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Sustainable and Affordable Housing and Neighborhoods

Olle Dierks

Facilitator

date November 5, 2024 | 17:00 - 18:30
place
Multipurpose room 13
organization
Global Urban Development
country
United States of America
language
English
Reference: 
NE 13-03

Summary

This event will delve into recent experiences and policy strategies aimed at promoting sustainable and affordable housing and neighborhoods in cities worldwide. The session will explore innovations in design, planning, financing, construction materials and methods, building technologies, digitalization, and inclusive stakeholder engagement, among other crucial approaches.

Speakers will share insights from various initiatives, including Viable Cities and Vinnova's collaboration with 23 Swedish cities, the European Union's NetZeroCities initiative, and the UN-Habitat Climate Smart Cities Challenge. In addition, there will be discussions on Global Urban Development's work regarding Affordable Housing Technologies and Sustainable Innovation Communities, as well as discussion on the US National Academy of Sciences’ report on Operationalizing Sustainable Development. Taken together, the panel aims to provide overarching strategies that aim to contribute to the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Climate Agreement, and New Urban Agenda by 2030.

Objectives

To provide a better understanding of state-of-the-art opportunities and best practices examples of innovative strategies for developing new and improving existing sustainable and affordable housing and neighborhoods. This event will help promote mutual learning and professional networking to advance local, national, and global policy initiatives and generate a more sustainable and prosperous economy and environment supporting equitable and inclusive approaches to strengthening and expanding sustainable and affordable housing and neighborhoods.

Partners

Organization
Country
Global Urban Development
United States of America
Viable Cities
Sweden
UN-Habitat
Kenya
US National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
United States of America

Session panelists

Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
Mr. Joshua Maviti
Project Manager: Transforming Built Environment and Construction through Sustainable Materials
UN-Habitat
Ms. Priscilla Negreiros
Associate Director
Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance
Ms. Amanda Entrikin
Director of Global Affairs & Advocacy
Habitat for Humanity International
Mr. Alex Kivumbi
Head of Innovation and Resource Mobilization
City of Makindye-Ssabagabo
Mr. Markus Paulsson
Head Energy Strategist
Lund Municipality and CoAction Lund
Mr. Marc Weiss
Chairman and CEO
Global Urban Development GUD