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T1 Cities Stockholm+50 High Level Forum - Concept note
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 Cities
YR 2022
FD 2022-05-27
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/39796
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/39796
NO Considering that cities account for around two thirds of global energyconsumption and global CO2 emissions, debate on the role of cities incombating climate change has generally focused on cities’ territorial carbonfootprint and energy use. But the tendency to define cities by their administrativeborders is increasingly giving way to a systemic approach that alsoincludes transboundary supply chains. After all, virtually all of the food,water, energy and construction materials consumed in cities are producedoutside of their administrative boundaries. This reliance on external actorswill only increase in the years to come, considering that around 60% of theurban areas required to accommodate the earth’s population by 2050 haveyet to be built. In Stockholm alone, tens of thousands of new homes will beconstructed until 2030.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 17, 2026