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Title How to Integrate Environmental Aspects in City Long-term Strategic Planning Day / Time Tuesday, June 20th / 13:30 - 15:30 Room MR02 Event Description The Cities Alliance is focusing on integrating environmental aspects into its approaches and activities. This event will give city practitioners, donors and the research community an opportunity to exchange views and discuss tools and best practices on incorporating environmental systemic issues into long term strategic planning of cities. How can a city achieve long-term gains and savings by factoring environmental costs and services into planning and budgeting? This event will present and discuss three topics: presentation of a paper arguing for "why" and "how" the integration of environment into strategic planning is important; examples from cities which have been environmentally successful; and an overview of available tools and methodologies. Session Language English Speakers (information as provided by host organization) Jeremy Harris, former Mayor Honolulu Mayor T. Krishna Reddy of Hyderabad, India Osman Asmal, Director of the Environmental Resource Management Department, Cape Town, South Africa   Contact Need more information about this event? Please fill the contact form Related Documents (in English and / or French) Host Organization Cities Alliance and UNEP Host Organization Description The Cities Alliance is a global coalition of cities and their development partners. The members are United Cities and Local Governments, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States of America, the ADB, UNEP, UN-HABITAT and the World Bank. The Alliance provides grants in support of: (a) City development strategies and (b) Citywide and nationwide slum upgrading plans in accordance with the Cities Without Slums action plan. Sustainable financing strategies for cities to attract long-term domestic capital for infrastructure investments form a crucial part in both focal areas. UNEP's mandate is to provide leadership and encourage partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations. In the field of the urban environment, UNEP supports governments to address key urban environmental issues at the national, regional and global levels in cooperation with partners. Website (Organizer and partners) www.citiesalliance.org www.unep.org www.iclei.org

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