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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.
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Technical Report
Leading Locally: The Origins and Impact of the Voluntary Local Review
2021
Increasingly there is growing acknowledgment from the highest echelons of the United Nations to the most respected scholars and think tanks that the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) cannot be achieved without the active engagement of local governments.
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Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Applying the Degree of Urbanisation — A methodological manual to define cities, towns and rural areas for international comparisons — 2021 edition
2021
This manual presents a harmonised methodology to facilitate international statistical comparisons and to classify the entire territory of a country along an urban-rural continuum. The degree of urbanisation classification defines cities, towns and semi-dense areas, and rural areas.
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Coastal Cities of the Western Indian Ocean Region and the Blue Economy: Strategic Roadmap
2021
WIOMSA and UN Habitat commissioned Arup to prepare a ‘Roadmap for the Development of the Blue Economy in Coastal Cities’, which provides recommendations for cities in current and future blue economy planning, activities and investment. The Roadmap provides strategic and operational blue economy recommendations across case study cities, which stakeholders are encouraged to also read and consider with respect to their city or region.
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Key Messages on Women, Land and Peace
2021
Women’s housing, land, and property (HLP) rights contribute to preventing and recovering from conflict and fragility by reducing the likelihood of violent conflicts re-igniting and assisting communities in emerging and recovering from war. They increase food security, agricultural productivity and production, and they are critical to promote the realization of other interconnected human rights.
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Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Designing with Children In Displacement (DeCID) handbook
2021
This handbook aims to raise the number and quality of built interventions that have been co-designed with children affected by displacement in the urban context: ultimately advancing their wellbeing. It provides practical insights regarding interventions that put children’s wellbeing first, and at the intersection of participatory design, forced displacement, and the urban context.
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Policy and Strategy
#Housing2030: Effective policies for affordable housing in the UNECE region
2021
This publication - #Housing2030: Effective policies for affordable housing in the UNECE region – was developed within #Housing2030, a joint international initiative of UNECE, UN-Habitat and Housing Europe. It explores housing affordability challenges and existing policy instruments for improving housing affordability in the UNECE region and facilitates the exchange and dissemination of good practices in improving housing affordability among countries and cities of the region.
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Resolution on Equitable financing and effective monitoring of the implementation of resolutions adopted by the United Nations Habitat Assembly
Posté le avril 29th, 2024
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Resolution on the creation of a human settlements resilience framework for early warning, foresight, risk reduction, crisis response and post crisis recovery and reconstruction
Posté le avril 29th, 2024
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Resolution on Urban Planning and Sustainable Infrastructure
Posté le avril 29th, 2024
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Resolution on Localization of the Sustainable Development Goals
Posté le avril 29th, 2024
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Resolution on Enhancing the Interlinkage between Urbanization and Climate Change Resilience
Posté le avril 29th, 2024
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Resolution on Biodiverse and Resilient Cities: mainstreaming biodiversity and ecosystem services into urban and territorial planning
Posté le avril 29th, 2024
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