| Sustainable Urbanization in Commonwealth Countries | 2024 | By 2050, an additional 2.5 billion people will be living in the world’s towns and cities, with almost 50 per cent of that growth taking place in the Commonwealth. Member States, both large and small, are facing the impacts of climate change and rapid urbanization. The COVID-19 pandemic has compounded these, and progress towards achievement of the SDGs has been eroded in many countries, undermining the first year of the Decade of Action towards Agenda 2030. |
| Multi-Level Urban Forums: A Guide | 2024 | Urban Forums are critical and inclusive platforms to domesticate and localize global agendas and to advance evidence-based policymaking and review, as well as communicating policy outcomes and progress. They provide a valuable policy feedback loop. The main objective of the Multi-level Urban Forums Guide is to strengthen the role of multilevel Urban Forums to become platforms for urban policy dialogue, stakeholder engagement, resource mobilization and other concerted actions towards sustainable urban development. The urban forums can provide an opportunity for UN-Habitat to strategically support countries by creating synergies at subnational, national, sub regional and regional levels to optimize the benefits of rapid urbanization and overcome its challenges. Additionally, these guidelines for structuring urban forums will continually be refined to ensure inclusivity and co-creation, foster adequate implementation and urban policy engagement at all relevant levels. |
| Quality of Life Conference - Concept Note and Agenda | 2024 | |
| Profil Spatial Douala, Cameroun | 2024 | Depuis plus d'une décennie, le Cameroun accueille des personnes déplacées et des réfugiés, dont le nombre a augmenté au cours des cinq dernières années en raison de crises internes et externes alimentées par des griefs religieux et politiques, à savoir la crise anglophone, Boko Haram et l'instabilité en République centrafricaine (RCA). Le Cameroun accueille actuellement des réfugiés centrafricains, nigérians, des réfugiés urbains, des demandeurs d'asile de diverses nationalités et des personnes déplacées internes (PDI). |
| Quality of Life Initiative - Brochure | 2024 | At its core, the Initiative features the development of an innovative, globally relevant, locally applicable index to evaluate and accelerate progress on local and global policy agendas around improving the quality of life in cities. |
| Study of the Hydrology of the Tuban Delta Yemen and the Impacts of Climate Change | 2024 | Climate change, population growth, poor water management practices, overexploitation of water resources and the war have contributed to water scarcity, groundwater depletion and saltwater intrusion to many Yemeni aquifers, including Tuban Delta. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess present and future water supply needs, water demands, the impact of climate change on these and its risks under different socioeconomic and climatic scenarios. This study was part of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) Readiness project ‘Strengthen the capacities of sub-national authorities and key actors in the water sector to adapt to climate change in Tuban Delta’. |
| A Road Map Towards a Socioeconomic Development Plan for the Union of Municipalities of Jord El-Aala–Bhamdoun, Mount Lebanon Governorate | 2024 | This booklet outlines strategic directions towards socioeconomic development for the Union of Municipalities of Jord El-Aala–Bhamdoun, Mount Lebanon Governorate. They were developed within the scope of UN-Habitat's initiative "Improving Planning Capacities for Social and Economic Local Development" implemented between 2020 and 2023 in close collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs and funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation. |
| China Waste Wise Cities Good Practices: Series II | 2024 | As one of the essential public services that supports our society in the 21st century, waste management is a basic human need and a critical infrastructure, especially in urban areas. Waste management is a cross-cutting issue that affects many aspects of society and the economy, closely linked to many other global challenges, including health, climate change, poverty reduction, food and resource security, and sustainable production and consumption. Waste management is a key component of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and is considered as an entry point for achieving a range of SDGs. |
| Pour une Planification Urbaine axée sur les phénomènes migratoires | 2024 | Pour une planification urbaine axée sur les phénomènes migratoires - Guide en 3 étapes du programme Planification Urbaine et des Infrastructures dans le Contexte Migratoire (UPIMC) au Cameroun, en Égypte et en Jordanie. Elle décrit une méthodologie en trois phases : « Comprendre la ville », « Planifier la ville » et « Transformer la ville », pour développer des cadres de planification urbaine durables qui intègrent efficacement les besoins des migrants et des populations déplacées et de leurs communautés d'accueil dans les quartiers les plus vulnérables. |
| New Global Quality of Life Index places well-being at the heart of city planning | 2024 | The Quality of Life Initiative has unveiled a beta version of its new innovative measurement tool and platform, the Quality of Life Index, during the Quality of Life Conference held in Cairo 2-3 November. Taking place during Cairo Urban Week and ahead of the 12 th Session of the World Urban Forum, the two-day event marks the culmination of two years of efforts to advance thinking on quality of life in cities, develop meaningful metrics and explore applicability of its knowledge and tools. |