UN-HABITAT is supporting the development of a Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net), an innovative network of global partners working with actors...
Hundreds of millions of people in urban areas across the world will be affected by climate change. The vulnerability of human settlements in this new urban era will increase through...
UN-HABITAT has created the Habitat Partner Universities collaboration as a means of enlarging cooperation between UN-HABITAT and institutions of higher education, as well as facilitating exchange and cooperation between universities in developing and developed nations. UN-HABITAT works with Habitat Partner Universities in building the capacity of tertiary institutions in teaching and research regarding the sound development of human settlements to meet the needs relevant to their context.
Local government officials came together on 26-27 November 2009, at a conference organised by the Rwandese Association of Local Governments and UN-HABITAT, in Kigali, Rwanda to hammer out a declaration on climate change.
REPORTS on Sustainable Urban Development Network (SUD-Net)
Cities and Climate Change Inititiative: Launch and Conference Report, Oslo 17 March 2009
Climate change impacts can undermine a country’s efforts to achieve the goals of sustainable development and will worsen poverty in developing and least developed countries.
The objective of the Conference will be to develop a common understanding on issues and challenges on Cities and Climate Change and identify opportunities for forging effective northsouth partnerships and networks for technology, finance and knowledge transfer, with specific focus on the building, transport and waste management sectors.
Cities and Climate Change Inititiative: Launch and Conference Report
