UN-Habitat Iraq February Newsletter: Provides an update on UN-Habitat’s activities in Iraq as well as relevant policy and advocacy topics.

Her City supports urban development from a girl’s perspective. It guides urban actors to implement projects through a step-by-step methodology providing an open and digitally accessible platform for all.

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.

Issue 12 of Urban Impact, a quarterly newsletter published by UN-Habitat, includes the latest initiatives on climate action and opportunities for partners to access funding, support stakeholder engagement and host key advocacy events. It features new tools and publications, country programmes, events and gives updates on financial and institutional developments.

UN-Habitat’s Global Public Space Programme was launched in 2012 with the objective to support local governments in creating and promoting socially inclusive, integrated, connected, environmentally sustainable and safe streets and public spaces, especially for the most vulnerable, promoting a better quality of life for all. The programme has developed an integrated, multi-sectoral and iterative approach to support local governments to create vibrant and inclusive public space networks.

Waste Wise Cities Tool (WaCT) guides readers through 7 steps to collect data on municipal solid waste (MSW) generated, collected, and managed in controlled facilities. The tool provides a household survey guide for total MSW generation, a questionnaire to identify the MSW recovery chain and criteria to check the environmental control level of waste management facilities in a city.