| SDG Cities - Canada Country Report 2024 | 2024 | UN-Habitat’s SDG Cities Canada Report marks a groundbreaking national initiative, showcasing how cities across the country are localizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This report offers a unique perspective, analyzing national statistics through the lens of city-specific indicators from UN-Habitat’s Global Urban Monitoring Framework (UMF). These indicators have been meticulously refined and tailored to address the unique challenges faced by Canadian cities. The report features regional summaries of progress and, most notably, presents 14 compelling case studies that highlight the diverse and dynamic efforts of cities across Canada in advancing a wide range of sustainable development goals. The cities highlighted in the report are: Calgary, Oakville, Halifax, Saanich, Guelph, Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Kelowna, Thunder Bay, Kitchener, Burlington, Gibsons, and Winnipeg. Finally, the report presents the work of four Canadian city networks that are building capacity for accelerated action. |
| Quality of Life Initiative events at WUF12 | 2024 | |
| Land Governance and Land Rights in Palestine: Analysis and Recommendations (Report & Arabic Brief) | 2024 | This report analyses the land sector by looking at its legal and institutional set up, its stakeholders, and the key land administration functions: land tenure, land value, land use, land development, and land disputes’ resolution. The most important legislation is annexed and a set of preliminary recommendations for consideration by national stakeholders complement the report. |
| 2023-2024 ANNUAL REPORT National Urban Policy Programme, Phase Two: ‘Scaling up People-Centered Smart Cities through National Urban Policies’ | 2024 | UN-Habitat’s National Urban Policy Programme (NUPP) continues to play a pivotal role in advancing inclusive, resilient, and sustainable urban development globally through national and subnational urban policies. This 2024 edition of the Korea-funded National Urban Policy Programme (K-NUPP) report presents progress made during year two of the second phase of the programme, with a focus on activities undertaken and results achieved in 2023/2024, while providing a forward-looking view of planned activities for 2025. The report reflects the strong commitment of UN-Habitat, through its Policy, Legislation and Governance Section, and the Government of the Republic of Korea, through the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT), to support the eight beneficiary countries-- Azerbaijan, Cambodia, Egypt, Mozambique, Paraguay, the Islamic Republic of Iran, Myanmar, and Niger State (Nigeria)-- to advance their urban policies. Through a multi-stakeholder process of co-creation, collaboration, and co-sharing, K-NUPP contributes meaningfully to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the New Urban Agenda by strengthening national urban policy frameworks across diverse contexts. This report also serves as a key reference point for urban professionals, policy makers, academia, researchers, and government officials on how to develop, implement, monitor and evaluate national urban policies from people-centered smart cities. |
| Rapport Local Volontaire de la commune Ennour, Tunisie 2024 | 2024 | Dirigé par le Gouvernorat de Kasserine avec la municipalité d'Ennour, le Rapport Local Volontaire constitue une étape importante pour la Tunisie, étant le premier du genre dans le pays et le deuxième en Afrique du Nord, après Agadir, au Maroc. Cette réussite dans la localisation des ODD témoigne des efforts de collaboration entre le Gouvernorat de Kasserine et la municipalité d'Ennour, UNESCWA et l'ONU-Habitat. Les villes jouent un rôle central dans ce processus de localisation, en alignant les plans locaux, en mobilisant les ressources, en impliquant les parties prenantes, en suivant les progrès et en encourageant l'innovation pour cultiver des environnements urbains durables et inclusifs. Après avoir élaboré deux rapports nationaux volontaires (RNV) en 2019 et 2021, la Tunisie s'est engagée à localiser les ODD pour une meilleure appropriation locale et régionale et un soutien de l'Agenda 2030. |
| Study of the Hydrology of the Tuban Delta Yemen and the Impacts of Climate Change | 2024 | المياه واستنزاف المياه الجوفية وتسرب المياه المالحة إلى العديد من طبقات المياه الجوفية اليمنية، بما في ذلك دلتا توبان. ولذلك، كان الغرض من هذه الدراسة هو تقييم الاحتياجات الحالية والمستقبلية من إمدادات المياه، والطلب على المياه، وتأثير تغير المناخ عليها ومخاطرها في ظل سيناريوهات اجتماعية واقتصادية ومناخية مختلفة. كانت هذه الدراسة جزءًا من مشروع الاستعداد لصندوق المناخ الأخضر (GCF) "تعزيز المناخ". قدرات السلطات دون الوطنية والجهات الفاعلة الرئيسية في قطاع المياه على التكيف معها تغير المناخ في دلتا توبان. |
| PRIMER ON URBAN-RURAL LINKAGES AND LAND | 2024 | The primer describes the relevant actors, frameworks, and tools that can be used to support Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) initiatives by strengthening urban-rural linkages and making them more resilient. Key actors include national and state governments, sub-national and local authorities, the private sector, academic institutions and civil society who help shape the structure and operation of URL. Multilevel governance frameworks, integrated territorial and flow-centred approaches, and human rights-based and gender-responsive strategies are recognised to be effective in engaging diverse URL actors and enhancing LDN efforts in a variety of contexts. |
| Implementing National Urban Policy Through Demonstration Projects | 2024 | Globally, urbanization has increased significantly, with the world’s urban population expected to reach 68.5% by 2045. Although urbanization brings economic opportunities and improved living conditions, if not well managed, it can also present urban and social challenges such as slums, poverty, and environmental degradation. While many countries around the world have formulated National Urban Policy (NUP) to manage their urbanization, associated implementation challenges such as institutional capacity and inadequate financial resources continue to delay the gains of NUP. Building on the experiences and achievements accumulated over the years on enhancing the capacity of national and sub-national governments to develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate national urban policies, this toolkit has been prepared to assist governments, policymakers, and stakeholders in accelerating the implementation of NUPs through demonstration projects (innovative and cost-effective interventions). This toolkit offers a range of tools and resources to support the government (national and subnational), policymakers, and all stakeholders in the urban development sector in the implementation of NUP through demonstration projects. It is expected that the range of tools in this document will guide all actors in the urban development space to accelerate the implementation of NUPs to achieve sustainable urban development in an efficient and collaborative manner. |
| A Road Map Towards a Socioeconomic Development Plan for the Union of Municipalities of Caza Zgharta, North Governorate | 2024 | This booklet outlines strategic directions towards socioeconomic development for the Union of Municipalities of Caza Zgharta in North 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. |
| SDG Localization Module 2: Planning for change with the SDGs | 2024 | Urban and strategic planning are critical tools to create sustainable cities. Local and regional governments (LRGs) drive sustainable development, ensuring essential public services and can act as catalysts for transformative change at the local level. However, LRGs often face significant gaps in data, capacity, and resources. Investing in municipal capacity building, institutional efficiency, and partnerships across various levels is crucial for localizing the SDGs. |