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The World Urban Campaign is a coalition of urban stakeholders to raise awareness
about positive urban change to achieve sustainable cities and communities
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World Urban Campaign TV

  1. UN-Habitat supports Ethiopia’s Car Free Day to promote road safety
    (English)
  2. UN-Habitat uses graffiti for COVID-19 awareness raising in Kenya
    (English)
  3. 1st World Urban Campaign Assembly
    (English)
  4. Kenya's refugees and host community plan together
    (English)
  5. Kenya’s public minibuses feature COVID-19 prevention messages
    (English)
  6. UN-Habitat provides hygiene kits for vulnerable in Beirut
    (English)
  7. Kenya's public minivans feature COVID-19 prevention art
    (English)
  8. UN-Habitat maps facilities in Kenya’s slums for COVID-19 response
    (English)
  9. UTC#9: Reporting during the pandemic #TakeAction4Cities
    (English)
  10. UTC#8: Planning and Design for Pandemic Urban Resilience #TakeAction4Cities
    (English)
  11. UTC#7: The Wage Gap and Social Security during Pandemics #TakeAction4Cities
    (English)
  12. UTC#6: Community Leaders at the Frontline #TakeAction4Cities
    (English)
  13. UTC#5: Securidad en la Crisis Covid19 #TakeAction4Cities
    (English)
  14. UTC#4: The Safety Gap #TakeAction4Cities
    (English)
  15. UTC#3: The Shelter Gap #TakeAction4Cities
    (English)
  16. UTC#2: The Basic Services Gap #TakeAction4Cities
    (English)
  17. UTC#1 Facing Vulnerabilities #TakeAction4Cities
    (English)
  18. UN-Habitat Executive Director, Maimunah Mohd Sharif on the COVID-19 Response Plan and Campaign
    (English)
  19. MATHARE COVID DISPATCH Episode 1
    (English)
  20. UN-Habitat Executive Director does the Safe Hands Challenge
    (English)
  21. What Can Water Utilities Do To Contain COVID 19
    (English)

                                                                   

Urban Thinkers

Jens Aerts
Five recommendations on urban health. Virologists had predicted it all. Bill Gates, as one of the brightest and most influential philanthropists, had warned about it five years ago: The next outbreak is coming, and we’re not done. “And now we ar...
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Paul Lecroart
En s'attaquant particulièrement aux grandes métropoles très intégrées aux flux mondiaux comme l’Île-de-France, la pandémie du Covid-19 ébranle les fondamentaux de l’urbanité et même la raison d’être des villes : celle de maximiser les interactions so...
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Mee Kam Ng
Over two centuries of carbon-intensive and market-oriented urban developments have led to widespread environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, socio-economic polarization and unhuman relationships amidst affluence, technological advancement an...
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Laura Rigell
Given the dual challenges of inequality and climate change, we propose “energy democracy” as a framework for ownership of energy infrastructure.  Energy democracy promises to share the benefits of renewable energy, advancing equity and sustainab...
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