Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Global Cities - Nadine Ibrahim
June 23rd, 2020
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…
Community volunteers visit thousands of homes in Myanmar slums with COVID-19 information
June 22nd, 2020
Yangon, Myanmar, 18 June 2020 – UN-Habitat supported a team of community volunteers in five informal settlements in Myanmar’s largest city Yangon who have contacted over 13,2000 households to provide…
UN-Habitat Executive Director interview with GovInsider on post-pandemic cities
June 22nd, 2020
Interview 22 June 2020 Pandemics permanently change cities. New York and London built new sanitation systems in the 1800s after typhoid and cholera outbreaks. In Bombay, city planning only truly…
UN-Habitat supporting fever clinics and hospitals serving Yangon’s informal settlements
June 22nd, 2020
Yangon, Myanmar 22 June 2020-- Fever clinics and public hospitals have been at the center of Myanmar’s public health efforts to combat COVID-19. Set up specifically in response to the threat of the…
UN-Habitat provides water and handwashing facilities for tens of thousands in Ghana’s informal settlements
June 22nd, 2020
Accra, June 2020 - UN-Habitat is providing three communities in Ghana’s capital with facilities for handwashing to assist the prevention of the spread of COVID-19 The current COVID-19 pandemic has…
Over 600 participants take part in virtual launch of the COVID-19 in African Cities Report
June 18th, 2020
Nairobi, June 2020 – A new Report on COVID-19 in African Cities has found that the quality and nature of Africa’s urbanization exacerbates transmission rates of infectious diseases like COVID-19 and…
World Refugee Day 2020: Kenya's host communities and refugees hold virtual celebration
June 18th, 2020
Turkana County, Kenya, 19 June 2020 – Refugees from Kenya, one of the biggest refugee-hosting country in Africa, will not be holding the usual celebration of World Refugee Day this year. Instead of…
Celebrating World Refugee Day 2020: Refugees and residents join together at a Community Centre in southern Lebanon
June 17th, 2020
El Maachouk, Tyre, South Lebanon, June 2020 - People living in El Maachouk, one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Tyre which is home to Palestinian and Syrian refugees and Lebanese residents, finally…
UN-Habitat and Adaptation Fund forge partnership with the Government of Lao PDR on building resilience
June 17th, 2020
Savannakhet, Lao PDR June 2020 –UN-Habitat has partnered with the Government of Lao PDR to build climate and disaster resilience in the country’s central region with funding from the Adaptation Fund…
Statement by UN-Habitat on racism and discrimination
June 17th, 2020
Over the past weeks, millions of people around the world have united in peaceful protest to speak out against injustice, inequality, racism and structural discrimination in cities and urban settings…
Global Urban Lectures bring cutting-edge knowledge to all during COVID-19 lockdown
June 17th, 2020
June 2020 - UN-Habitat’s most popular video series, the Global Urban Lectures, launches its sixth season on Tuesday 23 June. With over 170,000 views from 65 countries to date, the series of 15-…
Young Kenyans mobilize to prevent the spread of COVID-19
June 16th, 2020
June 2020, Nairobi - Youth groups in Mathare, one of Kenya’s largest slums, have banded together to protect their communities from the spread of COVID-19. The facilities they have put up have…
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…
Hygiene kits reach most vulnerable urban populations in Beirut
June 15th, 2020
Beirut, Lebanon, 12 June 2020 – UN-Habitat is rolling out a series of COVID-19 projects in some of the most vulnerable urban neighbourhoods in Lebanon to help communities mitigate the effects of the…