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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FROM THE FIELD: The goats helping Zambians to reach economic independence | UN News – SDGs
In Zambia, where the climate crisis is making it increasingly difficult to earn a living, goat-rearing is being seen as a possible route to a better livelihood, and economic resilience.
UN chief calls for ‘new social contract’ as part of post-pandemic recovery | UN News – SDGs
With the COVID-19 pandemic exposing social and economic inequalities rooted in racism, discrimination and xenophobia, recovery must lead to more inclusive societies, the UN Secretary-General told Member States on Thursday.
UN offers science-based blueprint to tackle climate crisis, biodiversity loss and pollution | UN News – SDGs
Without nature’s help, “we will not thrive or even survive”, the UN chief said on Thursday, launching a major report on the environment.
UN highlights importance of pulses for diets and food security, marking World Day | UN News – SDGs
The United Nations is marking World Pulses Day on Wednesday, highlighting their importance not only as a vital source of nutrition but also for improving soil fertility and warding off crop pests.
FROM THE FIELD: Teaching Chad’s scientists of the future | UN News – SDGs
The study of science could have a “transformational” impact on young people living in different conflict areas across the world according to the UN’s Education Cannot Wait programme.
Social development key pillar for ‘sustainable and resilient’ world – Commission hears | UN News – SDGs
As coronavirus vaccines provide a glimmer of optimism around the world, a high-level UN official said on Monday that it was “painful to witness” the dashed hopes of most people in the Global South who have little chance of receiving an inoculation anytime soon.
FROM THE FIELD: Chicken wings, hunger and the Super Bowl | UN News – SDGs
The amount of money spent on food and beverages to enjoy, perhaps, the United States’ most high-profile annual sporting event, adds up to more than twice the global budget of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), according to the agency.
‘Make peace with nature’, UN chief urges at Ocean Decade launch | UN News – SDGs
January marked the beginning of what many within the UN and beyond view as “the most critical decade of our lives”, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Wednesday, launching a major initiative to protect the world’s oceans through...
Impact of COVID-19 on cancer care has been ‘profound’, warns UN health agency | UN News – SDGs
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a “profound” impact on the diagnosis and treatment of cancer around the world, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, before highlighting that breast cancer has become the most common type of the disease.
Fair Finance: The women entrepreneurs lifting communities out of poverty | UN News – SDGs
Helping women start and grow businesses in the world’s poorest countries is a path to lifting them and their families out of poverty, the high-profile businesswoman, and new UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Goodwill Ambassador Sonia Gardner, has told UN News, in...