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: 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 |
| Media advisory: World Cities Day 2025 global celebrations in Bogotá | Wednesday, 22 October 2025 |
| World Habitat Day 2025: Urban crisis response | Monday, 6 October 2025 |
| UN-Habitat announces 2025 Scroll of Honour Award winners | Tuesday, 30 September 2025 |
| UNGA80: Member States launch call to action to prioritize adequate housing | Friday, 26 September 2025 |
Statements and speeches
Statements and speeches
| Head of UN-Habitat calls for greater local participation to achieve the SDGs | Monday, 31 October 2022 |
| 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 |
