| Understanding the Hargeisa Urban Water Supply Upgrading (HUWSUP) project | 2022 | This document provides an overview of the different components of the water intervention project, the Hargeisa Urban Water Supply Upgrading (HUWSUP). It describes each component, outlines the players involved, and provides an overview of how the intervention will work as a first step toward providing a permanent solution to the water scarcity in Hargeisa, Somaliland. |
| Assessment of Malawi Legislation through the Urban Law Module of the Law and Climate Change Toolkit FULL REPORT | 2022 | UN-Habitat, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Regional Programme Energy Security and Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa (KAS), and the University of Michigan (United States of America), through the project on Urban Law for Resilient and Low Carbon Urban Development in Malawi, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, were able to assess the capacity of climate laws and policies in Malawi to adapt to climate change. |
| Global framework for the response to malaria in urban areas | 2022 | This framework supports the control and elimination of malaria in urban environments. It guides city leaders, health programmes and urban planners as they respond to the challenges of rapid urbanisation in a targeted way. For each urban context, the strategic use of data can inform effective, tailored responses and help build resilience against the threat of malaria and other vector-borne diseases. |
| Master Tool on Climate Change: Flagship 3 RISE UP - Resilient Settlements for the Urban Poor | 2022 | Over recent years, UN-Habitat has developed various guides and tools in the context of climate change and urban/human settlements development; however a stocktaking and managing mechanism was lacking. To efficiently and effectively utilize the guides and tools and to maximize the use of limited resources, the importance of a master tool has been pointed out. |
| Innovate4Cities 2021 Conference Proceedings | 2022 | Building on the 2018 Edmonton Cities and Climate Change Science Conference and the resulting Global Research and Action Agenda (GRAA) on Cities and Climate Change Science, the Innovate4Cities 2021 Conference (I4C 2021) focused on the nexus of science, practice, and innovation – including local challenges, priority needs, and cross-sector opportunities to realize ambitious climate action. |
| Leaving no one behind - How a global instrument to end plastic pollution can enable a just transition for the people informally collecting and recovering waste | 2022 | This report provides an overview on the importance of the Informal Waste and Recovery Sector (IWRS) for ending plastic pollution. It outlines how the current negotiations towards a global instrument to end plastic pollution can leverage a just transition of the IWRS. It calls for the just transition of the IWRS to be fair, inclusive, and equitable, generating and preserving decent work opportunities in a way that leaves no one behind. |
| – Support for the Reconstruction and Rehabilitation of Most Vulnerable Urban Areas in Beirut Impacted by the Port Explosion | 2022 | In March 2021, through a US$ 2.16 million grant from the Government of Japan, UN-Habitat initiated a project to address urgent urban recovery and reconstruction needs of Beirut. In line with Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, the objective of the project is to support the recovery and rehabilitation of Beirut through building back better, targeting vulnerable population groups and neighbourhoods, impacted by the explosion. The project brochure gives an overview of the project’s interventions and its impacts respectively. |
| Socio Economic Development in Turkana West, Kenya Volume I: Report on Socio-Economic Conditions | 2022 | This report is based on a study designed to establish prevailing socio-economic conditions, the nature of businesses and the local economic development in Turkana West, and the trends of urbanization in North Rift Kenya. This report (Volume 1) is focused on Households’ Socio-Economic Conditions. It is part of 3 reports from the study, the others being Volume 2: Businesses and Local Economic Development (LED), and Volume 3: Urbanization Trends in North Rift region of Kenya. |
| 1st Global State of Metropolis - Preliminary Findings and Key Messages Booklet | 2022 | As the world continues to urbanize it is also becoming metropolitan. Whether horizontal spreading, dispersed urbanization or periurbanization, the physical extent of urban areas is growing much faster than their population, thereby consuming more land for urban development. Those phenomena have made many cities grown beyond the boundaries of their central municipality or “city proper” configuring bigger and denser metropolises. This is a trend still present in all world regions and affecting all kind and size of cities, from megacities, to intermediate cities and even small towns. |
| Dadaab Future Vision: Enhancing Self-Reliance for Refugees and Hosting Communities in Garissa, Kenya | 2022 |