Call for Nominations: I Regional Good Practices Award
ORU Fogar and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched the first edition of the Regional Good Practices Award, a contest that will award the best practices implemented by regional governments that have had positive effects in their public management. With this initiative, the organizers intend to promote, encourage and disseminate the activities...
The new Agenda 2030 takes effect
On the 1st of January 2016, the 2030 Agenda officially came into force, along with the new global action plan established by the United Nations in order to improve living conditions around the globe in a period of fifteen years. The Agenda was adopted by the UN General Assembly on the 25th of September 2015, during the Summit on Sustainable Development...
The UN approves a wide local and regional participation in Habitat III
Last December 2015 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the rules of procedure and participation for Habitat III, the Third Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development to be held in Quito, Ecuador, 17 - 20 October 2016. One of the main developments...
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We are on a new path towards Sustainable Development
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is undoubtedly one of the most ambitious initiatives of the United Nations. And also of ORU Fogar. Our Organization of United Regions will get fully involved in a commitment that means so much for our planet and for the world's population. 2016 marks the start of this journey full of challenges that must lead us to a better world where no one is left behind. I say “full of challenges” because the Agenda comprises 17 goals, which is a lot, and these also include 169 targets.
Subnational Action: Accelerating the Path to a Green Economy
It’s fantastic that for the first time in history almost 200 countries made commitments to cut their carbon pollution and they agreed on a goal to keep global temperature increase "well below" 2C (3.6F). That’s a major accomplishment, but the countries didn’t stop there: they also agreed to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5C. Of course there is still much to accomplish and now the real work begins, but this consensus is truly a game-changer for our efforts to cut greenhouse gas pollution and expedite the transition to a clean, green economy.
