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Stockholm+50 Side Event: Waste Management – An urgent issue to be addressed at the local and municipal level to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and to fight climate change. Mayors’ dialogue on targeting Zero Waste

About: Waste management has been a longstanding public concern due to its impact on human health, the environment and socio-economic development. The linear economy paradigm has resulted in increasing consumption of products made of virgin material and low level of recycling or reuse of important… Read More

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Jon Liechty commented on Irene Fagotto's Post in Subnational Voices @ Stockholm+50
Irene Fagotto

Cities are hubs of innovation and opportunity that connect people and ideas. While we may currently see cities as centers of biodiversity loss and pollution, characterized by areas vulnerable to negative climate change impacts, it does not always have to be so.

It is in cities that humanity can start to truly ‘make peace with nature’, where we can come together to design and redesign the way we live and manage our urban infrastructure with nature in mind.

In the next 50 years, what do you see as major challenges in building sustainable cities? What are the key solutions to these challenges, and how can we deliver them?

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Hi all! Just wanted to let everyone know that the One Planet Network is organising a first annual forum in Stockholm for the two days preceding the Stockholm+50 Conference. Check out the link for more details on the individual sessions and to sign up...Discussions will be across a number of topics related to Sustainable Consumption and Production, with thought leaders ranging from former heads of state, to private sector CEOS, ministers, youth activists and more :)

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https://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/opnforum2022?utm_source=GGKP+forum&utm_medium=Website&a...
Stephani Widorini commented on Stephani Widorini's Knowledge in Subnational Voices @ Stockholm+50
Stephani Widorini

Smart, Sustainable and Resilient cities: the Power of Nature-based Solutions

Cities are engines for development and provide opportunities for innovation and interaction. But cities can also exacerbate some of the world’s most serious environmental and socioeconomic challenges, and at the same time citizens and urban infrastructure are facing vulnerable. Read More

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Cities Stockholm+50 High Level Forum

This Forum will provide a unique opportunity to place cities squarely at the centre of the emerging debate on consumption-based emissions; strengthen collaboration among mayors and global business leaders, sending a clear market signal that cities are ready to change the way we consume; build on… Read More

Stephani Widorini commented on Clara Mottura's Opportunity in Stockholm+50, Subnational Voices @ Stockholm+50
Clara Mottura

Call for Blog Submissions for the Stockholm+50 Blog Series

To commemorate Stockholm 1972 and chart a path forward for the next 50 years, Sweden and Kenya, with support from UNEP and partners, are planning an international meeting in 2022: "Stockholm+50: a healthy planet for the prosperity of all – our responsibility, our opportunity” which will take place… Read More