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About ‘Circular Pathways for Cities’:

Cities concentrate the majority of global resource consumption, waste generation, and greenhouse gas emissions, while also driving economic growth, innovation, and service delivery. As urbanisation accelerates, the limits of linear models are becoming more visible across social, economic, and environmental systems. Transitioning to circular models that redesign resource use, value creation, and service delivery across urban systems is increasingly necessary to reconcile economic growth with sustainability.

Featuring examples from the ground, four keynote presentations and a panel discussion, this session examines how circular economy principles are being embedded in practice across policy design, digital innovation, resource and water systems, and investment. Drawing on UNDP's Regional Strategic Framework for Circular Economy, it presents concrete approaches to moving cities beyond isolated pilots toward integrated, systemic transitions, and explores the governance, financing, and data conditions that enable this shift.

Speakers:

• Sushma Kharakwal, Mayor of Lucknow
• Louisa Nora, Innovation Community Specialist, UNDP Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
• Pierre Ng, Director, Sustainability Division, National Environment Agency
• Jihye Lee, Researcher, Future Cities Lab Global, Singapore-ETH Centre
• Dr. Adeline Sham, Associate Director, Climate & Liveability, Temasek Foundation
• David Fogarty, CEO, UN Global Compact Network Singapore

This event is brought to you by the UNDP Global Centre for Technology, Innovation and Sustainable Development, in partnership with the Centre for Liveable Cities Singapore, and with the support of the UN Global Compact Network Singapore.