Urban Impact
Urban Impact
UN-Habitat in the News
UN-Habitat in the News
Elaine Reyes speaks with UN-Habitat Executive Director Anacláudia Rossbach about the progress and challenges shaping sustainable cities
Watch herePress Releases
Press releases
| Media advisory: Media accreditation for the thirteenth session of the World Urban Forum now open | Thursday, 15 January 2026 |
| Global report redefines how cities measure quality of life | Monday, 8 December 2025 |
| World Urban Forum set to serve as global checkpoint for the New Urban Agenda | Tuesday, 25 November 2025 |
| Ministers and mayors unite at COP30 to advance climate action through urbanization | Thursday, 13 November 2025 |
| Media advisory: Key outcomes of the Ministerial Meeting on Urbanization and Climate Change at COP30 | Tuesday, 11 November 2025 |
| C40 and UN-Habitat launch the Urban Planning Accelerator for Climate Responsive Cities | Tuesday, 4 November 2025 |
| World Cities Day 2025 urges to put people first in smart urbanization | Friday, 31 October 2025 |
| UN-Habitat launches USD 9.9 million climate resilience project in Yemen | Wednesday, 29 October 2025 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| Speech at the closing ceremony of the World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Republic of Türkiye | Thursday, 6 October 2022 |
| Speech at the High-level opening ceremony of the World Habitat Day 2022 in Balikesir, Republic of Türkiye | Tuesday, 4 October 2022 |
| Speech at the press conference in Istanbul, Republic of Türkiye, ahead of World Habitat Day 2022 | Friday, 30 September 2022 |
| Speech at the opening ceremony of the 13th Asia-Pacific Cities Summit | Wednesday, 27 July 2022 |
| Speech at the Commemorative symposium on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of UN-Habitat’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific | Tuesday, 26 July 2022 |
| Katowice Declared Actions | Friday, 1 July 2022 |
| Closing speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum | Friday, 1 July 2022 |
| Opening speech of the Executive Director of UN-Habitat at the Eleventh Session of the World Urban Forum | Monday, 27 June 2022 |
