Strategic Plenaries
Habitat III will also be a moment to
consolidate the international movement of local and regional authorities as true political actors for the international community.
Tau, Mayor of Johannesburg and President of the Network of South-African Cities highlighted the importance of this topic in African cities that have experienced a sharp rise in urbanization over the last few years and informed participants of a report on informal housing by his network. He called for this report to be considered in the Habitat III process.
policy, combatting land speculation is at the core of sustainable development strategies in urban contexts. On employment, participants addressed issues from the angle of creating employment, in particular for young people, relating them to making territories more attractive for companies – centres of job creation.
Alain Juppé, Mayor of Bordeaux and President of the French Association of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (AFCCRE) recalled that housing will be the 1st greenhouse gas producing factor in developed countries, hereby highlighting the need to build housing and public building that are resilient.
Concerning access to basic services the provision of drinking water, the treatment of domestic waste, access to care, food, the development of renewable energies like solar – in particular within poor neighbourhoods – should be the object of public investment.
In line with the question of housing and more widely the development of public
Urban mobility was identified as a central issue for megapoles as they face congested
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