Next Generation Social Networks

A range of organizations now harness principles of next generation social networks. One exemplar is ICLEI, Cities for Climate Sustainability in the US, and its many global counterparts.

ICLEI, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40), the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), and UN Habitat, announced in September 2014 by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his Special Envoy for Cities and Climate Change Michael R. Bloomberg. The Compact of Mayors has a growing list of partners, including

City Network Partners

CityNet
Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CCRE / CEMR)
FLACMA
ICLEI Africa
ICLEI East Asia
ICLEI Europe
ICLEI Latin America and Caribbean
ICLEI North America
ICLEI Oceania
ICLEI South Asia
ICLEI South East Asia
Metropolis
UCLG Africa
UCLG Asia Pacific (ASPAC)
UCLG Middle East and Asia (MEWA)

Endorsing partners

Cities Alliance
Global Mayors Forum (China)
Institute for Sustainable Communities
R20 – Regions of Climate Action
The Climate Group
Veolia
World Bank
World Resources Institute
Worldwide Fund for Nature

Social Networks, and the information explosion, now serve each other. To search an expanding universe of information, we need to cluster information, to rely on the recommendations of friends and colleagues whose judgment we trust. We need new taxonomies that can self-organize and evolve to support innovation and its start-up stars.