Committed to Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements for All
In Special Consultative Status with ECOSOC
Theme
Activities
The Dialogue was attended by nearly 400 delegates from 40 countries and over 90 cities:
There were ministerial officials from Germany, India, Shri Lanka, Colombia, Kenya and other relevant countries; officials from the United Nations, the World Bank and other international organizations; and more than 90 city mayors and governmental senior representatives from Bangkok Thailand, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Mumbai India, Lviv Ukraine, Santa Monica USA, Amman Jordan and some other cities in different continents, as well as representatives of renowned experts and scholars, international organizations and multinational enterprises, and multinational corporations such as Siemens, Schneider, Bosch, Daimler, and Toyota. A delegation of over 50 government officials and business representatives, experts and scholars from China were also invited to attend the conference.
Opening and High-level Dialogue
Jochen Flasbarth pointed out that the failure in protecting our environment will have bad effect on the economy. The Transport sector contributes significantly to the climate change. We are aimed to reduce the emission by 80% in Germany by 2050, which requires multi-parties cooperation. The transport sector has to bear all its own costs, as well as the environmental and health costs. Flasbarth demanded that counterproductive subsidies in this regard must be reduced. E-mobility and gas from renewable sources are clearly better solutions than biofuels, which mostly consume land for food production. The German word “Energiewende” has been used in English. It is essential to mostly depend on renewable energy, wind and solar energy in Germany by 2050.
Moderated High-level Dialogue on Implementing Rio+20:
Multi-stakeholder Cooperation and win-win Scenarios in Urban Development and Transport Planning
2013 Global Forum on Human Settlements--
Sustainable Urban Development and Ecological Cities
Initiatives and Best Practices
This Forum has been held for 8 times. Sustainable Human Settlements is the key and foundation to create the future we want. It is a cause with grand prospect and daunting challenges, and calls for political foresights, corporate social responsibilities, public engagement and efforts of global stakeholders. This Forum made tremendous contribution to the process of sustainable urbanization, in the meantime, it resulted in plenty of outcomes, practices, partnerships, which greatly inspired all the stakeholders and promoted multi-parties’ joint effort towards the sustainable city development.
Parallel Sessions
Parallel Session 2: Multi-modal Transport Concepts for Cities
Parallel Session 1: Linking Urban Development and Mobility - Approaches and Success Stories in International Cooperation
Parallel Session 4: Sustainable Energy for Sustainable Transport
Parallel Session 3: Exchange on Urban Planning for Sustainable Transport