Webinars Our Urban Future: Advancing Global Climate Goals Through City Dialogue 7 Aug 2026 Explore the complete Our Urban Future webinar series, a five-part peer-learning initiative co-organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the City Diplomacy Lab. As climate targets are set at the international…
Webinars Multilevel Governance for Sustainable Buildings and Construction 10 Jul 202617 Jul 2026 Our Urban Future Webinar Series Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 | 3:00–4:15 p.m. CEST Format: Virtual Register here Overview of the Event Climate targets for the buildings and construction sector…
Webinars Beating the Heat Together: City Diplomacy in a Warming World 27 Jun 202630 Jul 2026 The fourth session of the Our Urban Future series, co-organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the City Diplomacy Lab, examined what cities are doing now to respond to extreme heat,…
Publications The Nancy Declaration: Cities as the Foundation of Global Resilience 11 Jun 202614 Jul 2026 Adopted on June 4, 2026, at the close of the Urban7 International Mayors' Summit, the Nancy Declaration sets out how cities intend to give their new G7 status its full…
Events U.S. Mayors and the Rising International Engagement of Cities 27 May 202612 Jun 2026 On 5 June 2026, U.S. mayors and senior international officials gathered in Paris for the closing side event of Urban7 2026 — a lively conversation on the growing global engagement…
Events Urban7 2026: Cities Enter the G7 Process 14 May 202612 Jun 2026 From June 3 to 4, 2026, the Urban7 International Mayors' Summit in Nancy marked the first time cities took their seat at the G7 table as an official engagement group…
Events Nancy, International Actor: How an Intermediary City Steps onto the World Stage 10 May 202628 May 2026 What does it mean for an intermediary city to act on the global stage? On Monday, June 1, 2026, on the eve of the Urban7 International Mayors' Summit, the City of Nancy and…
Webinars Cities and the Future of Food: Circularity, Equity, and Resilience 8 May 202629 Jun 2026 The third session of the Our Urban Future series, co‑organized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the City Diplomacy Lab, examined how cities can accelerate food waste prevention and reduction as a…
Webinars How Digitalization Is Accelerating Low-Carbon Transport Across Cities 11 Feb 20265 Mar 2026 The second session of the Our Urban Future series, co‑organized by the United Nations Environment Programme and the City Diplomacy Lab, brought together local governments, international partners, and practitioners to explore how digitalization can accelerate…
Hybrid Events Delivering Local Climate Action — Insights from COP30 18 Nov 20254 Dec 2025 On December 1, 2025, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the City Diplomacy Lab convened a distinguished gathering of city leaders, UN and government officials, development practitioners, and climate policy experts…
