Mozambique launches decree to enforce school buildings be climate resilient
June 24th, 2022
Maputo, Mozambique, 25 June 2022 – A decree issued by the Government of Mozambique today will ensure that all new and existing schools in the country comply with resiliency standards that will help…
UN-Habitat, UNEP continue cooperation, build capacities on Urban Ecosystem-based Adaptation in the Arab region
June 13th, 2022
Amman, Jordan, 13 June 2022 – With increased urbanization and significant climate change impacts in the Arab region, UN-Habitat Regional Office for Arab States, in cooperation with the United Nations…
Urban Living Lab Centre launch marks the start of collaboration for urban climate action
May 20th, 2022
Nairobi, 20 May 2022 – The United Nations Human Settlements Programme and several national and international partners have launched the first UN-Habitat collaborative centre to support the co-…
UN-Habitat programme contributes to climate mitigation, resiliency in Brazil
April 19th, 2022
Teresina, Brazil, 22 April 2022 – The temperature in this northeast Brazilian city increased by over 2 degrees Celsius in the last century -a rate above the global 1°C average. It is the poorest…
UN-Habitat project in Sudan contributes to climate adaptation measures
April 19th, 2022
Khartoum, Sudan, 22 April 2022 – When the first case of COVID-19 hit Sudan on 12 March 2020, it created more than a national dilemma that most countries in the world also had to deal with. It also…
The IPCC report on mitigation of climate change reckons that Net Zero is still possible
April 12th, 2022
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change released last week confirms that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have continued to rise…
UN-Habitat, ICLEI discuss nature-based solutions during MENA Climate Week
April 1st, 2022
Cairo, Egypt, 1 April 2022 – Experts from multiple countries, UN-Habitat officials, and partners this week exchanged ideas on multi-functionality and socio-economic benefits of urban nature-based…
UN-Habitat helps build knowledge of climate change laws in Africa
March 23rd, 2022
Nairobi, 23 March 2022 —Officials from national and local governments, civil society, academia, and the private sector from Malawi, Namibia and Zimbabwe are better equipped to make localised…
IPCC Report: Cities are hotspots of climate impacts, but also a crucial part of the solution
March 2nd, 2022
28 February 2022: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just released its latest report: Climate Change 2022, Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. The report confirms that the…
UN-Habitat and Sweden unveil the finalists of the Climate Smart Cities Challenge
January 20th, 2022
Nairobi/Stockholm, 20 January 2022 - UN-Habitat and Sweden today announced the list of innovative companies that will demonstrate cleantech solutions in four world cities. A total of 45 finalists…
Financing Sustainable Urban Development as a vehicle for productive growth, driver of Green and Climate-smart Recovery
January 10th, 2022
Brussels, 10 January 2022 -- Local and regional authorities from the European Union and its partner countries from Africa, Asia, and Latin America recently attended a workshop –organised in part by…
UN-Habitat Executive Director visits Colombia and Panama to visit officials, view projects
December 6th, 2021
Panama City, Panama, 4 December 2021 -- The Executive Director of UN-Habitat, Ms. Maimunah Mohd Sharif, visited for the first time Colombia and Panama to discuss sustainable urban development,…
Climate Resilience: Renaturalisation strategies facing desertification in cities
November 26th, 2021
Madrid, Spain, 25 November 2021 - Madrid City Council and UN-Habitat organised a debate to exchange ideas to combat the heat island of cities in commemoration of the World Cities Day. The Urban…
G20 mandates OECD and UN-Habitat to help intermediary cities tackle climate change and achieve their SDGs
November 23rd, 2021
23 November 2021 – The G20 Italian Presidency launched the G20 Platform on SDG Localisation and Intermediary Cities (G20 PLIC) and the G20 Rome High-level Principles on City-to-City partnerships…
UN-Habitat informal settlement youth group partner wins digital art award at COP26
November 23rd, 2021
Nairobi, 22 November 2021 – A UN-Habitat partner group in one of Nairobi’s biggest informal settlements has received an award on the sidelines of the recently-concluded UN climate change conference…