| Relatório de Progresso dos Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Município do Rio de Janeiro | 2020 | The city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, within the framework of the "Accountability Systems for Measuring, Monitoring and Reporting on Sustainable City Policies in Latin America" project has produced its first voluntary local report on Rio's progress towards SDG 11. The report presents the city's progress and its commitment to the 2030 Agenda. |
| Future Cities, New Economy, and Shared City Prosperity Driven by Technological Innovations | 2020 | This publication delivers an interdisciplinary analysis from professionals and scholars on technological innovation and city development. The publication aims to raise awareness and enhance collective knowledge on new technological innovations and how these affect urban spaces. The publication calls for collective actions from all cities to smartly use and govern new tech solutions. |
| Discussion Paper – April, 2020: Covid-19: Socioeconomic Impacts on Africa | 2020 | The novel coronavirus is a global health, economic and social crisis. With over 750 000 confirmed cases in 202 countries, territories and areas, Covid-19 had by the 1st of April 2020 caused over 35 000 deaths (WHO Africa, 2020). The effects of the virus have brought economies to an abrupt halt and will affect the possibility to achieve many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). |
| Metodologías | 2020 | Gestión y Planificación Metropolitana ¿CÓMO MEJORAR LA COMPRENSIÓN DEL FENÓMENO DE LA METROPOLIZACIÓN PARA APROVECHAR SUS OPORTUNIDADES? ONU-Habitat a través de su iniciativa MetroHUB, presenta este documento de “Metodologías para la Gestión y Planificación Metropolitana”, con el propósito de fortalecer las capacidades y competencias de los gobiernos y actores locales que experimentan el fenómeno metropolitano. |
| Urban Impact – Issue 11, October 2020 | 2020 | Urban Impact is a quarterly newsletter published by UN-Habitat highlighting the impact of initiatives being implemented by the Agency in partnership with governments, cities and communities around the world towards achievement of Sustainable Development Goals, with focus on GOAL 11 - the Urban Goal and the New Urban Agenda. |
| Waste Wise Cities Newsletter 8 | 2020 | The Waste Wise Cities Newsletter is published bi-monthly and provides articles on different waste related topics, e.g. the Sustainable Development Goals, Tools and certain waste management technologies, introduces Waste Wise Cities Affiliates, gives updates about activities and highlights upcoming and past events. At the moment the newsletter is available in English, French and Spanish. |
| A tool for coastal and small island state water utilities to assess and manage climate change risk | 2020 | Climate Change is big news all over the world. Ironically, water usually finds mention in the footnotes even though it is arguably the principal adverse fall-out of changing climate patterns and extreme weather events. Since 2008, more than half of the world’s population already lived in cities. This figure continues to grow, particularly in Africa and Asia, and coastal urban centres receive a disproportionate share of this growth. |
| Financing Sustainable Urbanization: Counting the Costs and Closing the Gap | 2020 | This report presents an innovative pilot on how to count the costs for achieving SDG 11 developed by UN-Habitat and AidData. It furthermore presents UN-Habitat estimations on the total SDG and infrastructure investment gap as well as the total financing capacity available. Finally, the report discusses possibilities for bridging the investment gap for SDG 11 and urban infrastructure. |
| Urban Impact – Issue 10, June 2020 | 2020 | Urban Impact is a quarterly newsletter published by UN-Habitat highlighting the impact of initiatives being implemented by the Agency in partnership with governments, cities and communities around the world towards achievement of Sustainable Development Goals, with focus on GOAL 11 - the Urban Goal and the New Urban Agenda. |
| Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme September 2020 Newsletter | 2020 | The Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme shares the last events and achievements through this newsletter. Here are a few updates, lastest news and stories |