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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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Policy and Strategy
Governance Assessment Framework for Metropolitan Territorial and Regional Management (GAF-MTR)
Brochure
Global State of Metropolis 2020 – Population Data Booklet
Technical Report
Steering the Metropolis: Metropolitan Governance for Sustainable Urban Development
Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning
Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
International Guidelines on Urban and Territorial Planning (IG-UTP) Handbook
Paper
Unpacking Metropolitan Governance for Sustainable Development
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Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
The Spatial Development Plan for Karak Governorate (2024–2028)
2026
The Spatial Development Plan for Karak Governorate (2024–2028) provides a strategic roadmap for sustainable development, grounded in comprehensive spatial analysis and a participatory visioning process. It defines development priorities, identifies key growth sectors, and outlines priority investment projects to enhance socio-economic progress over the next five years.
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Global Report
​​Agenda to Action: Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Nine Cities Across the Globe​
2026
​This report documents how nine cities across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Arab States, Eastern Europe and Latin America have implemented the New Urban Agenda through integrated planning, multi-level governance, and capacity-building. It captures lessons, mind-shifts, and implementation pathways that accelerate SDG 11 and sustainable urban transformation
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Toolkits, Manuals and Guides
Metropolitan Diplomacy
2026
Metropolises are at the forefront of many global crises, such as climate change, food security, and migration. For this reason, they are increasingly assuming a proactive role within the international ecosystem. Their international engagement is becoming ever more necessary to formulate policies aimed at strengthening the management of metropolitan territories, particularly beyond the current cycle of global agendas concluding in 2030 and in anticipation of new international contexts that may…
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Paper
Digital Metropolis - Working Paper: Projects for Metropolitan Digital Transition
2026
Projects for Metropolitan Digital Transition is a Working Paper jointly developed by UN-Habitat’s MetroHUB initiative and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) to guide metropolitan and local authorities, urban experts and practitioners, as well as technology solution developers, in shaping a metropolitan-scale digital transition. The document provides a practical framework to move from standalone initiatives to integrated projects that create public value, strengthen inter-municipal…
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Document
Statement by the Islamic Republic of Iran
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Statement by Colombia
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Gender-Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Afghanistan
Paper
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Gender-Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Afghanistan
Fact Sheet
Gender-Based Adaptation to Climate Change in Afghanistan
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HSP/EB.2026/CRP.1/Rev.2 Final version of draft outcomes to be considered by the Executive Board at its first session 2026, agreed 22 April
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Policy and Strategy
​​LE GRAND BAMAKO ET LES RELATIONS VILLES-CAMPAGNES (RVC)​
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Press Release
UN-Habitat Quality of Life Initiative gains recognition from UN Statistical Commission
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Statement by Zimbabwe
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Presentation by the Secretariat
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