International Trade & Finance, Sustainability, Urbanization PwC Hosts “Financing and Implementing SDGs and the New Urban Agenda in Cities” Session at the World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi

PwC Middle East recently hosted a session titled "Financing and Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda in Cities" at the tenth UN-Habitat World Urban Forum (WUF10), co-organised by the UN Habitat and the Abu Dhabi Department of Municipalities & Transport (DMT)...

The main objective of the session was to explore how to close the funding gap and support cities in the implementation and localisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in line with the standards and principles of the New Urban Agenda (NUA). The agenda followed a “4C” approach, namely Cascading SDGs and NUA, Co-Creating Investment Opportunities, Collaborating and Closing the Investment Gap. The approach leveraged the WUF10 focus on culture and innovation as an enabler for sustainable development to enrich the discussion.

During the session PwC provided a platform for a dialogue among urban experts on SDG financing for cities including; Alice Charles (Lead, Cities, Infrastructure & Urban Services, World Economic Forum), Aziza Akhmouch (Head of Division on Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development, OECD), Mauricio Rodas (Former Mayor of the City of Quito, Ecuador, and former World Co-President of United Cities and Local Governments  and current lecturer at Penn Institute for Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania), Eugenie Birch, (Director of Penn Institute for Urban Research, University of Pennsylvania) and moderated by Hazem Galal (PwC Global Cities and Local Government Leader, PwC Middle East).

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