Geografia at the UN Statistical Commission Session

18 February 2022

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At 9am New York time, MD Kevin Johnson spoke at a UN side event to the UN Statistical Commission Session. The event was an update on the Global Urban Monitoring Framework (UMF), which is a mechanism for measuring and comparing how cities around the world are progressing towards the UN’s sustainable development goals. Geografia helped developed this framework for UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) in 2021 and some cities are now rolling out or piloting the UMF. Kevin presented on his work with the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government to adapt the UMF into a new index dubbed the Shanghai Adapted Index. Kevin’s slides are here.

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