SDG Leadership Cities Network
SDG Leadership Cities Network established in 2019 by the Brookings Institution is a network and community of cities around the world working to promote local leadership on the SDGs. The network seeks to solve urban issues in accordance with the SDGs by promoting peer-learning and collaborative problem-solving.
As of 2021, Yokohama City is the only member of the SDG Leadership Cities Network in Asia, and is making every effort to achieve the SDGs not only in Yokohama but also throughout the world.
Yokohama’s Commitment to the Network
SDGs playbook for cities published by Brookings Institution highlights Yokohama’s international cooperation
A compilation of how-to briefs on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) was locally compiled by the Brookings Institution. This on-going compilation features member cities (including...
SDG Leadership Cities Third Convening: Toward recovery from COVID-19 through the perspective of SDGs
The Office of the City of Yokohama Rep. to the Americas participated as the representative of Yokohama city in the third convening of the SDG Leadership Cities Network hosted for the first time...
Yokohama joins reconvening of SDGs Leadership Cities in Mexico City to discuss sustainability and share knowledge
In November 2019, the second convening of the SDGs Leadership Cities meeting hosted by the Brookings Institute was held in Mexico City, Mexico. Toshikazu Yazawa, Director of Office of the City of...
Yokohama City participates in SDGs Leadership Cities Gathering hosted by Brookings Institution
The first SDGs Leadership Cities Gathering was a convening of senior government officials from 14 vanguard cities in the field of ocalizing the SDGs, and it was held from April 3-6 at the...