Cities Clusters – Waste
Cities from Uzbekistan, China, Sierra Leone and the Gambia Exchange Knowledge on Waste Management
6 December 2021, Beijing: The United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Uzbekistan country office, and United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) jointly organized an online South-South cities...
South-South Cities Exchange in Renewable Energy
4 November 2021, Beijing: The United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and International Center on Small Hydro Power (IC-SHP) co-organized an online South-South cities exchange and needs assessment event on renewable energy use and development under...
South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Waste Management: UNOSSC and UN-Habitat Launch Waste Wise Koidu Project
4 August 2021, Koidu, Sierra Leone: The “South-South Cooperation in Sustainable Waste Management – Waste Wise Koidu” project was jointly launched by the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) and UN-Habitat as a pilot initiative under the...
Call for Submissions: Innovative Experiences of Cities on Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action, Deadline 20 June 2021
Context Home to the majority of humankind, cities are at the forefront of tackling climate change and promoting environmental sustainability. Rising sea levels and extreme weather events such as floods, droughts and storms have heavy impacts on the infrastructure,...