Urban Pathways celebrates urban climate action achievements
November 17th, 2022
Three cities selected to pilot the Young Gamechangers Initiative
November 1st, 2022
India hosts webinar on integrating health in urban planning
September 18th, 2020
New Delhi, 10 September 2020 - UN-Habitat and partners recently held a webinar to address how the planning and building of cities define the quality of life of their residents including living spaces…
UN-Habitat concludes a Webinar on Landfill Remediation towards adoption of Fukuoka Method in India
August 4th, 2020
New Delhi, 29 July 2020 – Across the developing world, open dumping sites have been a major concern due to the environment, health and livelihood hazard that such sites cause. Most of the so-called…
Cities twinning to share waste management experience officially sign up online
July 20th, 2020
20 July 2020 – UN-Habitat’s Executive Director virtually opened the Signing Ceremony of the Waste Wise Cities Challenge, which brings together cities looking to improve management of their municipal…
UN-Habitat pairs cities striving to manage their municipal solid waste with expert counterparts
June 22nd, 2020
Nairobi, June 2020 – As part of its Waste Wise Cities, UN-Habitat is bringing together cities that are looking to improve the management of their municipal solid waste with mentor cities committed to…
OPINION: COVID-19 demonstrates urgent need for cities to prepare for pandemics
June 15th, 2020
Joint Piece by UN-Habitat Executive Director and UN Special Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction Cities and towns need to deepen understanding of their risks from disease outbreaks, as for…
Can COVID-19 fill the void of City Governance for Urban Transformation?
May 12th, 2020
COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the fragility of our urban systems like never before. In India and across the globe, the pandemic has taken its roots in cities and proven to be the single most potent…
Opinion: Slums are the next front line in the fight against the coronavirus
May 4th, 2020
The spread of COVID-19 has transformed many of the world’s great cities into tragic household names as their reported cases and deaths rise: Wuhan, Milan, Madrid, New York City, and more. But as the…
The cost of making a city sustainable: Measuring the financial cost of meeting SDG 11 and the New Urban Agenda
April 27th, 2020
Nairobi, 27 April 2020 - Do cities have enough resources to meet the ambitious metrics of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030? How much would it cost to deliver on the SDGs? How can…