Addressing the Housing Affordability Challenge: A Shared Responsibility
October 31st, 2020
This story originally appeared in Urbanet on October 31 2020. October 31 2020 - On World Cities Day, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of UN-Habitat, presents some recommendations on how to…
Joint Statement, UNDP and UN Habitat World Cities Day 31 October 2020
October 30th, 2020
Our public health and climate crises are going to have to be tackled simultaneously—this may seem impossible, but cities show us how to do it collaboratively. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that…
World Cities Report 2020: The Value of Sustainable Urbanization
October 30th, 2020
NAIROBI, 31 October 2020 – Cities hold the key to the global recovery from the COVID-19 health crisis and the worst recession for decades, according to the flagship 2020 World Cities Report released…
Metropolitan Regions on the framework of recovery
October 29th, 2020
UN-Habitat, the Government of the Basque Country and METREX jointly organized, within the framework of Urban October and World Metropolitan Day, a virtual event with the participation of experts from…
Housing for all: a perspective from international cooperation
October 29th, 2020
UN-Habitat and the Andalusian Agency of International Cooperation for Development (AACID) jointly organized, within the framework of Urban October, World Habitat Day and #Housing4All campaign, a…
Second Session of UN-Habitat’s Executive Board opens virtually
October 28th, 2020
Nairobi, 27 October 2020—The Second Session of UN-Habitat’s Executive Board began its three day meeting with the COVID-19 pandemic featuring as a key theme in discussions. Participants at the …
International experts and UN-Habitat, with the support of the Madrid City Council, establish the groundwork for a Global Urban Safety Monitoring Tool
October 28th, 2020
On October 26th-28th, more than 40 urban safety experts from around the world came together to lay the groundwork for the development of a Global Urban Safety Monitoring Tool. The tool will make…
Rebuilding homes, not just houses, after the Beirut Port blast: What comes next?
October 26th, 2020
The massive explosions which devastated the Beirut Port in Lebanon’s capital city have left around 200 people dead, and a wake of devastation in its tracks with 70,000 homes damaged or destroyed –…
Urban Thinkers Campus launches series on Forced Migration In Cities with an initial focus on Latin America
October 23rd, 2020
22 October 2020 – UN-Habitat’s Urban Thinkers Campus has launched a three-part series exploring forced migration in cities, jointly hosted by Cities Alliance and UN-Habitat. The first session…
UN-Habitat and UNDP join forces to empower local authorities in Lebanon
October 22nd, 2020
Beirut 22 October 2020—UN-Habitat and UNDP have joined forces in implementing the Municipal Empowerment and Resilience Project (MERP) , an initiative being implemented in partnership with the…
The second Urban Economy Forum held virtually
October 22nd, 2020
Toronto, Canada 22 October 2022 – The second “Urban Economy Forum 2020” (UEF 2020) was held virtually 5-6 October 2020 on occasion of World Habitat Day and the 75th anniversary of the United Nations…
“Developing National Urban Policies: Ways forward to Green and Smart Cities” book launched
October 22nd, 2020
Nairobi, 21 October, 2020 – A virtual book launch for the publication “Developing National Urban Policies: Ways forward to Green and Smart Cities” was held with over 100 participants joining from all…
Urban-LEDS cities to test their pitch for Climate Financing at Daring Cities 2020 Conference
October 22nd, 2020
This story originally appeared in Urban LEDS on 22 October 2020. 22 October 2020 - One of the main bottlenecks identified why local governments continue to be unable to access climate finance is the…
After ten years working together Arcadis and UN-Habitat pledge to continue their successful partnership
October 22nd, 2020
Nairobi and Amsterdam, 22 October – As Arcadis NV and UN-Habitat celebrate the ten-year anniversary of their partnership, the leadership of both organizations has made a firm commitment to continue…
Global observance of World Cities Day 2020 on 31 October being hosted by Kenya
October 22nd, 2020
22 October 2020 - The World Cities Day Global Observance will take place on Saturday 31October 2020. World Cities Day has been observed annually across the globe on the 31 October since 2014, …