Youth from Kenya’s coast call for support to engage in the Blue Economy

December 19th, 2019

Mombasa, Kenya December 2019 – Young people from Kenya’s coastal region called for more support to effectively engage in the Blue Economy sectors at the Youth and Blue conference, Harnessing Economic…

Myanmar holds National Urban Policy Forum

December 18th, 2019

Nay Pyi Taw, 18 December 2019 – UN-Habitat in partnership with the Department of Urban Housing and Development (DUHD) of the Ministry of Construction (MoC) of Myanmar hosted “The National Urban…

UN-Habitat’s urban resilience tool, CityRAP, is featured in the Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

December 17th, 2019

NAIROBI, 17 December 2019 - UN-Habitat’s urban resilience tool called City Resilience Action Planning or CityRAP has been featured in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. The…

Featuring the role of cities in climate action at COP25 Week 2

December 16th, 2019

MADRID, 16 December 2019 - The second week of the COP25 featured the voices of local and city leaders, meant to continue to instill key messages on local actions. Monday 9 December opened at the…

Waste Wise Cities Campaign (WWCC) reaches 100 member cities!

December 11th, 2019

NAIROBI, 11 December 2019 – This December the city of Kisumu in Kenya has been welcomed by UN-Habitat as the 100th member city into the Waste Wise City Campaign (WWCC). Since the campaign was…

UN-Habitat holds side event in Barcelona on innovative tools for citizen consultation in Latin America

December 11th, 2019

BARCELONA, 11 December 2019 - The Capacity Development Unit of UN-Habitat organized the side event at the recent Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona called Using innovation and mobile phone…

Climate Change Conference concludes its first week on Local Government and Cities Day

December 9th, 2019

MADRID, 8 December 2019 - The Climate Change Conference concluded its first week with the local governments making a strong presence to discuss how cities can better mitigate emissions and adapt to…

Kenya launches the Habitat Housing Project

December 6th, 2019

MAVOKO, KENYA, 6 December 2019 – Today the President of Kenya, Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, launched the Habitat Heights Housing Project in Lukenya, Mavako. This is a project of the United Nations Office for…

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…