International Urban Training Centre promotes sustainable urbanization in Asia
December 16th, 2019
Young Women Climate Changemakers come together at COP 25
December 15th, 2019
Waste Wise Cities Campaign (WWCC) reaches 100 member cities!
December 11th, 2019
NAIROBI, 11 December 2019 – This December the city of Kisumu in Kenya has been welcomed by UN-Habitat as the 100th member city into the Waste Wise City Campaign (WWCC). Since the campaign was…
UN-Habitat holds side event in Barcelona on innovative tools for citizen consultation in Latin America
December 11th, 2019
BARCELONA, 11 December 2019 - The Capacity Development Unit of UN-Habitat organized the side event at the recent Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona called Using innovation and mobile phone…
Liberia’s National Urban Forum focuses on developing National Urban Policy
December 9th, 2019
Climate Change Conference concludes its first week on Local Government and Cities Day
December 9th, 2019
MADRID, 8 December 2019 - The Climate Change Conference concluded its first week with the local governments making a strong presence to discuss how cities can better mitigate emissions and adapt to…
Kenya launches the Habitat Housing Project
December 6th, 2019
MAVOKO, KENYA, 6 December 2019 – Today the President of Kenya, Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, launched the Habitat Heights Housing Project in Lukenya, Mavako. This is a project of the United Nations Office for…
Cities Investment Platform – An opportunity for cities and investors to connect at WUF10
December 6th, 2019
From Private Sector Partnerships to Business Engagement, Habitat is shifting its business model from funding projects to financing solutions. This long term thinking will leverage financial resources…
Developing five City Profiles for conflict-affected cities in Iraq, Libya, Yemen and Syria
December 5th, 2019
Cairo, 5 December 2019 – Since 2018 UN-Habitat has been working to develop five City Profiles for conflict-affected cities in Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Syria and Yemen. Urban profiling guides…
UN-Habitat supports Ethiopia’s Car Free Day
December 4th, 2019
ADDIS ABABA - Streets in the traffic-choked capital of Ethiopia were opened up for people as spaces for sports, walking, cycling and playing as part of Ethiopia’s National Car Free initiative. Under…
UN-Habitat & ICLEI support 60 cities to meet Paris Agreement goals
December 3rd, 2019
NAIROBI, 3 December 2019 - Meeting the ambitious goals of the Paris Climate Agreement requires a fundamental transformation of how urban infrastructures and services, such as transport, energy, water…
UN-Habitat supports workshop on recovery and reconstruction in Yemeni city of Aden
December 3rd, 2019
AMMAN, Jordan, November 2019 - UN-Habitat is supporting the humanitarian and recovery response in Yemen by providing better urban information and analysis through the Rapid City and Neighbourhood…
Nairobi's high level event promotes cycling
December 3rd, 2019
NAIROBI, 3 December 2019 — Despite yesterday's rain, a high-level team cycled through Nairobi’s streets to popularize cycling as a credible non-motorised transport option for the thousands of…
UN-Habitat trains young refugees and host community in north western Kenya to document lives through photography
December 2nd, 2019
KAKUMA, Turkana West, Kenya, 29 November 2019 – Twenty youth from Kalobeyei integrated settlement and Kalobeyei town were taken through a week’s training on how to document their day to day life…