- UN Habitat Commits to Implementing the Global Compact on Migration
- Residents, diplomats and UN-Habitat staff join hands to clean up Nairobi
- UN-Habitat Executive Director unveils Youth Declar-Action at the Sustainable...
- Blue economy forum will boost waters’ potential
- Op-Ed By Maimunah Mohd Sharif on Sustainable Blue Economy Conference
- UN-Habitat leads Africities session on effective local government planning for...
- Chinese Cities Improving in Global Competitiveness
- Resilient cities, a matter of planning for and with children
- UN-Habitat Executive Director: World Cities Day Message
- Central and North Asian Countries Participate in Consultations on Asia and...
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UN-Habitat’s State of Sri Lankan Cities Report highlights fast growth of provincial capitalsCOLOMBO, December 2018 – UN-Habitat in partnership with the Government of Sri Lanka, launched the State of Sri Lankan Cities – 2018 report, the first ever comprehensive analysis of the country’s nine provincial capital cities, at a...
- Posted December 14, 2018
November 2018 Cities and Climate Change Initiative BulletinArticles of this bulletin: UN-Habitat Discusses with Governments and Experts How Best to Address Urban and Human Settlements Issues in National Adaptation Plans Leveraging Participatory Informal Settlements Upgrading for Climate Finance Planners for Climate Action Moving Forward...
- Posted December 11, 2018
UN Habitat Commits to Implementing the Global Compact on MigrationOn the back drop of the Intergovernmental Conference to adopt the Global Compact for Migration for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, UN-Habitat contributed to the 5th Mayoral Forum Mayoral Forum on Human Mobility, Migration and Development and...
- Posted December 11, 2018
Statement of the Executive Director On the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2018Today marks the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which recognises, among other things, the universal right to adequate housing. UN-Habitat is mandated to promote socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements for all. In...
- Posted December 10, 2018
Statement of the Executive Director On the occasion of the Intergovernmental Conference on the Global Compact for Migration Marrakech, Morocco, 10-11 December 2018UN-Habitat commends the consultative efforts led by the International Organization for Migration and the Government of Morocco as world leaders adopt a Global Compact on Safe, Regular and Orderly Migration at the Intergovernmental Conference on the Global...
- Posted December 10, 2018
First newsletter on urban project promoting low emissions releasedThe first newsletter on the second phase of the Urban-LEDS project, or “Accelerating climate action through the promotion of Urban Low Emission Development Strategies” has been released. The project is implemented by UN-Habitat and ICLEI (Local Governments...
- Posted December 4, 2018
Residents, diplomats and UN-Habitat staff join hands to clean up NairobiNAIROBI, 3 December 2018 – A large crowd of residents from one of Kenya’s biggest slums, Mathare, joined UN-Habitat staff members and diplomats for the Nairobi County Government’s monthly clean up. The volunteers, who included UN-Habitat’s Executive...
- Posted December 4, 2018
National Report for Habitat III English & ArabicThe annual rate of population growth in the last census period (2001-2010) has reached 7.6%, the country’s population is projected to reach 2.2 million by 2030. The youth population aged between15-30 years comprises 30% of the total...
- Posted December 2, 2018
UN-Habitat and the Global Green Growth Institute sign a global Memorandum of Understanding on sustainable and green urban developmentKIGALI, 29 November 2018 – UN-Habitat and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) have signed a global Memorandum of Understanding to promote cooperation on sustainable, climate-resilient and green urban development at the Africa Green Growth Forum. UN-Habitat...
- Posted November 29, 2018
UN-Habitat Executive Director unveils Youth Declar-Action at the Sustainable Blue Economy ConferenceNairobi, 27 November 2018 – Speaking on the second day of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif urged national and regional governments, mayors, regional development oganizations, UN...
- Posted November 27, 2018
New and strengthened partnerships for resilience action at Barcelona Resilience Week 2018November 2018, Barcelona, Spain – Barcelona Resilience Week (BRW) brought together over 200 participants to discuss how to face the resilience challenges of our time. The week focused on harnessing the commitment of initiatives such as the Making...
- Posted November 27, 2018
UN-Habitat and Port Vila, capital of Vanuatu, sign official commitment on resilience buildingNovember 2018, Barcelona, Spain — The Lord Mayor of the capital of Vanuatu, Port Vila, Albert Sandy Daniel, and the Head of UN-Habitat’s Urban Basic Services Branch, André Dzikus, signed a Letter of Agreement (LoA) on 12...
- Posted November 27, 2018
Maimunah Mohd Sharif on Blue Economy Conference: Local governments have to play a role to ensure we achieve sustainabilityThe UN-Habitat Executive Director Ms.Maimunah Mohd Sharif speaking during the Governor and Mayors’ Convention on the second day of the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference 2018 being held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) Nairobi
- Posted November 27, 2018
Blue economy forum will boost waters’ potentialThe Blue Economy is a term that stems from the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) held in 2012 where member states pledged to “protect and restore the health, productivity and resilience of oceans and marine ecosystem...
- Posted November 27, 2018
Youth working for peace in ColombiaNovember 2018, Bogota – Young women and men in Colombia are working for peace. As part of the ‘Urban Peace Labs’ Programme, UN-Habitat and Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje (SENA) have run workshops with disadvantaged youth in Cali...
- Posted November 26, 2018
World’s youth gather in Nairobi ahead of Blue Economy ConferenceNairobi, 26 November 2018—Youth from across the globe gathered at the United Nations Office at Gigiri, Nairobi to discuss how to maximise the benefits of the Blue Economy. The Youth and the Blue Economy conference event was...
- Posted November 26, 2018
UN-Habitat leads discussions on innovative finance and conserving green spaces at Africities23 November 2018, Marrakesh, Morocco – Local governments need to strengthen data collection, increase their revenues and improve technical capacity according to participants in a session on innovative experiences in local finance during the third day of...
- Posted November 23, 2018
Op-Ed By Maimunah Mohd Sharif on Sustainable Blue Economy ConferenceNext week, Kenya will be in the global spotlight as thousands of delegates from around the world will gather at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre for the Sustainable Blue Economy Conference. The United Nations Human Settlements Programme...
- Posted November 22, 2018
- Francophone experts gather in Abidjan to agree on a global definition of city
Abidjan, 13 November 2018 – Statisticians and urban planners from 15 Francophone countries have convened at a workshop held in Abidjan to Assess the feasibility of a global definition of city or urban area for monitoring and...
- Posted November 22, 2018
UN-Habitat leads Africities session on effective local government planning for sustainable developmentMarrakesh, Morocco, 22 November 2018 – The second day of the Africities 8 Summit featured a wide range of lively discussions on local government perspectives on gender, youth, transport, local strategies for financing, the environment, gender equality,...
- Posted November 22, 2018