The 4 August 2020 Port of Beirut explosions resulted in devastating loss of life, injury and the destruction of vast tracts of urban fabric within the Municipality of Beirutand beyond. Based on initial assessment undertaken by the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE), and according to UNESCO, within a 20km radius of the blast, around 80 per cent of schools experienced moderate damage and 20 per cent sustained heavy damage.

Between 2017 to 2019, UN-Habitat and Shigeru Ban developed shelter typologies in Kalobeyei New Settlement, Kenya. The first part of the book is a journal by Philippe Monteil, Shigeru Ban’s partner - it describes successes and failures with building pilot houses, and the influence of the context in the process. The second part is a detailed Manual which explains in a sequence of steps, how to build the final housing prototype.

The city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, within the framework of the "Accountability Systems for Measuring, Monitoring and Reporting on Sustainable City Policies in Latin America" project has produced its first voluntary local report on Rio's progress towards SDG 11. The report presents the city's progress and its commitment to the 2030 Agenda.

The city of Trujillo in Peru, within the framework of the "Accountability Systems for Measuring, Monitoring and Reporting on Sustainable City Policies in Latin America" project has produced its first voluntary local report on Trujillo's progress towards SDG 11. The report presents the city's progress and its commitment to the 2030 Agenda.

The city of Chimbote in Peru, within the framework of the "Accountability Systems for Measuring, Monitoring and Reporting on Sustainable City Policies in Latin America" project has produced its first voluntary local report on Chimbote's progress towards SDG 11. The report presents the city's progress and its commitment to the 2030 Agenda.

The city of Niterói in Brazil, within the framework of the "Accountability Systems for Measuring, Monitoring and Reporting on Sustainable City Policies in Latin America" project has produced its first voluntary local report on Niterói's progress towards SDG 11. The report presents the city's progress and its commitment to the 2030 Agenda.

La présente étude est le fruit d’une démarche participative et d’une réflexion commune entre l’Equipe Projet de l’ONU -Habitat, les partenaires au niveau central et les bénéficiaires au niveau local et les populations résidentes consultées à Conakry. Elle porte sur l’Analyse des profils des quartiers et espaces publics dans les cinq communes de Conakry et dans les iles de Loos.

This publication highlights strategies and lessons from UN-Habitat’s Urban Planning and Design Lab to guide practitioners and to clarify the role that urban planning plays in developing holistic post-crisis responses. It outlines the ten strategies and three typologies of support that the Lab has found most useful in post-crisis contexts. The appendices include four detailed case studies in Haiti, Somalia, Kenya, and Bangladesh.

The Sustianable Cities and Communities Consultation (Consulta Cidades Sustantáveis) demonstrates an innovative way to engage citizens, create awareness of sustainable city policies and the Agenda 2030, in addition to facilitating monitoring and gathering of data to support a dialogue with local governments. The report presents the results of the implementation of the consultation in Brazil from 2019 to 2020.