Nairobi, 17 July 2018 - With support from UN-Habitat’s Global Urban Observatory and the Africa Center for Statistics at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), two cities in Tunisia are developing frameworks for monitoring and reporting on SDG 11. Specialized training workshops conducted in the cities of Monastir and Tozeur were attended by high level government officials, demonstrating commitment and goodwill.
Nairobi, 16 July 2018 -- UN-Habitat today announced a collaboration with the United Kingdom Government on Strategic Development Phase of the Global Future Cities Prosperity Fund Programme. The £1.2 billion Prosperity Fund was created in 2015 by the UK Government and aims to reduce poverty through inclusive economic growth in developing countries. It is primarily funded by the UK’s aid budget.
Through the inherently integrated nature of urban development, the 11th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) impacts a wide range of 2030 Agenda issues from sustainable consumption and production to affordable and clean energy along with health, sustainable transportation, clean water and sanitation. Basically, life on land.
According to the UN, cities are where the struggle for global sustainability “will either be won or lost.”
JALALABAD (AFGHANISTAN) (AFP)
It may look like they're just planting and weeding, but for the women tending the public gardens of Jalalabad, the tasks represent far more: the rare chance to work outside the home in one of Afghanistan's most conservative and unstable provinces.
New York, USA, 11 July 2018 – Local and national authorities are making uneven progress towards achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 11 of making cities safe, inclusive, resilient and sustainable by 2030.
Nairobi, 9 July 2018—UN-Habitat and partners have published a new report called the SDG 11 synthesis report outlining the international community’s progress towards the so called ‘urban goal’ and the challenges faced.
New UN-Habitat-led report looks at the challenges and opportunities posed by the SDG on cities
Nairobi, 6 July 2018—UN-Habitat and partners have published a new report called the SDG 11 synthesis report outlining the international community’s progress towards the so called ‘urban goal’ and the challenges faced.
Since Habitat III, much has taken place in the work of building smart, sustainable and equitable cities that are digitally inclusive and ICT technologies create positive enabling urban environments for all.
Urban Heritage & Transformation: Wuhan, China.
UN-Habitat in collaboration with the Wuhan Land Use and Spatial Planning Research Centre (WLSP) is looking for creative and innovative urban design ideas from students for a vacant waterfront site in inner-city Wuhan, China. The competition is part of the UN-Habitat – WLSP programme “People Orientated Urban Public Spaces” and covers the following key themes:
