International Conference on Urban Development with Climate Co-Benefits: Aligning Climate, Environmental and Other Development Goals in Cities

The United Nations University - Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS), Japan, TERI and School of Planning & Architecture, Bhopal are organizing a one day 'International Conference on Urban Development with Climate Co-Benefits: Aligning Climate, Environmental and Other Development Goals in Cities' on 9 December 2013 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi.

The conference will discuss how we can identify and generate large urban co-benefits; i.e., positive impacts for integrating climate change with local sustainable development goals in cities. These co-benefits can help us to understand how we make social and technological transitions that can promote more sustainable urban initiatives that cut across sectors and regions, leading to radical impacts on the way our societies use environmental resources and distribute its benefits. The conference will also focus on developing policies and instruments to boost the capacity of urban societies and achieving the local and global goals of sustainable development.