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…
UN-Habitat Executive Director calls for national governments to act to decarbonize cities
November 18th, 2021
Glasgow, Scotland, November 11, 2021 - UN-Habitat’s Executive Director, Maimunah Mohd Sharif participated in one of the “COP26 Dialogues: Sustainable Cities” broadcast from United Nations…
Sharing Innovative Experiences of Cities for Environmental Sustainability and Climate Action
November 17th, 2021
New York/Nairobi, 17 November 2021 -- The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the UN Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC) earlier this month launched their joint…
Second Session of UN-Habitat’s Executive Board 2021 takes place in hybrid format
November 16th, 2021
Nairobi, 16 November 2021 -- The Second Session of the UN-Habitat’s Executive Board in 2021, made up of 36 Member States, approved UN-Habitat’s work programme and budget for next year after receiving…
Second Session of UN-Habitat Executive Board in 2021 opens in hybrid format
November 15th, 2021
Nairobi, 15 November 2021—The Second Session of the UN-Habitat’s Executive Board in 2021 opened with strong calls to step up fundraising activities for the organisation. The meeting of the Executive…
Participants at COP 26 event call for innovative approaches to mobilize urban climate finance
November 15th, 2021
Glasgow, Scotland, November 2021 - UN-Habitat and the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate hosted a hybrid side event at the UN Climate Conference, COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland to champion urban…
Brazil’s Urban Circuit gathers over 14,000 online viewers in 2021
November 15th, 2021
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 11 November 2021-- UN-Habitat Brazil officially closed the Urban Circuit 2021, an annual initiative that provides institutional support and visibility to events focused on…
UN-Habitat solid waste management project in Myanmar to lower methane emission
November 10th, 2021
Yangon, Myanmar, 10 November 2021 – Residents of the Hlaing Thar Yar township and surrounding areas hope a UN-Habitat solid waste management project can prevent a deadly fire like the one caused by…