| An overview of food security in a context of urbanization | 2021 | This publication is a tool to support autonomous municipal governments for planning and generating articulated actions towards food security and promotion of food systems based on short chains in cities. _____ Esta publicación es una herramienta para apoyar a los gobiernos autónomos municipales en la planificación y generación de acciones articuladas hacia la seguridad alimentaria y la promoción de sistemas alimentarios basados en cadenas cortas en las ciudades. |
| State of Addis Vol. II: Towards a Healthier City | 2021 | The 'State of Addis Vol.II: Towards a healthier city', focuses on how the COVID 19 pandemic unfolded in the city of Addis Ababa. The report explores the impact of the pandemic on the city; the response from the authorities and civil society; and the relation of urban infrastructure to urban health and resilience in the context of Addis Ababa. |
| EU response to health and socio-economic impact of COVID-19 in Mogadishu- Project Brief | 2021 | The project is implemented in close collaboration with the Benadir Regional Administration/ Mogadishu Municipality and in partnership with World Health Organization, Danish Refugee Council and Save the Children. The aim of the action is to support the preparedness, response and mitigation activities of the BRA. |
| Toolkit: How to Read and Use the Lebanon Neighbourhood Profiles | 2021 | To promote evidence-based programming and coordination among state and non-state actors, UN-Habitat and UNICEF have jointly completed 28 profiles of disadvantaged neighbourhoods across Lebanon. This collaboration responds to the long-standing need for reliable, multi-sectoral spatial data required to inform sustainable development and humanitarian response by all actors. |
| The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021 | 2021 | The global community is at a critical moment in its pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More than a year into the global pandemic, millions of lives have been lost, the human and economic toll has been unprecedented, and recovery efforts so far have been uneven, inequitable and insufficiently geared towards achieving sustainable development. |
| Regional Stakeholder Workshop: Urbanization, Migration, and Economic Development in North Rift Kenya | 2021 | By providing technical support and capacity building, the UN-Habitat-Cities Alliance project “Sustainable Economic Development along the Turkana West Development Corridor Through Enhanced Connectivity”, capitalises on emerging infrastructure connectivity opportunities and ongoing comprehensive development programmes. |
| Multi-Level Governance for Effective Urban Climate Action in the Global South | 2021 | As recognized by the Paris Agreement, cities play an important role to mitigate and adapt to climate change as cities can mobilize strong and ambitious climate action. To ensure effective climate action, multi-level governance is essential as it calls for all state and non-state actors to act on climate change. Thus, multi-level governance holds immense power to assist urban areas in the Global South to enhance their resilience and grow in climate-friendly ways. |
| Quarry Rehabilitation – Asbestos Management Technical Input | 2021 | Under the guidance of UN-Habitat Lebanon, and as part of the emergency response to the massive explosion at the Port of Beirut on August 4, 2020, IBI Group was commissioned to provide technical oversight and testing services for the Rubble to Mountains initiative, a project aimed at reusing construction and demolition waste (CDW) in environmentally sustainable urban-restoration developments. |
| Global Compendium of Practices on Local Economic and Financial Recovery | 2021 | The Global Compendium of Practices on Local Economic and Financial Recovery includes experiences and lessons from different cities on COVID-19 recovery. The provision of global practices gives cities across the globe an opportunity for peer-learning in developing and implementing their immediate response and recovery plans. |
| Urban-Rural Linkages Newsletter March 2021 | Issue 3 | 2021 | Since the last issue of the Newsletter issued earlier last year, life has changed for us all. This issue presents the activities that, since then, UN-Habitat and partners have conducted to highlight the role of territories and urban-rural linkages in responding to challenges generated by the pandemic. This edition includes insights from nine global webinars organized between May and December 2020. It also contains short articles on urban-rural linkages, such as an experimental framework for new |