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Cities are a core component of the UN’s 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development. This mini-series is a companion piece to the SDG Academy's full-length Sustainable Cities course and also serves as a brief introduction to the topic of urban sustainable development and the SDGs. From the inclusion of SDG 11 to the emphasis on subnational actors, cities are increasingly recognized as key players in achieving the SDGs. In these five lectures aptly titled, Cities and the Challenge of Sustainable Development, Professor Jeffrey Sachs asks the questions: What does it mean to be a ‘sustainable city’ in the 21st century? And what types of challenges do local governments face in adapting to new technologies, energy systems, modes of transportation and more?
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Following up on New York's first Voluntary Local Review released in 2018, this document constitutes the city's second review for the year 2019. This report contains the progress and challenges faced b...
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The publication "Decentralized Cooperation in Latin America. A view from the South-South "cooperation is the result of a process initiated in 2016 and aimed at establishing a channel for reflection an...
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