Nepal organizes first event to celebrate World Cities Day 2020
November 3rd, 2020
Kathmandu 2 November 2020--- Nepal organized the first event/webinar to celebrate the World Cities Day 2020. Aiming to mainstream the current issues of urbanization, the Department of Urban…
Durable solutions for Internal Displacement in the Sahel Zone
November 3rd, 2020
Nairobi, 01 November 2020 – As the humanitarian crisis in the Sahel Zone sharply deteriorates, the Government of Denmark, in partnership with the Government of Germany, the European Union and the…
The Ministry of Internal Affairs in Partnership with UN-Habitat and Cities Alliance, finalises the National Urban Policy Diagnosis Note for Liberia.
November 3rd, 2020
Monrovia, 01 November 2020: With support from UN-Habitat and Cities Alliance, the Government of Liberia, through the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Depart of Urban Affairs, finalised the National…
First ever World Cities Day celebrations in Fiji feature sport and dancing for all
November 3rd, 2020
Suva, Fiji, 31 October 2020 – At the first World Cities Day celebrations in Fiji, UN-Habitat supported the Local Government Ministry and over 20 Government and UN partners to promote and celebrate…
Opinion: Housing must be at the heart of the COVID-19 response and recovery
November 2nd, 2020
30 October 2020 - Housing has always been a matter of life and death. Having a home is central for shelter against rain, storm, cold, or heat. It is also the first line of defense against extreme…
Online Global Observance of World Cities Day focuses on community impact during pandemic
October 31st, 2020
Nairobi, 31 October 2020 – Hundreds of people attended the first hybrid Global Observance of World Cities Day which took place online with live links to events in the host country Kenya as well as…
Addressing the Housing Affordability Challenge: A Shared Responsibility
October 31st, 2020
This story originally appeared in Urbanet on October 31 2020. October 31 2020 - On World Cities Day, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, presents some recommendations on how to…
Joint Statement, UNDP and UN Habitat World Cities Day 31 October 2020
October 30th, 2020
Our public health and climate crises are going to have to be tackled simultaneously—this may seem impossible, but cities show us how to do it collaboratively. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that…
World Cities Report 2020: The Value of Sustainable Urbanization
October 30th, 2020
NAIROBI, 31 October 2020 – Cities hold the key to the global recovery from the COVID-19 health crisis and the worst recession for decades, according to the flagship 2020 World Cities Report released…
Metropolitan Regions on the framework of recovery
October 29th, 2020
UN-Habitat, the Government of the Basque Country and METREX jointly organized, within the framework of Urban October and World Metropolitan Day, a virtual event with the participation of experts from…
Housing for all: a perspective from international cooperation
October 29th, 2020
UN-Habitat and the Andalusian Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AACID) jointly organized, within the framework of Urban October, World Habitat Day and #Housing4All campaign, a…
Second Session of UN-Habitat’s Executive Board opens virtually
October 28th, 2020
Nairobi, 27 October 2020—The Second Session of UN-Habitat’s Executive Board began its three day meeting with the COVID-19 pandemic featuring as a key theme in discussions. Participants at the …
International experts and UN-Habitat, with the support of the Madrid City Council, establish the groundwork for a Global Urban Safety Monitoring Tool
October 28th, 2020
On October 26th-28th, more than 40 urban safety experts from around the world came together to lay the groundwork for the development of a Global Urban Safety Monitoring Tool. The tool will make…
Rebuilding homes, not just houses, after the Beirut Port blast: What comes next?
October 26th, 2020
The massive explosions which devastated the Beirut Port in Lebanon’s capital city have left around 200 people dead, and a wake of devastation in its tracks with 70,000 homes damaged or destroyed –…
Urban Thinkers Campus launches series on Forced Migration In Cities with an initial focus on Latin America
October 23rd, 2020
22 October 2020 – UN-Habitat’s Urban Thinkers Campus has launched a three-part series exploring forced migration in cities, jointly hosted by Cities Alliance and UN-Habitat. The first session…