Turkemenistan organizes Youth Forum to promote global peace and trust
April 6th, 2021
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, April 2021 - The Government of Turkmenistan and the Office of the UN Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan organized a virtual International Peace and Trust Youth Forum…
Empowering local authorities through Regional Technical Offices in Lebanon to respond to COVID-19
March 31st, 2021
Beirut, 31 March 2021 – UN-Habitat’s Regional Technical Offices (RTOs) in Lebanon’s coastal cities of Tyre and Saida have been mobilized to provide critical capacity and technical support to the…
UN-Habitat report calls for cities post-pandemic to lead the way to a fairer, greener, healthier future
March 31st, 2021
By UN News. 30 March 2021 - ‘Cities and Pandemics: Towards a more just, green and healthy future’, launched on Tuesday, describes how urban areas have been at the forefront of the COVID-19 crisis. “…
Cities and Pandemics: Towards a more just, green and healthy future
March 29th, 2021
New UN-Habitat Report calls for post COVID-19 cities to lead the way to a fairer, greener and healthier future for all Nairobi, 30 March 2021 - UN-Habitat’s new report - Cities and Pandemics: Towards…
Cameroon hosts first ever digital urban governance lab
March 26th, 2021
Yaoundé 26 March 2020 – Sixteen participants from various sectors (youth, young professionals, civil society) and different academic backgrounds took part in the first studio of the Cameroon Digital…
UN-Habitat and UNEP jointly launch a new project “Connecting People, Cities and the Ocean: Innovative Land-Sea Planning and Management for a Sustainable and Resilient Kenyan Coast”
March 25th, 2021
Nairobi, 25 March 2021 - Team Europe, together with the Governors of the six coastal counties, the Ministry of Devolution and the Blue Economy Secretariat, launches the Go Blue initiative in Kenya…
Being prepared in times of crisis: how volunteers are fighting Covid-19 pandemic in Kenya’s urban slums
March 24th, 2021
Mtwapa, Kenya, 24 March 2021 - "We have distributed soap everywhere," says Mishi Rama Mbete. The 48-year-old is sitting on a cardboard box in front of her mud hut, her hands folded in her lap. She…
SDGs in cities: UN-Habitat comprehensive SDG localisation approach
March 23rd, 2021
Madrid, 22 March 2021-- UN-Habitat together with the Madrid City Council, recently organized an open dialogue to discuss how the agency promotes and supports the localisation of the Sustainable…
Climate change, circular economy, waste management
March 22nd, 2021
Nairobi, 22 March 2021 — The interest of the global community on measures to reduce emissions and stay within the 1.5 degree target has surged considerably and as the world approaches 2030, taking…
Japan provides over USD 20 million for UN-Habitat’s work with vulnerable communities
March 22nd, 2021
16 March 2021 – The Government of Japan has provided significant support of USD 20.3 million for UN-Habitat programmes including in Ethiopia, Iraq, Iran, Kenya, Lebanon, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The…
Egypt and UN-Habitat kick start preparations for strategic urban plans for two Egyptian cities
March 19th, 2021
Cairo, 9 March 2021 - Chairman of the General Organization for Physical Planning, Egypt and UN-Habitat kick off preparations of the strategic urban plans for the cities of Abu Zanima and Ras Sidr…
Cameroon hosts training workshop on data collection
March 19th, 2021
Yaoundé 19 March 2020 - Over 40 participants from the national government, municipalities, private sector, civil society and students took part in data collection training workshop held in Yaoundé…
UN-Habitat Executive Director discusses sustainable urban solutions with the President of Burkina Faso
March 18th, 2021
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso March 2021 - President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré of Burkina Faso met UN-Habitat Executive Director, Ms Maimunah Mohd Sharif, during her five day official visit to the…
UN-Habitat marks World Water Day by water network rehabilitation in five cities across Iraq
March 18th, 2021
Erbil, Iraq, 22 March 2021 – Ismail Faris and his wife Um Medyan smile each time they turn their tap, and a steady stream of clean and cool water rushes out. For many across the globe, this a routine…
International events in Bogota kick off: Urban greens corridors of prosperity as a tool for sustainable development
March 18th, 2021
Bogota, 18 March 2021 - The first webinar of a series dubbed “Joint Roadmap Conversation” was held in Bogota early this week. The event - organized jointly by UN-Habitat and the Mayor's Office of the…