Urban Planning Law for Climate Smart Cities: The Urban Law Module of the Law and Climate Change Toolkit 2022 Urban areas account for two thirds of greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption, making them major contributors to climate change. Cities are already suffering from extreme weather events, flooding, subsidence, storms, heat waves, water scarcity, droughts, and sea-level rise, among other climate change effects. Additionally, the laws, institutions, and policies governing urban planning in cities have unintended effects on their capacity to adapt to the changing climate.
Assessment of Zimbabwe Legislation through the Urban Law Module of the Law and Climate Change Toolkit SUMMARY REPORT 2022
GLOBAL ACTION PLAN: Accelerating for Transforming Informal Settlements and Slums by 2030 2022 The Global Action Plan is a technical framework prepared by key stakeholders that identifies initial steps for significant slum transformation. Despite global efforts, the challenge of slums remains, with slum dwellers projected to triple without action. The framework supports urgent attention and coordinated action to achieve sustainable and inclusive transformation by 2030.
Guidance for Responding to Displacement in Urban Areas 2022 UN-Habitat and UNHCR have been working together to advance their shared mandate to improve assistance for UNHCR’s persons of concern (PoC), and to maximize synergies along the humanitarian-development continuum. This guidance identifies key considerations to build upon organizational mandates to protect vulnerable populations through inclusive and sustainable urban planning.
Roles and Functioning of Regional Technical Offices – Assessment Report 2022 The aim of the RTO is to guide the union to move from emergency response to recovery planning by providing technical and engineering assistance in municipal projects, as well as by supporting decision-making processes, enhancing service delivery, and addressing governance issues at the regional level.
UN-Habitat Iraq Newsletter – July 2022 2022 UN-Habitat Iraq July 2022 Newsletter: Provides an update on UN-Habitat’s activities in Iraq as well as relevant policy and advocacy topics.
UN-Habitat Somalia Programme Country Briefing Note 2022 2022 This document provides an overview of the current projects comprised within the UN-Habitat Somalia programme. It gives a brief description of the project, the duration of implementation, value, location, donor(s) and partners.
Assessment of Malawi Legislation through the Urban Law Module of the Law and Climate Change Toolkit SUMMARY 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. The assessment was done through the UN-Habitat Urban Law Module of the Law and Climate Change Toolkit – an innovative online tool designed to help countries establish legal frameworks necessary for the effective domestic implementation of the Paris Agreement. This was based on the five key performance indicators namely: i) governance framework for urban and climate planning; ii) urban and territorial planning; iii) urban planning and design for adaptation; iv) urban planning and design for mitigation; and v) economic and non-economic instruments for climate-friendly urban planning. It is hoped that this assessment and the impending climate law reform will be instrumental in fulfilling the potential of urban areas in Malawi to lead the way and be truly transformative spaces for climate action. In addition to this full report, UN-Habitat has
produced a shorter version of the full report (summary report) that contains key points and recommendations from the sections mentioned above.
Future Cities Advisory Outlook 2022: Building New Urban Resilience 2022 Future Cities Advisory Outlook 2022: Building New Urban Resilience is the second flagship report of the UN-Habitat China Future Cities Council. One of the four priority areas for change in the UN-Habitat Strategic Plan 2020-2023 is "effective prevention and response to urban crises". However, traditional response methods often prove inadequate when faced with sudden challenges.
The Comprehensive Multisectoral Action Framework - Malaria and Sustainable Development 2022 Using data, case studies and practical tools, this Framework guides policymakers, programme managers and funders to adapt approaches to combatting malaria – from being solely a concern of the health sector towards comprehensive, coordinated, and multi-sectoral responses that harness integrated action, commitment, and expertise across key sectors.