The Rapidly-Evolving Impact of COVID-19
Evaluating the unique challenges and needs in affordable housing during uncertain times
UN-Habitat COVID-19 Readiness and Responsiveness Tracker
In association with CitiQ, the UN-Habitat has launched a new data platform to provide information from cities around the world to help develop response strategies and protect the population.
How can we address housing insecurity during the pandemic? – The Urban Institute Podcast
In the first of a series of podcasts on how the pandemic will affect vulnerable populations, host Justin Milner speaks with Mary Cunningham, vice president of the Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center and researcher Samantha Batko about how the pandemic impacts those experiencing homelessness, those on the edge of becoming homeless and what policymakers can do to help.
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‘Cut the theatrics’: UN climate chief tells COP29 negotiators to focus on solutions as talks enter final week | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
As COP29 climate talks in Baku enter their final week, the UN climate chief told negotiators on Monday to “cut the theatrics,” get down to business and hammer out a new finance deal to compensate countries for climate-driven damages and pay for a clean-energy...
Colombian conflict survivors turn forest heroes in search of climate change solutions | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
"What do I want the river to carry away? The deforestation," Sandra Donado says, her voice competing with the sudden storm lashing her canoe as it floats down the Guaviare River in Colombia’s Amazon biome region.
COP29: Digital tech and AI can boost climate action, but curbing the sector’s emissions is key | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Leaders in technology and the environment at COP29 in Baku endorsed on Saturday a declaration pledging to use digital technologies to accelerate climate action while reducing the carbon and pollution footprints of tech manufacturing and tackling the growing problem of...
Will COP29 deliver the trillions needed to tackle the man-made climate crisis? | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The latest round of UN climate negotiations, COP29, opened this past Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, following a year that broke multiple extreme heat records and saw widespread climate-driven chaos – from wildfires to destructive floods and hurricanes – hit nearly every...
COP29: Governments, industry must stop ‘lip-service’ on methane and slash emissions, says UNEP | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The UN environment agency chief warned the COP29 climate summit in Baku on Friday that methane emissions must come down – “and come down fast” –to have any chance of controlling global warming.
COP29: ‘Now is the time to fast-track, not backtrack’ on the path to net-zero | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Meeting on Thursday with non-governmental entities in Baku for the COP29 climate talks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the crucial role that cities, regions, businesses and financial institutions must play in driving the worldwide effort towards...
COP29: ‘You have every right to be angry’ Guterres tells youth advocates frustrated over lack of climate action | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
As negotiations over how to tackle climate change head into their fifth day in Baku, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed solidarity with young climate advocates at COP29, who told him they are frustrated by the lack of political action on the crisis.
From Declaration to action: Antimicrobial resistance initiatives centre stage at Jeddah conference | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Antimicrobial resistance initiatives are back in the spotlight as stakeholders gather in Jeddah, on the Saudi Arabian coast, a few months after a high-level meeting in New York led to the unanimous adoption of a political declaration by the UN General Assembly. With...
COP29 climate talks: Major emitters must right ‘colossal injustice’ on island nations, says UN chief | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
COP29 talks in Baku on Wednesday turned to small island nations facing an existential threat from our warming planet, as UN Secretary-General António Guterres insisted that they “deserve support to deal with a crisis [that they] have done next to nothing to...
COP29: Energy transition must not trigger a ‘stampede of greed’ that crushes the poor | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Climate talks at COP29 in Baku on Wednesday turned to the pressing issue of how to manage the demand for minerals essential to producing electric vehicles and solar panels without triggering a “stampede of greed” that exploits local communities and crushes the...