November 2018  - The Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) was established by the German Government, has just celebrated its second birthday. Since its launch in October 2016 at the Habitat III conference in Quito, TUMI has trained over 1,500 urban mobility decision-makers and provided seed funding to scale-up and replicate innovative pilot projects .

The Initiative aims to  support cities to transform their transport systems and move towards policy and investment decisions to support sustainable mobility.

Nairobi, November 7, 2018 - Poor design, low quality of construction, exclusion from central planning processes, and inadequate access to basic services expose many city residents to serious environmental and health hazards. Over the last 10 years natural disasters alone have rendered over 23 million people homeless and displaced another 240 million, with the poorest residents of cities most affected.

Join a webinar discussion on Sustainable Urban Mobility in Action: Planning the cycling city led by UN-Habitat and Despacio, Bogotá, Colombia on Tuesday 6 November 2018 from13:00 to 15:00 UTC.

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, November 2018-- – Over 150 participants, ranging from government officials across ministries and from Myanmar’s States and Regions to representatives from academia, private sector, civil society and development partners, gathered in Nay Pyi Taw to celebrate the achievements of Myanmar Climate Change Alliance (MCCA) and discuss next

Liverpool, UK 31 October 2018 -  World Cities Day was marked by an unprecedented 70 cities globally this year with the main event co-hosted in the British city of Liverpool by the local council, UN-Habitat and the city of Shanghai.

The Kingdom of Saudi is one of the most urbanized countries in the world. 8/10 people here live in urban areas. The New Urban Agenda encourages National Urban forums for qualitative and quantitative implementation of global goals.  The Saudi Urban Forum offered a great opportunity for the localization of sustainable development goals.

Nairobi 1 November 2018— About 20 participants from Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and Rwanda participated in Africa’s first Bike Share workshop which was recently held  in Nairobi, Kenya.

The participants learnt from the experience of the two pilot bike share systems in Nairobi – the University of Nairobi campus bike share project (30 bicycles) as well as the system at the United Nations Offices in Nairobi (100 bicycles).

Cape Town, 1 November 2018-- For the first time, African government officials, representatives of NGOs and street enthusiasts came together to learn from and share experiences on the concept of Open Streets and Placemaking in Cape Town, South Africa, from 22-28 October, 2018. The Open Streets Exchange was organised by Open Streets Cape Town (OSCT) and UN-Habitat’s Urban Mobility Unit – with support from GIZ through the Transformative Urban Mobility Initiative (TUMI) Challenge.

Baghdad, October 2018 – The Local Area Development Programme (LADP) identifies key obstacles to local-level planning and service delivery in Iraq.

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This lecture will explore how a unique perspective on economic inequality using a drone is vitally important to combat what has been described as "the defining challenge of our time.”