Parliament’s URBAN Intergroup, UN-Habitat and partners convened a policy briefing on financing sustainable urban development
June 8th, 2021
European Parliament, Strasbourg, France 26 May 2021 - As requested by the European Parliament, the European Commission, European Investment Bank and UN-Habitat, supported by the International Growth…
UN-Habitat builds schools to withstand floods and cyclones for 100,000 children in Mozambique
June 8th, 2021
Nampula, Mozambique, June 2021 – Before UN-Habitat began building resilient local school buildings in Muchaleque, in the northern Nampula province, children were force to leave school or study…
UN-Habitat rehabilitates family home damaged in conflict in northern Iraq
June 8th, 2021
Mosul, Iraq, June 2021 – Oumar and his family are among nearly one thousand households who saw their homes rehabilitated by UN-Habitat with funds from the European Union. Oumar inherited his house…
UN-Habitat recognizes projects in Lebanon, Syria and Egypt for innovative approaches
June 7th, 2021
Nairobi, June 2021 – The question of how innovations help deliver improved basic services in cities under pinned a review of basic service innovation projects being implemented by UN-Habitat and…
Statement from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif On World Environment Day
June 5th, 2021
5 June 2021: “Ecosystems Restoration”, the theme of this year’s World Environment Day is one of the most critical issues of our time as we battle the Climate Crisis and the current Covid-19 Pandemic…
EU cash transfer supports unemployed father injured in Mogadishu blast
June 3rd, 2021
Mogadishu, June 2021 - Sheikh Abdi Ibrahim, a father of five children, is one of the beneficiaries of the cash transfer being implemented by DRC though the support of UN-Habitat and funded by the…
Turkey’s First Lady honoured as a Champion of UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities programme
June 2nd, 2021
Ankara, Turkey 2 June 2021 – The Executive Director of UN-Habitat, the UN agency focused on sustainable urbanization, has honoured Turkey’s First Lady, Ermine Erdogan as a Champion of the Waste Wise…
Celebrating UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration-World Environment Day 2021 World Environment Day 2021
May 28th, 2021
On World Environment Day 2021 Celebration event, UN-Habitat launched Waste Wise Cities Tool (WaCT) in Pakistan for restoration of urban and marine ecosystem, in collaboration with Ministry of Climate…
A Personal Immersion Journey Through Social Data Collection
May 24th, 2021
Cidade de Deus, Brazil 24 May 2021-- Maria do Socorro is a living institution in Cidade de Deus (City of God) – Brazilian informal settlement internationally known thanks to the film named after it.…
UN-Habitat expands its response to urban internal displacement as the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre releases its latest Report
May 22nd, 2021
Nairobi, 22 May 2021 - The launch of the “Global Report on Internal Displacement 2021” by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) underlines the scale of internal displacement situations…
UN-Habitat and University of Michigan identify biodiversity solutions to climate change in Manizales, Colombia.
May 22nd, 2021
Manizales, Colombia 22 May 2021 – UN-Habitat, in partnership with the University of Michigan is supporting the Colombian city of Manizales to mainstream biodiversity solutions into its planning on…
Seven leading urban experts join UN-Habitat’s Stakeholder Advisory Group Enterprise
May 21st, 2021
Nairobi, May 2021 - UN-Habitat’s Executive Director, Maimunah Mohd Sharif has selected seven new members to join the Stakeholder Advisory Group Enterprise (SAGE) which advises her on engaging…
UN-Habitat, Spanish cooperation lends support to Maputo
May 20th, 2021
Maputo 20 May 2021 - The Government of Spain, through the Spanish Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AECID), recently approved a subsidy of EUR 1.305 million to promote Climate…
Capacity building for strengthening the resilience in cities
May 20th, 2021
Ouagadougou 20 May 2021-- As part of the project "Strengthening the resilience of local authorities in Burkina Faso in the face of massive population displacements and the Covid-19 pandemic", funded…
Expert Group Meeting focuses on People Centred Urban Governance
May 20th, 2021
Nairobi, 20 May 2021 - UN-Habitat’s Policy, Legislation and Governance Section (PLGS) recently organized an Expert Group Meeting (EGM) on Urban Governance. The objective of the EGM was to share…