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The #CitiesAreListening Experiences – Towards the renewal of our Town Hall
by UCLG CGLU
The #CitiesAreListening Experiences Towards the renewal of our Town Hall
Local and regional governments have understood that the world that we are living in after the pandemic will never be the same. The road towards a “better normal” must consider those that care for our communities’ wellbeing as essential themes, and they need to be co-created with all stakeholders.
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As an Equality driven movement, UCLG is determined to place communities, and the more vulnerable among them, at the core of urban planning. With the aim to breach territorial and urban inequalities, and transform the narratives around who cities are designed for, these themes are set to become an integral part of the Pact for People axis of the Pact for the Future that UCLG has been mandated to develop. The #CitiesAreListening process aims at bringing to life the UCLG Decalogue for the COVID era, and builds on our work with partners and the Town Hall Process initiated in Durban.
Within the framework of the 2nd UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference, UCLG and UITP organized a CitiesAreListening on “Increasing quality of life for people and for planet via sustainable urban mobility” to address the linkages between mobility and achieving sustainable development in the recovery with a special focus on the ecological transition and climate change, and social inclusion and equitable access to opportunities. The session helped ensure representation of the constituency within the framework of the official conference activities.
An experience on food systems, nutrition, and the climate emergency was held in partnership with Metropolis and UN-Habitat, the city of Barcelona, World Capital of Sustainable Food in 2021, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and the World Sustainable Urban Food Centre (CEMAS). The session explored our relationship with the food that we eat through an exercise that presented the concept of “climavore” and the role of food environments in the post-pandemic age what they mean for our territories, and the strategies to ensure food systems are in service of our communities.
