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Foreword

This publication was developed within the framework of the United for Smart Sustainable Cities
(U4SSC) initiative.

Acknowledgments

The case study of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was reviewed by Okan Geray.

Okan Geray wishes to thank the U4SSC management team: Okan Geray (U4SSC Chair), Ramy
Ahmed Fathy, Giampiero Bambagioni, Paolo Gemma, Wendy Goico Campagna, Tania Marcos and
Emily Royall (U4SSC Vice-Chairs) for their assistance and contributions.

The author also extend their gratitude to the contributing organizations along with their
representatives: Oliver Hillel from the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Lucy Winchester
and Vera Kiss from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Simone
Borelli from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Cristina Bueti from the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU), Deniz Susar from United Nations Department of Economic and
Social Affairs (UNDESA), Iryna Usava from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),
James Murombedzi from the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Guilherme
Canela from the Regional Bureau for Sciences in Latin America and the Caribbean of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Martina Otto and Sharon Gil
from United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Matthew Ulterino from the United Nations
Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI), Motsomi Maletjane from the United Nations
Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), Pontus Westerberg from the United Nations
Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Gulnara Roll from the United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe (UNECE), Katarina Barunica Spoljaric and Nicholas Dehod from the United
Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), William Kennedy from the United Nations
Office for Partnerships (UNOP), Naci Karkin from the United Nations University – Operating Unit
on Policy-Driven Electronic Governance (UNU-EGOV), Sylvia Hordosch from the United Nations
Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), Alexander Baklanov
from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and Sandra Carvao from the World Tourism
Organization (UNWTO).

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