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🌍 The 6th meeting of the UN Forum of Mayors is finally underway in Geneva!

Over the next two days, mayors and city representatives from around the world will come together to exchange ideas, share solutions and strengthen cooperation towards a more sustainable urban future.

🏙️ From sustainable mobility and environmental quality to affordable housing and inclusive public spaces, the Forum will explore how cities are turning global commitments into local action.

🤝 Cities Delivering for a Sustainable Future.

📍 WIPO Headquarters, Geneva | 12–13 October 2026

Follow along for highlights from the Forum!

#ForumOfMayors #CitiesDelivering #SustainableCities #SDG11 #UNECE

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Today at @ungeneva, Tatiana Molcean & @un_ece experts, @cop28uaeofficial & @unfccc______ briefed member States, aiming to make #cop28 a course-correction for #climateaction

UNECE tools can support in key areas:
#criticalrawmaterials
#transitionfinance
#transparency
#adaptation
#measurement
#naturebasedsolutions

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Building on the momentum of the @un_ece #ForumofMayors, join Executive Secretary Tatiana Molcean in inviting YOUR city leaders to join the #TreesInCitiesChallenge. More than 80 urban areas from around the world are already on board.

Did you know? Trees in urban areas can help tackle “heat island’ effects, reducing temperatures by up to 8 degrees Celsius?

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Here at the @unitednations, we recognize cities as crucial actors to make #SustainableDevelopment a reality

@un_ece #ForumofMayors is putting the spotlight on concrete urban regeneration initiatives & #MayorsAction to localize the #GlobalGoals

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No one size fits all approach to urban regeneration, as #MayorsAction exchanges at @un_ece #ForumofMayors make clear

#Affordablehousing, #sustainability, both public & private #financing, & collaboration between cities + with regional & international partners among key common priorities

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#Fossilfuels still account for 50% of power generation mix in UNECE's 56 member States across the pan-European region & N. #America. To boost #SDG7 progress, experts gather this week at @ungeneva for @un_ece #Sustainable #Energy Week.

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Today @GWSummit2022, ahead of the #UN2023WaterConference, governments and institutions from around the world have come together to form the Transboundary Water Cooperation Coalition to highlight the importance of cooperating over shared water resources

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UNECE has developed a handbook to support #innovative high-growth enterprises in #CentralAsia, strengthening #SPECA countries' capacity to harness #Innovation for #SustainableDevelopment.

#CircularEconomy #SDGs

ℹ️ Check the link in our bio for more!

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“Inaction is a policy choice that will lead to greater, possibly insurmountable, challenges in the future. Only bold, immediate & sustained action can decarbonize #energy in time to avoid a #climate disaster" - UNECE Exec. Secretary Olga Algayerova

@unitednations report ⏩ https://unece.org/media/news/370750

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99% of the world’s population are now breathing polluted air, causing 7 million premature deaths annually

40+ years of UNECE #AirConvention shows why working together together across borders is crucial for #TheAirWeShare

🔼Link in bio🔼

#WorldCleanAirDay

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Together with @fao @un_ece promotes the role of forests in a #circulareconomy and the potential role of new products in the #textile industry

According to the Ellen Macarthur Foundation, European #forests can capture around 1/4 of current #carbonemissions in 30 years

#COP27

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At @UNECE what we do to build capacity for women’s economic #empowerment?

🧡We work to enhance entrepreneurship skills of women in the region
🧡We build capacities in the national statistical systems of our member States

🌐https://unece.org/capacity-building-8

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