*Article only available in Spanish Todas las protestas tienen en común la toma del espacio público, el cuestionamiento del sistema, la proclamación de que el pueblo tiene que ser líder y protagonista de las decisiones que le afectan directamente. Artículo de...
Account by Alvaro Puertas, Secretary General of Habitat International Coalition (HIC) who represented HIC and the GPR2C at the conference The United Nations walled conferences are too similar to each other and increasingly resemble the tourism congress fairs and...
Between November 11-15, mayors and local and regional representatives from around the World gathered in Durban, South Africa to attend the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) World Summit. For the first time in the history of UCLG, the Summit included thematic...
The Habitat International Coalition (HIC), its Latin American office (HIC-AL) and the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) have come together to promote an online communications campaign to draw attention to the persecution suffered by human rights...
On August 12, 2019, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) and TECHO launched the "Artistic Challenge: Latin American and Caribbean Youth Perspectives on Climate Change under the framework of the Right to the City". The initiative invites young...
The Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) was held from 2 to 12 December in Madrid. The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) organized and joined activities and mobilizations both inside and outside...
One of the central ideas behind the GPR2C’s work is to strengthen ties between its members and encourage the exchange of knowledge and experiences. Communication plays an essential role in this process because it facilitates these interactions and the flow of...
Photo: ENEL Peru The scurity of our habitat defenders is in jeopardy. States and big business try to stop people who, despite being under threat, speak out in defense of the right to land, housing and right to the city. Today, 10th of December, marks the 71st...
Faced with the environmental and civilizatory crisis generated by a globalized capitalist system greedy for resources, social and ecological transition initiatives are multiplying all over the world. Transformative economies are urgent and central part of this...
This October, the Transnational Institute of Social Ecology (TRISE) has released the book “Social Ecology and the Right to the City: Towards Ecological and Democratic Cities”. Edited by Federico Venturini, Emet Degirmenci, and Inés Morales, the publication gathers...
