Cities Investment Platform – An opportunity for cities and investors to connect at WUF10
December 6th, 2019
From Private Sector Partnerships to Business Engagement, Habitat is shifting its business model from funding projects to financing solutions. This long term thinking will leverage financial resources…
Developing five City Profiles for conflict-affected cities in Iraq, Libya, Yemen and Syria
December 5th, 2019
Cairo, 5 December 2019 – Since 2018 UN-Habitat has been working to develop five City Profiles for conflict-affected cities in Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Syria and Yemen. Urban profiling guides…
UN-Habitat supports Ethiopia’s Car Free Day
December 4th, 2019
ADDIS ABABA - Streets in the traffic-choked capital of Ethiopia were opened up for people as spaces for sports, walking, cycling and playing as part of Ethiopia’s National Car Free initiative. Under…
UN-Habitat & ICLEI support 60 cities to meet Paris Agreement goals
December 3rd, 2019
NAIROBI, 3 December 2019 - Meeting the ambitious goals of the Paris Climate Agreement requires a fundamental transformation of how urban infrastructures and services, such as transport, energy, water…
UN-Habitat supports workshop on recovery and reconstruction in Yemeni city of Aden
December 3rd, 2019
AMMAN, Jordan, November 2019 - UN-Habitat is supporting the humanitarian and recovery response in Yemen by providing better urban information and analysis through the Rapid City and Neighbourhood…
Nairobi's high level event promotes cycling
December 3rd, 2019
NAIROBI, 3 December 2019 — Despite yesterday's rain, a high-level team cycled through Nairobi’s streets to popularize cycling as a credible non-motorised transport option for the thousands of…
UN-Habitat trains young refugees and host community in north western Kenya to document lives through photography
December 2nd, 2019
KAKUMA, Turkana West, Kenya, 29 November 2019 – Twenty youth from Kalobeyei integrated settlement and Kalobeyei town were taken through a week’s training on how to document their day to day life…
First Cambodia Urban Forum calls for ‘people-centred’ urban development towards building smart, sustainable and inclusive cities
November 28th, 2019
Phnom Penh, November 28 2019 – The First Cambodia Urban Forum, co-organised by the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction and the United Nations brought together over 200…
Bonn is the new home for the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA)
November 28th, 2019
Nairobi, November 2019 – Bonn, Germany, will host the Secretariat of the Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) Secretariat for the next five years, with support from the German…
12th Cycle of the Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development
November 26th, 2019
NAIROBI, 26 November 2019 - The Dubai Municipality and UN-Habitat launched the 12th Cycle of the Dubai International Award. The Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development…
UN-Habitat at COP25: Time for Action!
November 26th, 2019
NAIROBI, 27 November 2019- The upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, COP25, is part of the UN's fight against climate change. The conference is designed to take the next crucial steps in the UN…
State of Arab Cities 2020 Report – Regional Consultative Meeting
November 24th, 2019
Manama, 24 November 2019 - Within the framework of the joint initiative to develop the State of Arab Cities 2020 report, in cooperation with Bahrain Center for Strategic and International Studies and…
UN-Habitat engages key urban stakeholders at Smart City Expo World Congress 2019
November 24th, 2019
Design lab, SPACE10, visits Nairobi to present innovative energy project: Solarville
November 22nd, 2019
While in Nairobi the team from SPACE10 visited UN-Habitat’s partner projects in the slum of Mathare and met sustainable urban planning specialists from UN-Habitat. “We often say that if you are the…