OECD Green Growth Newsletter: November 2016 – Issue Thirty-Five

Contents Urban Green Growth, special planning and land use: OECD Insights Blog: Asking the right questions at the right time The Green Growth and Sustainable Forum, 9- 10 November, 2016 Retrospective: OECD at Habitat III Conference Latest OECD publications

Urban Green Growth is about asking the right questions at the right time (BLOG) by Maha Skah, OECD   Green Growth and Sustainable Development Forum – 9-10 November 2016   The upcoming Forum will be held under the theme Urban green growth, spatial planning and land use. It will bring together high-level speakers from diverse backgrounds, including opening remarks by OECD Deputy Secretary General, Mr. Rintaro Tamaki, key note speeches by Mr. Patrick Klugman, Deputy Mayor of Paris, France and Mr.Stanley Yip, Professor at the Centre of Urban Planning & Design, Peking University. Organised around three main sessions, the Forum will focus on the following topics: ·existing land use policies and green growth; ·remaining challenges of urban sprawl; and ·innovative approaches to green growth challenges in cities. Issue papers are being developed to support these sessions and will be available shortly. Interested in attending the Forum? Register byclicking here. A side event for the launch of the newest OECD Report on “Urban Green Growth in Dynamic Asia” will take place on 10 November during lunch time. Interested in attending the side event? please contact:[email protected] Additional information can be found on the Forum’s website.

Retrospective: OECD at Habitat III Conference
On October 20, 2016 in Quito, Ecuador, the United Nations adopted the New Urban Agenda (NUA) at the closing plenary of the Habitat III Conference. The NUA is an inclusive, action-oriented, and concise document intended to guide the next twenty years of sustainable and transformative urban development worldwide. It has a strong focus on the inclusion and participation of stakeholder groups, civil society, and grassroots organisations. The OECD worked hand-in-hand with UN Habitat on National Urban Policies in preparation for this conference, focusing mostly on getting meaningful data, and untangling the complex governance challenges that cities present. Mr. Angel Gurría, Secretary-General of the OECD, was in Quito on 16-17 October 2016 actively participated in delivering remarks at various high-level roundtables and side-events and held bilateral meetings with several high-level officials attending the event. The Habitat III Conference had the strongest participation of civil society, stakeholders, and local authorities in the history of United Nations conferences.
The Habitat III Conference was a successful convening of and exchange among world leaders, stakeholder groups, and citizens from around the globe. More information on the Conference’s outcomes can be found on its website.

Latest OECD publication

	Green Growth in Bandung, Indonesia Bandung Metropolitan Area (BMA) is home to 8.6 million people and is Indonesia’s second-largest urban agglomeration. Rapid growth has created a number of challenges for the city, including traffic congestion, air pollution, municipal solid waste and water access and management. The BMA also faces several acute disaster risks primarily related to flooding and seismic activity. The area will need to address these challenges in order to continue sustainable development and to benefit from its environmental assets. Urban green growth policies encourage economic development while reducing either its negative environmental or the consumption of natural resources and environmental assets, including water, energy and undeveloped land.  This report, part of the OECD Urban Green Growth in Dynamic Asia project, explores policies, practices and governance systems to promote green growth in Bandung, Indonesia, and provides recommendations for enhancing Bandung’s green growth potential.
Green Growth Studies and Green Growth Papers are available for online reading in the OECD iLibrary.