Douala Spatial Profile (Cameroon) | 2024 | Based on a spatially focused and cross-sectoral situational analysis of urban settlements hosting displaced populations, this multi-scale profile allows locals, stakeholders, and readers to develop a comprehensive spatial understanding of the existing situation as a tool dedicated to the decision-making process for urban development strategies and infrastructure investment planning. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Migration-Informed Urban Planning - A 3 Step Guidebook from the Urban Planning and Infrastructure in Migration Contexts (UPIMC) Programme in Cameroon, Egypt, and Jordan | 2024 | In response to growing urban migration challenges, the Migration Informed Urban Planning: A 3-Step Guidebook offers practical strategies for integrating migrants displaced persons and host communities promoting equitable urban development. Drawing on experiences from Cameroon, Egypt, and Jordan, it equips urban planners, policymakers, and local governments with tools to create inclusive, resilient cities through sustainable urban planning. |
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). |
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. |