Participants at the inaugural Habitat in Towns:Collingwood World Summit agree on a Town Leaders Global Network
September 15th, 2020
Collingwood, Canada, September 2020 - The inaugural Habitat in Towns: Collingwood World Summit, a collaborative effort between the Urban Economy Forum, UN-Habitat, and the Town of Collingwood, Canada…
UN-Habitat calls for cities to apply to host World Habitat Day and World Cities Day in 2021 and 2022
September 11th, 2020
11 September 2020 –UN-Habitat has opened the applications for cities to express their interest in hosting the Global Observance of World Habitat Day or World Cities Day in 2021 or 2022. The two days…
Joint UN-Habitat and WWF Cities Blog for World Environment Day
June 5th, 2020
Let’s make the World’s Cities a little Greener 6 June 2020 - Today, 55% of the world’s population lives in cities, and this number is set to increase to 68% by 2050, which represents an additional 2.…
Social dialogue remains key to keep workers safe during and beyond the COVID-19 outbreak. #BeyondTheOutbreak
May 17th, 2020
Local public delivery is often overlooked in the public debate, but it is a critical aspect of how we live especially during the pandemic. Public workers on the frontline have carried out their…
The Rights and Health of Refugees, Migrants and Stateless Must be Protected in COVID-19 Response
April 1st, 2020
Geneva - In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, we are all vulnerable. The virus has shown that it does not discriminate - but many refugees, those forcibly displaced, the stateless and migrants are at…
The Trillion Dollar Question: Can Cities Safely Navigate the World of Private Investment?
February 8th, 2020
This story originally appeared in Next City on February 8, 2020. Sign up for Next City's global sustainability newsletter, Urban Planet. February 8, 2020 - In 2008, then-Chicago Mayor Richard M.…
45 Cities to endorse digital rights in cities
January 7th, 2020
Nairobi, 7 January 2020 – The Cities Coalition for Digital Rights rounded up the end of 2019 with a review of the work done throughout the year. The coalition, formed by Amsterdam, Barcelona and New…
UN-Habitat’s urban resilience tool, CityRAP, is featured in the Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
December 17th, 2019
NAIROBI, 17 December 2019 - UN-Habitat’s urban resilience tool called City Resilience Action Planning or CityRAP has been featured in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. The…