SCP
CLIMATE
Paris Agreement
DecisionParagraph40:withtheobjectiveofconsideringhowtoenhancelinkagesandcreatesynergybetween,interalia,mitigation,adaptation,finance,technologytransferandcapacity-building,andhowtofacilitatetheimplementationandcoordinationofnon-marketapproaches;
AgreementArticle6:PartiesrecognizethatsomePartieschoosetopursuevoluntarycooperationintheimplementationoftheirNDCs toallowforhigherambitionintheirmitigationandadaptationactionsandtopromotesustainabledevelopmentandenvironmentalintegrity.LegallyBinding
Marrakech,15November 201613
110 Countries have included urban contentCluster A: 26 NDCs with strong urban contentCluster B: 84 NDCS with moderate urban content14
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URBAN CHALLENGES IDENTIFIED BY COUNTRIES
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“Urban,cityplanningandhumansettlements arecloselyconnectedareasthatcomeunderthedirectinfluenceofclimatechangeimpacts.”(NDCSriLanka,pg.19)
FINDING: strong country focus on adaptation
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“Anexpectedsealevelrisemayreach0,81min2100whichwilltriggercoastalfloodingandsaltwaterintrusionintoaquifers.Thiscanaffecthumansettlements,healthandfisheries”(NDCBenin).
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URBAN ACTION FORESEEN BY COUNTRIES
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“AlowcarbonurbandevelopmentforElSalvadorwouldnotonlydecelerateGHGemissions[…]andreducetheincidenceofdiseasesassociatedwithpollutionandthephenomenonofheatislandsinthecities,whichwouldimprovethequalityoflifeandtheurbancomfort.”(NDCElSalvador)
FINDING: Balanced focus on Adaptation & Mitigation
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URBAN ACTION BY SECTOR
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Transport Buildings Energy Waste LandUse Water FoodProduction
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High Mitigation Potential
“Themeasuresrelatedtosustainableconstructionandtargetedtoreduceitscarbonfootprint,suchas,constructionwastereduction,[…]combinedwithsustainableurbandevelopmentmeasuremaygeneratesignificantemissionreductions.”(NDCCostaRica)
THE TRIPLE DIVIDEND
Urban Resilience Transition:
SustainableDevelopment Climate Change
Urbanization
Integrating for innovationGenerating co-benefits
Specific local urban challenges
Mitigation+
Adaptation
Development+
Sustainability
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KNOWLEDGE GAPS
PLANNING AND DESIGN FOR URBAN RESILIENCE
EVALUATION OF URBAN RESILIENCE
KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY
RESEARCH-PRACTICE DIVIDE
INFORMED POLICY/DECISION MAKING
NATIONAL-LOCAL HARMONIZATION
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Dr.NicolaTollinExecutiveDirectorRESURBEInternationalProgramonUrbanResilienceRECNETRecycling [email protected]
HABITATIII:THENEWURBANAGENDAResilientUrbanTransition:ParisAgreement,HIII andSDGs
Més enllà d’Habitat III.Propostes perlaTransformació Urbana
deSocietats en Transició
Dimecres 23denovembre de2016
CatedraUNESCOdeSostenibilitat
