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Annual Report
Annual Report 2024
UN-Habitat’s 2024 Annual Report, Adequate Housing for All, highlights global efforts to address the housing crisis and advance sustainable urbanization. The report showcases progress in reducing inequality, promoting… Read more
World Cities Report 2024
Flagship Report
World Cities Report 2024: Cities and Climate Action
Cities are both the victims of climate change and among its worst offenders: though disproportionately exposed to its impacts, they are also responsible for generating a significant share of global greenhouse gas… Read more
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Technical Report
Financing for Resilient and Green Urban Solutions in Accra and Tema, Ghana
2020
This report: Financing for Resilient and Green Urban Solutions in Accra and Tema, Ghana examines the status of housing and urban infrastructure and how much investment is needed. The assessment particularly considered the status of housing finance instruments and costs, as well as the roles of local and national governments in facilitating investments. The report was also anchored on determining whether the identified investment needs address resilient housing and infrastructure and assessed…
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Technical Report
Financing for Resilient and Green Urban Solutions in Mombasa, Kenya
2020
This report: Financing for Resilient and Green Urban Solutions in Mombasa, Kenya examines the status of housing and urban infrastructure and how much investment
is needed. The assessment particularly considered the status of housing finance instruments and costs, as well as the roles of local and national governments in facilitating investments. The report was also anchored on determining whether the identified investment needs address resilient housing and infrastructure and assessed…
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Financing for Resilient and Green Urban Solutions in Cebu, Philippines - Cover
Technical Report
Financing for Resilient and Green Urban Solutions in Cebu, Philippines
2020
This report: Financing for Resilient and Green Urban Solutions in Cebu, Philippines examines the status of housing and urban infrastructure and how much investment
is needed. The assessment particularly considered the status of housing finance instruments and costs, as well as the roles of local and national governments in facilitating investments. The report was also anchored on determining whether the identified investment needs address resilient housing and infrastructure and assessed…
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Sustainable Building Finance: A Practical Guide to Project Financing in East Africa
2018
A practical guide to project financing in East Africa is based on the premise that green buildings typically carry higher upfront capital/buyer costs but lower ongoing/ operational ones. As such, they offer financial value to lenders, owners, and occupiers; and societal value in reducing resource consumption, and carbon and other forms of pollution. Unlocking this value requires specialist energy efficiency, green building, and localised energy finance.
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2025-10 UN Human Rights UN-Habitat Joint Submission on the European Affordable Housing Plan
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Catalogue of solutions 2026-2029
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Written statement by China on the monitoring framework
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Response by the UN-Habitat Secretariat to the comments submitted by the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China on the Monitoring Framework of the Strategic Plan 2026–2029
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Presentation by the Secretariat
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Statement by the Executive Director
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Update on the status of draft decisions for consideration at the first session of the Executive Board for 2026
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Political Declaration on NUA review - Letter from the Co-Facilitators
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Political Declaration on NUA review - Elements paper
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