Transforming Cities for People and Planet through Integrated Urban Development: Launch of UrbanShift

Join us on September 21 during Climate Week NYC to discuss this pressing question. You’ll learn from experts about holistic strategies to combat urban environmental crises, such as pollution and biodiversity loss. You’ll also hear from local leaders in India, Sierra Leone, and Argentina on how cross-sectoral collaboration is spurring low-carbon growth within their cities.  

Confirmed speakers include:  

Inger Andersen, Executive Director, UNEP 

Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, CEO, GEF 

Ani Dasgupta, President & CEO, WRI 

Mark Watts, Executive Director, C40 Cities 

Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr, OBE, Mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone 

Hitesh Vaidya, Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs 

Claire O'Neill, Managing Director, Climate & Energy, WBCSD 

Walter Vuoto, Mayor of Ushuaia, Argentina 

Gino Van Begin, Secretary General, ICLEI 

Neeta Pokhrel, Chief, Water Sector Group, ADB 

Pradeep Kurukulasuriya, Director & Executive Coordinator, Nature, Climate & Energy, UNDP 

Maitreyi Das, Manager, Urban, DRM, Resilience & Land Global Practice, World Bank 

Gustavo Fonseca, Director of Programmes, GEF  

This event will mark the official launch of UrbanShift, a global program supporting cities around the world to adopt sustainable, integrated approaches to urban development. UrbanShift is funded by the GEF, led by UNEP, and implemented in partnership with WRI, C40 Cities, ICLEI, UNDP, the World Bank, and the Asian Development Bank.  

Visit shiftcities.org for more information and follow us on Twitter @shiftcities!  

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