At World Urban Forum 10 in Abu Dhabi, a 20/20 Vision for Cities

February 7th, 2020

This story originally appeared in Next City on February 7, 2020. Sign up for Next City's global sustainability newsletter, Urban Planet. Abu Dhabi, 7 February 2020 - At the dawn of the new decade,…

High level participants from all walks of life are heading to the World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi

February 7th, 2020

Nairobi, 4 February 2020 - Cabinet ministers, captains of industry, mayors, United Nations agencies, academics, students and urban planners are converging on Abu Dhabi on Saturday for Tenth Session…

Meet the young champions tackling climate change from all parts of the world!

February 7th, 2020

Nairobi 7 February 2020 -- Young people worldwide are working together to make actions on preventing the world from climate change. It is important that they be provided with a platform to empower…

UN-Habitat, UNDP and the mayor of Seville debate SDGs

February 6th, 2020

Porto 5 February 2020-- A  debate on how to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals at the local level was recently held at a workshop organized by UN-Habitat in Porto. In the context of the EU…

UN-Habitat and the World Blind Union sign a milestone agreement to work together to make cities accessible for all

February 3rd, 2020

NAIROBI, 3 February 2020 – The UN agency focused on urban issues, UN-Habitat, and   the World Blind Union (WBU) which represents over 250 million blind and partially sighted people, are joining…

Berbera Urban Development Project launched in Somaliland

January 31st, 2020

30 January 2020, Berbera - The European Union jointly with the Somaliland Ministry of Planning and National Development, the Municipality of Berbera and UN-Habitat has launched the Berbera Urban…

Kenya holds ninth National Urban Forum ahead of WUF10

January 28th, 2020

Kisumu, 28 January 2020—Just over a week before the Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum kicks off in Abu Dhabi, Kenya hosted its ninth National Urban Forum which also served as an orientation of…

Voluntary Local Review Special Session to take place at WUF 10

January 28th, 2020

New York, 28 January 2020 - Local leaders are crucial actors in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In July of 2018, the City of New York created the Voluntary Local…

UN-Habitat joins the NDC Partnership to stregthen climate action

January 24th, 2020

Nairobi, 24 January 2020 - UN-Habitat has been formally welcomed as an institutional member of the NDC Partnership (NDCP), the largest global coalition to support countries implementing their…

Join the world’s largest sustainable urbanization conference - #WUF10 - live online

January 24th, 2020

Don’t Miss a Moment! Join the world’s largest discussion on the future of our cities and towns –the Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF 10) – which will be streamed live around the globe.…

The largest global conference on urbanization to meet for first time in Arab region

January 19th, 2020

Nairobi, 20 January 2020 - Policy makers, mayors, academics, business people, community leaders, artists and urban planners are among the thousands of participants attending the world’s leading…

Call for entries: Better Cities Film Festival at Tenth World Urban Forum

January 16th, 2020

NAIROBI, 16 January 2020 - UN-Habitat, the United Nations agency focused on sustainable urbanization, has announced that the first UN-Habitat Better Cities Film Festival will take place during the…

“Cities for people” is the main topic at EIB Africa Day conference

January 9th, 2020

Nairobi, 9 January 2020 - “Cities for people” will be the key topic at Africa Day 2020, a conference hosted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) and UN-Habitat. The event will be held in Dakar on…

Abu Dhabi DMT announces the launch of the "10th World Urban Forum"

January 7th, 2020

                 PRESS RELEASE by Abu Dhabi Department of Urban Planning and Transport (DMT) Abu Dhabi, 05 January 2020: Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Crown…