Professional challenged to design low-cost resilient and sustainable housing units.

Professional challenged to design low-cost resilient and sustainable housing units.

Nairobi, November 7, 2018 – Poor design, low quality of construction, exclusion from central planning processes, and inadequate access to […]

Key actors gather to foster implementation of Myanmar’s national climate change policy

Key actors gather to foster implementation of Myanmar’s national climate change policy

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, November 2018– – Over 150 participants, ranging from government officials across ministries and from Myanmar’s States […]

International delegates celebrate World Cities Day in Liverpool

International delegates celebrate World Cities Day in Liverpool

Liverpool, UK 31 October 2018 –  World Cities Day was marked by an unprecedented 70 cities globally this year with […]

Resilient cities, a matter of planning for and with children

Resilient cities, a matter of planning for and with children

Child-responsive urban settings resonate qualities that many scholars have described as conceptual standards for sustainable and resilient cities. Given the […]

UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message

UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message

As Urban October comes to an end, a month dedicated to raising awareness on urban challenges, successes and sustainability, faced […]

Norwegian UN Day celebration focuses on youth and the localization of the Sustainable Development Goals

Norwegian UN Day celebration focuses on youth and the localization of the Sustainable Development Goals

Asker, Norway, 24 October 2018 –  UN-Habitat and Asker Kommune (Norway) co-hosted the third Asker Youth Conference on UN Day, […]

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World Cities Day Message From UN-Habitat Executive Director Mme Maimunah Mohd Sharif
World Habitat Day Message From UN-Habitat Executive Director Mme Maimunah Mohd Sharif
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New Urban Agenda Whiteboard Video

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#ClimateAction in informal settlements is absolutely critical to achieve #sustainable development. Join us today in brussels to discuss addressing the most vulnerable first through climate-compatible slum upgrading #SDG11 #SDG13

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People living in informal settlements face widespread discrimination and harassment on the basis of their housing status including denial of access to credit, basic services, health care and education…Check SR report: https://t.co/yj9KvzBO35 #HousingattheCentre #Right2Housing

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Land-based finance mechanisms can be an effective means to provide affordable housing through land planning systems. Land-based finance tools takes advantage of the land value increase resulting from reformed planning schemes to finance affordable housing. #HousingAtTheCentre

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"Making the #community a stakeholder part of decision makes the policy real" - Oormi Rajesh Kapadia from #PLURAL India #InclusiveCities #UpForSlumDwellers #PSUP #LeavingNoOneBehind @MaimunahSharif @VictorKisob

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“Les interventions dans les bidonvilles créés des ressources & des marchés et promeut les activités génératrices de revenue” - #AgencePerspective Burkina Faso #PPAB #LeavingNoOneBehind #SDG11

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