Hybrid Events Strengthening Urban Resilience at the World Urban Forum 10 Sep 202423 Jul 2025 Innovating Urban Resilience Financing Strategies and Smart Solutions for Cities Worldwide 📍12th World Urban Forum, Cairo, Egypt – Multipurpose room 03 🗓 November 5, 2024, at 5:00 pm local time…
Hybrid Events 3rd Urban Peace Dialogues | Cities of Memory 5 Aug 202410 Apr 2025 Since World War II, cities have become the primary target of armed violence, experiencing the majority of casualties and devastation. It is not surprising that the local governments of some of…
Interviews Interview with Luz Amparo Medina Gerena, Bogotá’s Head City Diplomat 18 Nov 20234 Apr 2024 What does it mean to lead the international relations of a global city? What are its main challenges, lessons learned, and rewards? Our new series on chief city diplomats opens…
Hybrid Events Urban peace dialogues at the 2023 UNECE Forum of Mayors 17 Aug 202324 May 2024 An official side event to the 2023 UNECE Forum of Mayors, this international initiative aims to discuss and energize cities' engagement to achieve SDG 16. The City Diplomacy Lab at…
Hybrid Events Cities leading the transformation: SDGs in action and the new multilateralism 2 Mar 20232 Mar 2023 A round table of the Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for the UNECE region | 29 March 2023 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. CET | Hybrid format both in…
News UNECE recognizes the City Diplomacy Lab as a Center of Excellence 19 Jan 202317 Aug 2023 19 January 2023 The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and Columbia Global Centers | Paris (CGC|Paris), one of the ten global centers of Columbia University in the City…
Hybrid Events Bringing environmental city diplomacy to COP27 29 Oct 20229 Nov 2025 In consideration of their extensive efforts to deploy their unique tools to combat the causes and respond to the consequences of climate change, cities have emerged as indispensable actors in…
Hybrid Events 2022 Forum of Mayors 3 Jan 202226 Jan 2022 The Forum of Mayors is a platform for ongoing exchange and mutual learning where Mayors will present their efforts to tackle challenges in their cities. Cities will learn from each…
