NEW YORK 3 April 2019 – UN-Habitat convened a roundtable discussion of architects, designers, academics and entrepreneurs at UN Headquarters on how floating cities could be a viable solution to urban challenges such as climate change and lack of affordable housing.
The meeting was co-convened with Oceanix, a company looking to build the floating structures, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Ocean Engineering and the USA-based Explorers Club.
Addis Ababa, 4 April 2019-- More than 80 mayors, city managers and university professors from all over Ethiopia recently gathered at the UNECA Conference Center participated in the First Executive City Labs organized by UN-Habitat.
Nouakchott, 3 April 2019-- High-Level Meeting was recently hosted by the Ministry of Habitat, Urbanism and Territorial Management in Nouakchott marked an important step in the policy making process related to the implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Mauritania.
Zamalek, Egypt, 29 March 2019—UN-Habitat and Egypt held a two-day conference on March 24 and 25 bringing together over 120 experts.
“In order to be smart, cities need to be sustainable and inclusive”. This is one of the key messages emerging during the conference organized by UN-Habitat E and co-organized with and the Egyptian Ministry of Housing, Utilities & Urban Communities throughout the Housing and Building Research Council (HBRC) - Urban Training and Studies Institute - and under the auspices of the Prime Minister.
London 29 March 2019—A new study led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Imperial College London and Malaria Atlas Project, University of Oxford has revealed that improved housing had doubled on the African continent between 2000 and 2015.
Zamalek, Egypt, 29 March 2019—UN-Habitat and Egypt held a two-day conference on March 24 and 25 bringing together over 120 experts.
“In order to be smart, cities need to be sustainable and inclusive”. This is one of the key messages emerging during the conference organized by UN-Habitat E and co-organized with and the Egyptian Ministry of Housing, Utilities & Urban Communities throughout the Housing and Building Research Council (HBRC) - Urban Training and Studies Institute - and under the auspices of the Prime Minister.
Decision-makers, senior managers, and senior government officials and partners of UN Habitat are invited to apply for the 9th Shelter Academy organized by Arcadis and UN Habitat. This year’s Shelter Academy will take place between the 2 - 6 September 2019 in Amsterdam and Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and will focus on climate adaptation and mitigation: options for cities.
Apply now to the Singapore - UN-HABITAT international capacity building programme: 26-30 August 2019 in Singapore
Anbar, Iraq 26 March 2019 - UN-Habitat handed over a total of 286 durable core houses in Ramadi, Fallujah and Karma in the Anbar Governorate constructed under the Gender-Sensitive Durable Shelter Support for Internally Displaced Persons in Iraq project funded by the Government of Japan and implemented by UN-Habitat. The houses have been constructed for vulnerable returnees whose houses were destroyed during the war.
