🚨 Last Call! 🚨 Today is the deadline for applications to host World Habitat Day 2025 ! Apply now to host World Habitat Day 2025 and showcase your city's sustainable urbanization success stories to the world. It's your final opportunity to promote the creation of safer, more resilient, and inclusive communities. 🏙️ As the host city, you'll have the unique opportunity to collaborate with UN-Habitat, to mobilize and inspire global communities towards a brighter urban future. Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity - apply today! ➡️ https://loom.ly/8AN8c88
UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)
International Affairs
Creating socially and environmentally sustainable cities and communities
About us
UN-Habitat is the United Nations entity responsible for developing urban policies and translating them into action to create sustainable cities and communities. Cities are facing unprecedented demographic, environmental, economic, and social challenges. There has been a phenomenal shift towards urbanization, with half of the world's population living in cities. By 2050, almost 70 per cent of the population will reside in cities. This urban growth will be happening mainly in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. In the absence of effective urban planning, the consequences of this rapid urbanization will be dramatic. Urban policies need to change to turn this rapid urban growth into opportunities to create a better quality of life for people. UN-Habitat is at the helm of this change. It is mandated by the UN General Assembly to address the issues of urban growth and sustainable urban development.
- Website
- unhabitat.org
External link for UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)
- Industry
- International Affairs
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Nairobi
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1978
- Specialties
- Urban Legislation, Land and Governance, Urban Planning and Design, Urban Economy, Urban Basic Services, Housing and Slum Upgrading, Risk Reduction and Rehabilitation, and Research and Capacity Building
Locations
Employees at UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)
Updates
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London's black cabs are going green! Since its launch in 2018 the TX electric cab has prevented more than 200,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions from entering the earth's atmosphere. That’s the equivalent to the emissions of more than 111,000 passenger flights from London to Sydney. It has now overtaken the diesel-powered TX4 as the most common black cab operating in London. And it's not happening just London. In the last six years, London EV Company (LEVC)'s TX has travelled more than 650 million miles globally, with the company producing more than 10,000 of its electric TX taxis, which have been sold throughout the world. Film/Visuals by Real World Visuals
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The upcoming United Nations Summit of the Future, slated for this September, offers a crucial opportunity for world leaders, particularly those from Africa, to contemplate how the continent can adapt its policies to address the evolving landscape of #urbanization and its associated challenges. The Acting Executive Director of UN-Habitat Michal Mlynár emphasizes that our future is urban. However, obstacles to realizing a more #sustainable #urban future include haphazard and swift urbanization and insufficient infrastructure and essential services. Read more on why sustainable cities must be properly planned: https://loom.ly/kOZiub8
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UN-Habitat stands in solidarity with the Government of Kenya and county governments grappling with the aftermath of the devastating floods. Our hearts go out to the families who have been affected and lost loved ones. UN-Habitat urges support for community-led organizations at the forefront of the emergency response. These initiatives play a crucial role in providing assistance to the vulnerable communities. https://loom.ly/h_tnFeI
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"We need to find climate solutions that are not doubling down on or perpetuating deeply entrenched injustice and human rights abuses in pursuing solutions that don't actually go to the root of the crisis. [...] How do we redesign our cities? If we made our cities less car friendly, they'd be greener. Imagine if we used all of that parking space to create local food systems, to build playgrounds, to make cities more resilient." - Well said Clover Hogan 🏞
Founder of Force of Nature | Climate Activist | Global Speaker
The most insidious form of climate denial is no longer, "It's not happening," but the belief that incremental or technological solutions will solve this crisis. Take electric vehicles. As demand grows each year, so does the need for cobalt; 70% of which is mined in the DRC. This has led to an explosion in human rights abuses; from child labour, to miners being buried alive when tunnels cave in. Workers make as little as £2 per day (meanwhile, the EV market was valued at £388+ billion last year). In the pursuit of shiny, silver bullet solutions, we are inadvertently doubling down on deeply-entrenched injustices. What if we zoomed out from the combustion engine and asked, "How do we redesign mobility?" This is a much more exciting question, because then we can focus on solutions that are accessible and serve the majority of people; not the handful who can afford a new Tesla. In fact, if we made cities LESS car-friendly, they could be both safer and greener. The average car spends 95% of its life parked; imagine if we repurposed all that space, as well as roads, for community allotments, local gardens, playgrounds, cycling infrastructure, public transport... which lead to cleaner air, improved climate resilience, and healthier, happier people. "Sustainability" should not the end goal; but the means to creating a fairer, more equitable society. . . . . . . #justice #equity #climateaction #activism #action #speaker #business #sustainablebusiness #technology #leaders #leadership #people #sustainability #ecoanxiety #science #EVs #ElectricVehicles #climatedenial
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Only 6 days left! ⏰ Time is running out to submit your application to host the Global Observance of #WorldHabitatDay! The purpose of World Habitat Day is to remind the world that we all have the power and the responsibility to reflect on the state of our cities and towns and to shape the future. Each year, World Habitat Day takes on a new theme to bring attention to UN-Habitat’s mandate and vision to promote #sustainable #urbandevelopment policies that ensure a better quality of life for all in an urbanizing world. In 2025, #WHD will focus on addressing crises affecting urban areas and promoting tools and approaches for effective crisis response. World Habitat Day is all about raising awareness of urbanization trends and finding sustainable solutions for our cities and towns and you can be a part of it! Apply today: https://loom.ly/8AN8c88
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The housing crisis affects 40 per cent of the world's population. We need to build 96,000 affordable and accessible homes a day to meet the current demand. Acting Executive Director of UN-Habitat Michal Mlynár discusses housing problems and how to translate theories into practice on the ground in an interview with Pamplona Actual newspaper #Spain. (Interview published in Spanish) Bilbao Urban and Cities Design #NUA #Local2030Coalition #SDGs
Entrevista con Michal Mlynár director ejecutivo interino de UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) sobre la crisis de la vivienda, señalando que 3.000 millones de personas, cerca del 40% de la población mundial, se ve afectada por ella. Lo que equivaldría a construir 96.000 viviendas asequibles y accesibles al día. Universidad de Navarra Elena Lacilla Carmen Sánchez-Miranda Gonzalo Lacurcia Abraira Ignacio de la Puerta Rueda Andoni Hidalgo Simón Raffaele Sisto, PhD Arantza Leturiondo Aranzamendi Asier Aranbarri Urzelai Mikel Hidalgo Bordegarai Juan A. Alayo José Aguilar Garcia
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Extreme heat, wildfires and floods are affecting millions, just last week Dubai saw record rainfall. Nature is suffering and the healthier our ecosystems are, the healthier the planet - and its people. On #EarthDay, it's crucial to recognize the pressing need for leveraging and restoring ecosystems. UN-Habitat offers resources to build climate resilience in urban areas. Here are just a few of the many resources from UN-Habitat helping #urban stakeholders to make a better urban future for all 1️⃣ Nature-based Solutions to Build Climate Resilience in Informal Areas https://loom.ly/JGABEN4 2️⃣ Enhancing Climate Resilience in Informal Areas https://loom.ly/xW69q6M 3️⃣ Sustaining Urban Water Supply under Climate Change https://loom.ly/yr0Lyvc Discover all the resources at https://loom.ly/KIJyboQ
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UN 2.0 Week is coming from 22–26 April 2024 – and you’re invited be a part of it! Open to everyone – both UN colleagues and non-UN attendees – the UN 2.0 virtual series features inspiring panel discussions and best-practice sharing dialogues, featuring a stellar line-up of keynote speakers from across the United Nations family and our partners around the world. Join the UN 2.0 Week to explore the vision, featuring a High-Level Opening Segment with the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres as well as the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Under-Secretary-General for Policy, the UNDP Administrator, the Deputy Executive Director of UNFPA and more! 📍 Learn more and RSVP: https://loom.ly/aKK77m0
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Smart cities aren’t about technology. A city that is smart is made up of city managers and citizens who use technology safely to create a better life for all. UN-Habitat promotes people-centred smart cities, where technologies and innovation come to meet the needs of cities. To make this a reality, the global experts working group on the international guidelines on people-centred smart cities met for the first time this week in Strasbourg to discuss how smart cities can be an inclusive force for good when implemented with a firm commitment to improving people’s lives and building city systems that truly serve their communities. The landmark reunion, hosted at the European Parliament, is the first of a series of global consultation meetings towards the production of the international guidelines on people-centred smart cities. Read the press release: https://loom.ly/q-j-n50