Launch of the Key Messages on Women, Land and Peace
On 16 February 2022, UN-Habitat, the Global Land Tool Network, and the Housing, Land and Property Area of Responsibility of the Global Protection Cluster, in collaboration with UNHCR and NRC, will host an online event to launch the “Key Messages on Women, Land and Peace. Sustaining Peace through Women’s Empowerment and Increased Access to Land and Property Rights in Fragile and Conflict-affected Contexts”.
The role of women is pivotal…
Conference of Strasbourg - People Centred Smart Cities
This event will bring together key experts from France, Europe and selected countries globally to reflect on key areas of digital transformation and urban development within the framework of people centered smart cities. The findings of the discussions will be taken forward as inputs to the upcoming eleventh session of the World Urban Forum in Katowice, Poland as well as mobilizing local and national governments towards the elaboration and…
ECOSOC Partnership Forum
The 2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum will be on the theme “Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”.
UN-Habitat, the Local2030 Coalition and UNDP are co-organizing a virtual side-event in the framework of the 2022 ECOSOC Partnership Forum…
International Migrants Day
Throughout human history, migration has been a courageous expression of the individual’s will to overcome adversity and to live a better life. Today, globalization, together with advances in communications and transportation, has greatly increased the number of people, who have the desire and the capacity to move to other places.
This new era has created challenges and opportunities for societies throughout the world. It also has…
XVII World Water Congress
Theme: Foundations for Global Water Security and Resilience: Knowledge, Technology and Policy
International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women & 16 days Campaign
Why we must eliminate violence against women
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating human rights violations in our world today remains largely unreported due to the impunity, silence, stigma and shame surrounding it.
In general terms, it manifests itself in physical, sexual and psychological forms, encompassing:
- intimate partner violence (battering,…
World Toilet Day
World Toilet Day celebrates toilets and raises awareness of the 4.2 billion people living without access to safely managed sanitation. It is about taking action to tackle the global sanitation crisis and achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: water and sanitation for all by 2030.
The Second Session of the Executive Board Meeting 2021
The Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme will hold its second session of the year 2021 from Monday 15 November to Tuesday 16 November 2021.
Future Energy Series: Africa
Future Energy Series: Africa (FESA) is the deal-making and project origination platform of choice for the continent’s most influential low-carbon energy stakeholders. FESA takes an Africa-centric approach to the energy transition, which prioritises sustainable development, and solving the continental power deficit. Throughout, attendees will take advantage of carefully curated 1-2-1 meetings between stakeholders, investors and technology…
57th ISOCARP World Planning Congress
57th ISOCARP World Planning Congress
Theme: Planning Unlocked: New Times, Better Places, Stronger Communities
8-11 November 2021
Doha, Qatar
The World Planning Congress of City and Regional Planners in Doha
The ISOCARP World Planning Congress provides a platform for establishing professional as well as personal contacts with colleagues from all around the world.
The…
WHO Global Conference on Health and Climate Change
The 2021 Global Conference on Health & Climate Change with a special focus on Climate Justice, will convene at the margin of the COP26 UN climate change conference. The aim of the conference is to support and showcase Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement which are ambitious, based on the principles of justice and equity, and promote and protect health. It will also mobilize the rapidly…
World Tsunami Awareness Day
In December 2015, the UN General Assembly designated 5 November as World Tsunami Awareness Day.
In 2021, World Tsunami Awareness Day will promote target (f) of the "Sendai Seven Campaign" which aims to “Substantially enhance international cooperation to developing countries through adequate and sustainable support to complement their national actions…
Climate Smart Cities Challenge
A new open innovation competition to demonstrate and scale cutting-edge solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create a better future for all.
Competition to be launched at the Dubai Expo on 3 November 2021 with these four cities:
- Bogotá, Colombia
- Bristol, United Kingdom
- Curitiba, Brazil
- Makindye Ssabagabo, Uganda
…
World Cities Day 2021
The general theme of World Cities Day is Better City, Better Life, while each year a different sub-theme and a location for its global observance is selected, to either promote successes of urbanization, or address specific challenges resulting from urbanization.
The theme for World Cities Day this year is Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience. Cities worldwide are increasingly suffering the effects of climate-related disasters, such…
UNFCCC Conference of Parties (CoP 26)
The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The UK is committed to working with all countries and joining forces with civil society, companies and people on the frontline of climate change to inspire climate action ahead of COP26.