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What are we doing with the New Urban Agenda based on the Right to the City and Adequate Housing to Address Climate Emer

. The GPR2C is an open, flexible, diverse network of civil society and local government organizations committed to political action and social change through the promotion, defense and fulfillment of the Right to the City at all levels.

Henrique Frota

Facilitator

date May 20, 2026 | 16:00 - 17:30 (passed)
place
Multipurpose room 03
organization
Global Platform for the Right to the City
country
Brazil
language
English
Reference: 
NE 03-06

Summary

The New Urban Agenda is undergoing a necessary process of assessment and revision by countries until july of this year. Considering the Right to the City and adequate housing as central components in this Global Agenda , it is relevant the next World Urban Forum provides a space to identify the actions and challenges , considering the climate impacts affecting housing conditions and the lives of city. Objectives ● Highlight the importance of multi-scalar and multi-actor partnerships for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda, considering the vision of the Right to the City and the right to housing to address the climate emergency and current challenges faced in cities and human settlements; ● Strengthen alliances for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda through the Right to the City and the Right to Housing to address the climate emergency in cities and human settlements; ● Identify related concrete actions and policies already being implemented by local, regional, and central governments in collaboration with organized civil society;

Partners

Organization
Country
Global Platform for the Right to the City
Brazil
Minister of the City
Brazil
Habitat International Coalition
Mexico

Session panelists

Panelist
Role
Organization
Country
Mr. Antonio da Costa e Silva
International Adviser Minister of City
Minister of the City
Mr. Nelson Saule Júnior
Coordenador
Global Platform Righ to the City
Ms. Emilia Saiz
General Secretary
United Cities and Local Governments Organization
Ms. Yolande Hendler
Secretary General
Habitat International Coalition
Ms. Ana Maria Falu
Coordinator
Rede Mujer y Habitat America da America Latina
Ms. Anaclaudia Rossbach
Executive Director of the UN-Habitat
UN - Habitat