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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

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

Technical Report

Voluntary Metropolitan Reports, Methodological Guide

2025

Voluntary Metropolitan Reports (VMRs) have emerged as a key instrument for assessing and showcasing the progress of metropolitan areas in implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the New Urban Agenda. The Methodological Guide on Voluntary Metropolitan Reports provides a practical roadmap for metropolitan authorities and relevant stakeholders to develop VMRs that not only document achievements but also drive structural transformations aligned with sustainable development, while…

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Cover of the Assessment report of the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change in vulnerable urban communities in Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia

Technical Report

Assessment report of the impacts of COVID-19 and climate change in vulnerable urban communities in Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Lucia

2025

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Technical Report

Learning from the pandemic recovery for a more green and resilient future for all. Cities and human settlements of Small Island Developing States

2025

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Global Report

WUF12 Perspectives. Voices on localization for sustainable urban development

2025

WUF12 Perspectives is a new UN-Habitat analysis capturing the views of participants from the World Urban Forum 12 held in Cairo in 2024, focused on localization. It highlights three dimensions—implementation, representation, and translation—and identifies nine key elements to guide stakeholders in embedding localization into sustainable urban development and advancing global SDG localization efforts.

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