Strengthening the capacity of African stakeholders to achieve sustainable development goal 6 amidst climate change
To help African countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), international organisations such as the Africa Progress Panel, and the African Union stress the need to accelerate investments in agriculture, fishing, energy, and other sectors. However, those sectors cannot function without water. Water crises, one of the five greatest environmental risks the world is facing […]
Adaptation to climate change starts at the local level: funding local initiatives to address water & climate change challenges
The Paris Agreement stresses the urgency to reach targets for Climate Change adaptation and to support developing countries with funds, technology and strengthening their capacity. The participation of local actors (e.g. local government, civil society organizations and local communities) is essential to reach implementation targets faster and reduce future costs. However, multilateral funds such as […]
Localising the Sustainable Development Goals: lessons from South Africa
The webinar will seek to explore the South African SDG landscape, with inputs from National departments, Metropolitan Municipalities, Intermediary Cities, and practitioners, in order to draw out some key learnings and insights that could be applied elsewhere to inspire localisation of the SDGs across the African continent. Reflecting on the South African SDG localisation experience […]
Localising the SDGs through an urban food lens in the global South
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Sustainable food cultures: how our appetites can transform our cities
Food cultures in urban spaces are ever shifting and are expressed in both tangible and intangible ways. As Africa’s urban population is rapidly growing, the question around ‘what is on the menu’ of urban dwellers is increasingly becoming important to understand and address. This is because of the powerful and intricate way in which choices around food are linked to urban infrastructure, health and wellbeing of the citizens, diversity and inclusion as well as nature and climate.
Multiplicities (Menu) of entry points into urban food governance
Multiplicities (Menu) of entry points into urban food governance through the lenses of “Food Sensitive Urban Planning” and the “City Region Food System”