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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UN Assembly President urges nations to sustain momentum from Summit of the Future | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The President of the UN General Assembly urged all nations to sustain their momentum toward decisive action, advancing the outcomes of the Summit of the Future, as it concluded on Monday.
LIVE: UN Summit of the Future | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
World leaders are at UN Headquarters in New York this Sunday where in just a few minutes time the UN's Summit of the Future will begin; a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine the multilateral system and steer humanity on a new course to meet existing...
AI-powered art puts ‘digital environmentalism’ on display at UN Headquarters | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A groundbreaking art installation at UN Headquarters by renowned media artist Refik Anadol leverages artificial intelligence to raise awareness of the beauty and fragility of the world’s coral reefs, and the urgent need to address the climate crisis.
UNAIDS: Rising debt in sub-Saharan Africa costing lives | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The report details how this debt crisis is jeopardising progress aimed at ending AIDS in Sub-Saharan African countries, which account for a significant majority of people living with HIV globally – 25.9 million people of the nearly 40 million total.
‘Irrefutable’ need for global regulation of AI: UN experts | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The imperative for global regulation of the booming artificial intelligence field, or AI, is “irrefutable”, a new report from a UN expert group said on Thursday, adding that development and use of such a technology “cannot be left to the whims of markets...
UN deputy chief urges leaders to increase innovation amid global crises | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
As world leaders gather at the UN for the Summit of the Future and General Assembly High-Level Week, the UN Deputy Secretary-General emphasised the critical role they can play driving innovation and change.
Summit of the Future: ‘Critical’ opportunity for safer, more sustainable and equitable world | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
A once-in-a-generation UN summit bringing together countries from around the world marks a critical opportunity for far-reaching agreements on international collaboration for a safer, more sustainable and more equitable world, said UN Secretary-General António...
UN leads search for synergy on climate and development | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Governments, experts and civil society representatives met in Brazil this week for a UN-backed conference to examine solutions that address the interlinked challenges of the climate emergency and the sustainable development crisis.
Guterres underlines support for China-Africa partnership | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
Joint efforts by China and Africa can spark new momentum for development on the continent, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday, at a high-level meeting in Beijing.
Tech progress, automation, AI, cut workers’ share of wealth: ILO | UN News – Global perspective Human stories
The global trend for shrinking pay packets in heavily industrialized economies could be driven – at least temporarily - by tech innovations in the workplace such as automation and AI, the UN International Labour Organization, ILO, said on Wednesday.