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Transforming our Cities for a Better Urban Future: Can We?
Lance Jay Brown June 4, 2023 New York The history of cities goes back easily 10,000 years. Early cities exist on most continents and are...


TCWNN IS INCLUSIVE AND PROMOTES GENDER EQUALITY - Womenomics for the cities we need
Prof. Analia Pastran, Founder & CEO of Smartly, Social Entrepreneurship on the SDGs, Co-Chair of the Professionals Group and Member of...


Urban Living Labs in Bangkok: Potential for Thai Cities
Traditional, top-down urban planning has failed to meet the needs of urban dwellers in Thailand. Pongpisit Huyakorn, director of...


HOW TO BRIDGE THE FOOD NUTRITION INFORMATION GAP IN LOW AND MIDDLE-INCOME COUNTRIES
How To Bridge The Food Nutrition Information Gap In Low And Middle-Income Countries Despite some significant progress made over the past...


Reducing food waste across 3 continents
Globally, around a third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. As well as being an ethical and economic issue,...


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DEADLINE EXTENDED - 15 MAY 2022 - CALL FOR CANDIDATES - WUC STEERING COMMITTEE ELECTIONS
Dear WUC Partner, Due to the enthusiasm received from you, the World Urban Campaign Secretariat would like to announce that the call for...


General Assembly reviews global progress towards sustainable urbanization
CityAdapt: The UN is supporting climate resilience policies in urban settings in Latin America and the Caribbean. The New Urban Agenda...


Together now! Launch event of The City We Need now! 3.0
This past Monday was the official launch of The City We Need Now! 3.0 (TCWNN), a global manifesto of the World Urban Campaign on the lead...


TODAY: Launch of TheCityWeNeed Now! 3.0 - 25th April
Dear WUC Partners, Dear Friends, We cordially invite you to the launch of The City We Need Now! (TCWNN) a global manifesto prepared by...


Save the Date: Grand Opening of The World Urban Pavilion in Regent Park - April 21, 2022
WHEN: Join us virtually for the grand opening of the World Urban Pavilion (Pavilion) in Regent Park on April 21, 2022, at 11:00 am...


Climate Resilient Recovery Action in Bangladesh: A Case of Water ATM and Sanitation Service in Rajsh
Dipak Bhowmick, Kumar Abhishek, and Keshav Jha present an innovative approach to improving access to clean drinking water and sanitation...


Nominations for the 2022 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour Award now open
Nairobi, 13 April 2022 – UN-Habitat, the United Nations agency focusing on sustainable urbanization, is calling for nominations for its...


Urban Innovation Series – #1 – Webinar - How to make innovation a transformative force in cities
DATE: Tuesday, 19 April 2022, 15:00-17:00 East Africa (GMT+2) REGISTRATION: Teams link SEND QUESTIONS TO: unhabitat-innovation@un.org IN...


The city we need now (3.0)
Dear WUC Partners, dear friends, We are happy to announce to you that the WUC Steering Committee has reviewed and approved on 6th April...


CALL FOR CANDIDATES WORLD URBAN CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE ELECTIONS
The World Urban Campaign Secretariat invites interested applicants to submit their candidatures for the World Urban Campaign Steering...


Children Make their Voices Heard
Children from across various parts of Zambia have implored World Vision Zambia leadership to continue heeding the voice of children as...


Worker-led Social Protection Schemes Provide a Lifeline
Informal economy worker-led social protection schemes are certainly not a substitute for universal social protection, but they can play a...


How Digital Data and Mapping Shaped Bangladesh’s Urban Climate Resilience Plans
Female indigenous residents of informal settlements in coastal Bangladesh are especially vulnerable to risks induced by climate change....


Do trees help build urban resilience? Yes, they do!
In all urban spaces, trees are heavily debated: for some, they are dangerous and costly elements, limiting space for traffic, utilities,...
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