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Commentary by Philipp Misselwitz on Habitat III

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In October, the Habitat III Conference took place in Quito. The "New Urban Agenda" was adopted there. It is intended to help the world community to shape the global urbanisation process in a sustainable way. Why is there so little discussion about this in Germany?

Over 30,000 participants were accredited in Quito. Despite good organisation, there were hours of queuing and security checks to get into the conference area, which was declared a temporary UN exclave, and to attend the numerous lectures, forums, discussions, workshops and stands. But there was little of this euphoria in the German media. Habitat III did not manage to get through with a very big message, as the Paris Agreement managed to do with the two-degree target. So all in vain?

Read the complete article in Bauwelt:
www.bauwelt.de/...Die-ganz-grosse-Botschaft-2688951.html

Prof. Dr. Philipp Misselwitz is Professor of International Urban Studies and Design/ Chair Habitat Unit at the Technische Universität Berlin
http://habitat-unit.de


Keywords: DE-News, News Blog Europe (without DE), SDG 2030, Social / Culture, City, UN (United Nations), Environmental policy, Housing, Housing policy

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German Association of Cities publishes concept for new funding system for municipal climate protection
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German Association of Cities publishes concept for new funding system for municipal climate protection

The cities propose to strengthen and accelerate local climate protection through a new financial support system. The German Association of Cities today published a concept and a publication on its website. The Chief Executive of the German Association of Cities, Helmut Dedy, told the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) for a report on 6 June:

"We think it is good and important that the federal government also wants to promote municipal climate protection more strongly. From the cities' point of view, there have been far too many short-sighted and cumbersome federal funding programmes so far, which at best have caused a flash in the pan. This is no longer appropriate, because we need to act quickly and effectively to achieve climate neutrality. The German Association of Cities has therefore developed a concept for how the federal and state governments can wisely promote municipal climate protection. Municipalities should receive fixed budgets for climate protection for at least 10 years. This creates planning security at the local level, for example to renovate school buildings to make them more energy efficient or to achieve a heat supply without fossil fuels.

Further information on the Cities' Council proposal can be found here:
www.staedtetag.de/presse/pressemeldungen/2022/konzept-fuer-neues-foerdersystem-fuer-kommunalen-klimaschutz

 



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Video (2014) Places of the settlement GWL-Terrein were unsealed and greened
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In May 2014, the residents of the car-free settlement GWL Terrein in Amsterdam planted two stone squares on their own initiative. The residents planted the squares themselves and also covered the costs themselves.

In this 10-minute film, the transformation was documented:

Project Info: http://sdg21.eu/db/gwl-terrein-amsterdam-westerpark



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Europe's PV industry needs big players
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Source: DGS Newsletter of 26.05.17



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Viva Werkstatt Bonn: Sustainable Ideas for the Viktoriaviertel
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Among the more than 20 participants were architects, urban planners, residents, representatives of the local retail trade and gastronomy, and interested citizens of Bonn."

You can read the whole article from 29.3. and see photos here: http://bonnimwandel.de/2017/03/29/viva-werkstatt-nachhaltige-ideen-fuer-das-viktoriaviertel



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Stock, Bonn, Quarters

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