Four cities invited for the climate smart cities challenge
April 13th, 2021
Nairobi, Stockholm – 14 April 2021 - Curitiba (Brazil), Bogotá (Colombia), Bristol (UK) and Makindye Ssabagabo (Uganda). These are the four cities officially invited to collaborate in the open…
UN-Habitat and UNEP jointly launch a new project “Connecting People, Cities and the Ocean: Innovative Land-Sea Planning and Management for a Sustainable and Resilient Kenyan Coast”
March 25th, 2021
Nairobi, 25 March 2021 - Team Europe, together with the Governors of the six coastal counties, the Ministry of Devolution and the Blue Economy Secretariat, launches the Go Blue initiative in Kenya…
Hand washing stations in Nairobi’s biggest dumpsite officially launched to tackle COVID-19 pandemic
March 9th, 2021
Nairobi, 1 March 2021 – UN-Habitat and its counterpart agencies launched handwashing stations in Dandora dumpsite where more than 3,000 waste pickers are working, and hundreds of thousands of urban…
New Earth Observations Toolkit provides opportunities for improved monitoring of global urban targets
March 6th, 2021
Nairobi, 5 March 2021 - UN-Habitat has launched the "Earth Observation Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements" providing national and local governments and others with data and…
UN-Habitat and JICA surveys to assess impacts and challenges of COVID-19 on Kenyan and Ugandan urban areas
March 2nd, 2021
Nairobi, 2 March 2020— UN-Habitat has announced that, in collaboration with JICA , it will conduct a survey on the impacts of COVID-19 on the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa in Kenya and Kampala in…
UN-Habitat and Turkana County hold workshop to look at the future for Kenya’s Kakuma and Kalobeyei refugee camps and host communities
February 18th, 2021
Lodwar, Kenya, 18 February 2021 - UN-Habitat and the Turkana County Government hosted a workshop looking at various surveys focused on Kakuma Refugee Camp and Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement in…
Hundreds of masks and gloves distributed to waste pickers in Nairobi dumpsite under Japan supported project
February 8th, 2021
Nairobi, February 5, 2021 - UN-Habitat and the Kenya Alliance of Residents Association (KARA) have distributed 400 items of personal protective equipment, including masks and gloves, to waste pickers…
UN-Habitat’s latest podcast episode explores life in a Nairobi slum during COVID-19
February 3rd, 2021
Mathare, Kenya, February 2021 - UN-Habitat has launched the latest episode of its Habtalk podcast in which community leaders in Nairobi’s oldest informal settlement Mathare speak about life during…
UN-Habitat to launch the Waste Wise Cities Tool to improve waste management systems globally
January 31st, 2021
Nairobi, 29 January 2021 – UN-Habitat is launching the Waste Wise Cities Tool (WaCT), a new tool that cities can use to evaluate and improve their municipal solid waste management performance online…
UN-Habitat and international footballer, Victor Wanyama’s Foundation to support youth in informal settlements
January 13th, 2021
Nairobi, Kenya, 13 January 2021 - UN-Habitat and the Foundation of the Kenyan international footballer, Victor Wanyama, have agreed to work together to support community development particularly for…
Saudi Development and Reconstruction Programme for Yemen, Alwaleed Philanthropies and UN-Habitat set to rehabilitate 600 houses for low income families in Yemen
January 12th, 2021
Riyadh/Nairobi, 12 January 2021 - Over 4,000 people are set to benefit from a new project developed by the Saudi Development and Reconstruction Programme for Yemen (SDRPY), Alwaleed Philanthropies (…
UN-Habitat COVID-19 platform tracks hundreds of new cities
December 21st, 2020
December 2020 – UN-Habitat has added hundreds of new cities to its platform which monitors COVID-19 cases daily and identifies hotspots, allowing national and local leaders to plan and implement…
A new book describes how UN-Habitat and renowned Japanese architect joined forces to design refugee homes in Kenya
December 21st, 2020
21 December 2020 – A newly published book Turkana Houses describes how UN-Habitat worked with the renowned Japanese Architect, Shigeru Ban to create various prototypes of shelters for refugees and…
Mayors and City Leaders dialogue on building urban resilience In Southern Africa
December 15th, 2020
Nairobi, Kenya, 3 December 2020 - UN-Habitat alongside DiMSUR, the Technical Centre for Disaster Risk Management, Sustainability and Urban Resilience, and the World Bank, organized a virtual dialogue…
UN-Habitat’s Lab uses global experiences from Haiti to Kenya to explore strategies for urban planning in post-crisis areas
December 15th, 2020
Nairobi, December 2020 - UN-Habitat’s Urban Planning and Design Lab has brought together years of experience of working on urban planning in areas affected by crises in a new publication aimed at…