by Americas Office | Mar 28, 2022 | News
The 6th convening of the SDGs Leadership Cities Network was held in a hybrid format in Washington, D.C. on March 2022. The Network is hosted by the Brookings Institution, a US think tank. Since the third meeting held in 2020 after the outbreak of the COVID-19...
by Americas Office | Mar 21, 2022 | News
Yokohama City, in collaboration with the city’s own SDGs Design Center, has established the “Yokohama City SDGs Certification System” (Y-SDGs) system to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the city that are working to progress the Sustainable...
by Americas Office | Feb 25, 2022 | News
Yokohama City was invited to participate in the recently held 12th High Level Seminar on Sustainable Cities (organized by Ministry of the Environment, Japan, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Lao PDR, ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable...
by Americas Office | Jan 28, 2022 | News
At the 2021-22 International Mayors Forum hosted by the UN Office for Sustainable Development held from January 24th to 27th, Mayor Takeharu Yamanaka and Ken Akaoka, Director General of the Global Network for the city’s International Affairs Bureau, represented...
by Americas Office | Jan 6, 2022 | News
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are global goals set forth with the vision of improving life for all of us. Launched by the United Nations, the 17 SDGs and include ending poverty, reducing inequality, protecting and restoring our planet, creating peace, and...
