Urban Governance in Asia Pacific

See a selection of our accomplishments; new partnerships and projects; and events from 2016. Last year opened up many new opportunities, which we are seeing unfold already at the beginning of 2017, gaining momentum and setting us up for many valuable collaborations ahead.

We are proud to present this report on the 2016 highlights for the UN Global Compact - Cities Programme in Brazil. It is full of collaboration, innovation and commitment to building safe, inclusive, resilient, sustainable cities and communities. As we come together globally to realise the Sustainable Development Goals and to implement the New Urban...

The statement that Cities Programme Director, Ralph Horne, delivered at the UN Global Compact's Plenary Statement at Habitat III. People Actions

As the City of Milwaukee, Winconsin, USA, celebrates its fifth anniversary as an Innovating City with the Global Compact Cities Programme, The Water Council reflects on its achievements, challenges and lessons learned, from its beginnings as an economic development initiative to its current position of World Water Hub. People Connected Cities Actions

This report documents the findings of a lengthy research project conducted over a four year period (2012 to 2016) which aimed to retrospectively map the history of the resettlement of the Vila Chocolatão community in Porto Alegre and to identify and document the processes, aspirations and actions of the cross-sectoral network group that worked alongside...

In late 2015 the RMIT Climate Change Adaptation Program carried out a survey investigating climate change planning in tertiary sector institutions, as part of the development of a Campus Climate Adaptation Plan for the university. This survey aimed to benchmark the current state of play of climate adaptation planning in the tertiary sector globally, with...