Barcelona, 6 April 2016.

Oscar Carracedo from the University of Singapore outlines five actions that has emerged in his research in relation to urban revitalization policies and processes.

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“On site urban renewal strategies for low income and informal settlements in inner cities” - Oscar Carracedo (AUDIO COMING 22 APRIL)

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Ana Falú from the National University of Cordoba - and the Coordinator of the UN-Habitat UNI Gender Hub - in this lecture discusses urban planning from a gender perspective, with emphasis on both who has the right to the city, and who has the right to plan the city.

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“Transforming the City towards Low-Carbon Resilience” introduces urban design principles that support the transformation of existing cities towards more resilience regarding the impact of climate change.  Steffen Lehmann - Professor, University of Portsmouth/Founder of s_Lab Space Laboratory for Architectural Research and Design (Sydney – Berlin), bases the lecture on his research in sustainable cities’ transformation and introduces the compact, mixed-use and walkable city model as the most promising urbanization type.

15 Dec 2015, Paris - William Cobbett, Director of Cities Alliance launched the initiative during the United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP21, explaining that the New Cities Alliance Joint Work Program on Resilient Cities brings together exper

Nairobi 14 December 2015—UN-Habitat has hailed the UN Security Council for passing the resolution 2250 on Youth, Peace and Security saying it was an important paradigm shift.

Nairobi 10 December 2015-- As part of the United Nations family, UN-Habitat celebrates Human Rights Day on 10 December 2015, in recognition of the important role that cities and towns play in the realization of human rights for all.The highlight of the day was a function at the United Nations Offices at Nairobi where there was a screening of videos on human rights in cities an forced evictions, as well as a discuss the UN-Habitat publications entitled “Informal Settlements: Alternative solutions to slum demolition and forced eviction of local communities.

Paris, 8th December 2015. City leaders can become critical actors in addressing the global challenges of climate change. The effects of urbanisation and climate change are converging in very threatening ways: Cities consume 78 per cent of the world’s energy and produce more than 60 per cent of all carbon dioxide and significant amounts of other greenhouse gas emissions.

Guadalajara, 10 December 2015-- About 30 international experts last week participated in a Global Experts Group Meeting (EGM) “The Role of Metropolitan Development in Supporting the New Urban Agenda”, in Guadalajara (Mexico).

Paris 9 December 2015-- Leading global Design and Consultancy firm for natural and built assets, Arcadis and UN-Habitat today announced a two year extension of their collaboration until the end of 2017.

The contract was signed at a recent meeting between Arcadis CEO Neil McArthur and UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr Joan Clos at the Paris Climate Conference COP21.