Sharing Innovative Experiences of Cities for Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action
November 17th, 2021
New York/Nairobi, 17 November 2021 -- The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) earlier this month launched their joint…
Second Session of UN-Habitat’s Executive Board 2021 takes place in hybrid format
November 16th, 2021
Nairobi, 16 November 2021 -- The Second Session of the UN-Habitat’s Executive Board in 2021, made up of 36 Member States, approved UN-Habitat’s work programme and budget for next year after receiving…
Second Session of UN-Habitat Executive Board in 2021 opens in hybrid format
November 15th, 2021
Nairobi, 15 November 2021—The Second Session of the UN-Habitat’s Executive Board in 2021 opened with strong calls to step up fundraising activities for the organisation. The meeting of the Executive…
Participants at COP 26 event call for innovative approaches to mobilize urban climate finance
November 15th, 2021
Glasgow, Scotland, November 2021 - UN-Habitat and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate hosted a hybrid side event at the UN Climate Conference, COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland to champion urban…
Brazil’s Urban Circuit gathers over 14,000 online viewers in 2021
November 15th, 2021
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 11 November 2021-- UN-Habitat Brazil officially closed the Urban Circuit 2021, an annual initiative that provides institutional support and visibility to events focused on…
Nairobi schoolgirls use UN-Habitat toolbox to redesign streets into green spaces
November 12th, 2021
Nairobi, 11 November 2021 -- If schoolgirls and young women from a neighbourhood in this capital city have their way, several streets in the downtown business districts will be redesigned and adorned…
UN-Habitat and UNDP launch Sustainable Housing Concept Plan Initiative in Saudi Arabia
November 11th, 2021
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, 12 October 2021 -- University students, non-profit organizations, and local experts are working on housing design projects to reimagine and reconceive what housing and…
UN-Habitat solid waste management project in Myanmar to lower methane emission
November 10th, 2021
Yangon, Myanmar, 10 November 2021 – Residents of the Hlaing Thar Yar township and surrounding areas hope a UN-Habitat solid waste management project can prevent a deadly fire like the one caused by…
UN-Habitat organises role-play games in Palestinian refugee camps to raise children’s awareness of COVID-19
November 9th, 2021
Amman, Jordan, 9 November 2021 – As part of UN-Habitat’s mission of building better cities in the aftermath of the global pandemic, approximately 150 children in Al-Shahid and Souf Palestinian…
UN-Habitat and China Host the 5th Chengdu Forum for Park Cities Towards Carbon Neutrality
November 9th, 2021
Chengdu, China, 9 November 2021 -- Mayors, scholars, experts and representatives from the Chinese Government, international institutions and private sector discussed ideas on how to cooperate on zero…
UN-Habitat call for submissions of women-led Initiatives for Sustainable Urban Development
November 9th, 2021
Nairobi, 8 November 2021 – UN-Habitat today launched the international call for women-led submission of the “Collection of Ingenious Women’s Initiatives for Sustainable Urban Development”. “Women’s…
World Cities Day celebrations at Expo 2020 Dubai
November 9th, 2021
30 October 2021, Dubai, United Arab Emirates – World Cities Day was celebrated at Expo 2020 Dubai with a series of events aligned to this year’s theme Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience at the…
New Council on Urban Initiatives puts cities at the crossroads of addressing urgent grand challenges through innovation
November 5th, 2021
London, 5 November 2021 -- Joined by the mayors of Barcelona, Bogota and Freetown, UCL IIPP collaborates with UN Habitat and LSE to launch the Council on Urban Initiatives to help reimagine how…
The first SDG Cities Conference in Shanghai announces seven pilot projects
November 5th, 2021
Shanghai, China, 4 November 2021 –The first Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Cities Conference co-hosted by UN-Habitat and the Municipality of Shanghai aimed at supporting 1000 cities become…
Placemaking Week Nairobi 2021: For the love of Nairobi River
November 5th, 2021
UN-Habitat joined the Placemaking Network Nairobi in the Placemaking Week Nairobi 2021, organised as part of Urban October. Themed around accelerating urban action for a carbon-free world,…