Arab Hoballah: SDG 11 and New Urban Agenda: Efficient cities driving the transition
Arab Hoballah, Senior Sustainability Expert, Former Chief,
Sustainable Lifestyles, Cities and Industry Branch, UNEP
Cities: from problem to solution
• In around 2040-50:
¾ population
¾ resource use
¾ CO2 emissions
¾ waste
• Cities: hub for education/culture, innovation/investments, partnerships
• No solution without cities and at city level
• Drivers for Climate Mitigation and Resilience
Greening is costly?
The economic argument for resource efficiency is weak.
• Poor quality of data on material flows from a life cycle perspective
• There is confusion over the roles and responsibilities
• Systems approach to resource efficiency is not common
In this context, the IGMC is a valuable and useful contribution to responding to these concerns
