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Transport and Just Cities
In addition to Despacio, the organizations that supported this event were: Bridging the Gap Initiative, CAF-Development Bank of Latin America, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Ford Foundation, Inter-American Development Bank y Institute for Transportation Development and Policy. The main objective was to show the importance of sustainable urban mobility in making cities economically and…
Electric Mobility at WUF7
This event began with a visit to a pilot project developed by UN Habitat in cooperation with the Metropolitan Government Agency of Medellín and Despacio, following a discussion panel regarding the adoption of electric vehicles and advances in mobility. Electric vehicles can be a way to reduce emissions. Energy Technology Roadmap estimates that low-carbon emission…
Sustainable Transport and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
During this event, a group of climate change experts and the audience evaluated the pertinence and effectiveness of the goals set in the sustainable transport Results Framework, a document being prepared with the aim of including sustainable transport in the United Nation’s Post-2015 Development Agenda. This is being done on behalf of the Partnership on…
What do NAMAs contribute to Sustainable Urban Development?
During this event, we described the ways in which NAMAs (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions, an instrument to finance climate change mitigation) can be useful in advancing the implementation of sustainable urban development policies. The event was carried out in a networking format alongside 20 similar events. Participation fluctuated immensely, with a maximum of about 50 participants….
Configuring the Urban Night
This event was developed by Parque Explora, LSE Cities (and its project Configuring Light) with support from ARUP, to discuss the different aspects of analysis when talking about urban lighting, the night and even light pollution. If you missed it, you can watch the recorded version here. In daily life and in cities, night and darkness have good…
“Before I Die” Wall
The idea of the “Before I Die I Want To…” Wall is from Candy Chang, who in her book, says her motivation for doing so was understanding well the life stage that is normally evaded (death) and using it as a reflection for the things that each person would want to do with the rest…
Implementation of the Safe Route
As part of our work with ONU Habitat to support improvements in non-motorized transport in the Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley (AMVA), we implemented—alongside the regional government—a Safe Route to the World Urban Forum that improved conditions for those arriving to the Forum on bicycle and beyond. To carry out the Safe Route pilot…
Safe Route Experiential Tour
One way to show the work done within the framework of the UN Habitat agreement was to ride the safe route on bicycle, explaining from the beginning the participation of private business (Plaza Mayor) and the differences that existed among the various entities in Medellin’s government. For this, we called on different members of UN…
Sustainable Transport and the Post-2015 Development Agenda
Durante este evento se evaluó con un grupo de expertos en cambio climático y con el público asistente al evento, la pertinencia y efectividad de las metas planteadas en el Results Framework de transporte sostenible, documento que está siendo preparado con la intención de incluir al transporte sostenible en la Agenda para el desarrollo Post…
El Colombian Model: Lecciones para el resto de las ciudades del mundo
Aprovechando la concentración de planeadores urbanos nacionales e internacionales y de gestores de políticas de urbanas en Medellín en el marco del Foro Urbano Mundial, este taller examinó las políticas urbanas para mirar tiempos concretos. La historia detrás del suceso. Fue un taller informal que examinó los aspectos clave de las políticas urbanas de Bogotá…