The path from poverty to prosperity runs through city streets
October 29th, 2021
Shanghai, China, 29 October 2021 – International and local leaders, academics, business leaders, investors and civil society activists today opened the first Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)…
UN-Habitat and Expo 2020 Dubai to highlight climate resilient cities at World Cities Day
October 29th, 2021
Dubai/Luxor, 29 October 2021 – UN-Habitat and Expo 2020 Dubai will celebrate World Cities Day with three exciting events highlighting this year’s theme Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience. The…
As cities adapt for climate resilience, don’t forget the internally displaced
October 29th, 2021
Geneva, 29 October 2021 -- As the world moves towards World Cities Day 2021, the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) cannot be left unaddressed, many of whom are living in urban areas…
The 4th Global WOPs Congress: work towards universal access to water and sanitation
October 29th, 2021
Bonn, Germany, 26 October 2021 - UN-Habitat’s Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) launches a podcast series where water and sanitation professionals reflect on the challenges and…
Message from the UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif, World Cities Day 31 October 2021
October 28th, 2021
The World Cities Day this year, falls on the first day of the UN Climate Meeting in Glasgow, and we are all realising that the climate crisis is a threat to all. We can trust that countries around…
UN-Habitat and partners discuss ways to accelerate investment for sustainable urban development
October 26th, 2021
Pretoria, South Africa, 26 October 2021 – Leading up to the expected visit to South Africa by UN-Habitat Executive Director later this year, the Human Settlements Programme and South African…
UN-Habitat, UNDP, FAO to launch Adaptation Fund Project to address climate change
October 26th, 2021
Damascus, Syria, 24October 2021 – National and sub-national government institutions and communities in four municipalities in the Rural Damascus area will soon benefit from a capacity building…
Equity Park: an opportunity for the social integration of Cancun through SDG 11
October 26th, 2021
Cancun, Mexico, 26 October 2021 – To counter increasing urbanization caused by tourism and the booming hotel industry, this south-eastern Mexican city has developed Cancun’s largest public space…
UN-Habitat launches new regional project on climate change to increase the resilience of displaced persons and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon
October 22nd, 2021
Cairo, Egypt -- 20 October 2021 – UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Arab States together with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for West Asia (UN ESCWA) and UNICEF launched a regional…
UN-Habitat helps Yaoundé develop highway project to boost economic activities for the capital
October 22nd, 2021
Yaoundé, Cameroon, 21 October 2021 – Officials in Cameroon’s capital have put their stamp of approval on a government-sponsored highway construction project that turns several administrative…
Burkina Faso construction and housing sector to move towards resource-efficiency
October 20th, 2021
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 20 October 2021 – UN-Habitat, in partnership with the Government of Burkina Faso and other UN agencies, is helping the country’s construction and housing sectors become…
Launch of the council on urban initiatives
October 20th, 2021
Mayors of Mexico City, Bogotá, New Orleans, Freetown, Gaziantep and Barcelona join urban leaders, designers, activists and thinkers from around the world to chart a path for empowering cities to…
Environmentally conscious UN-Habitat project uses stone dust, not sand, to conserve energy
October 20th, 2021
The Island of Principe, Sao Tome and Principe, 19 October 2021 – A UN-Habitat project in this Gulf of Guinea's tiny island is testimony to how even a small environmentally-conscious construction…
UN-Habitat strives to enhance partnership opportunities for area-based urban recovery projects in Heet
October 18th, 2021
Heet, Iraq, 18 October 2021 – The two-square-kilometre Al-Baker neighbourhood, sprawling on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, is the largest and most populated of the 14 areas comprising the…
How the World is making public transport more accessible: progress review on SDG 11.2
October 15th, 2021
Beijing, China, 15 October 2021 -- Sustainable transport – with its objectives of universal access, enhanced safety, reduced environmental and climate impact, improved resilience, and greater…