Mapping the juxtaposition of sustainable-affordable housing in the post Covid world
The pandemic has definitely taken a vice grip of the entire world’s institutional paraphernalia which has severely affected not only the public health mechanisms...
Building back better in Albania: UNECE supports housing sector reforms and urban ‎resilience ‎
Albania has made considerable progress in the recent years in the provision of affordable adequate housing to all. Notably, the national government has been...
Vietnam Can Lead ASEAN through the Smart Cities Network Vision
When Vietnam takes over the ASEAN chairmanship in 2020, the country outlined five priorities to be executed throughout the year. Among all, strengthening the...
Pandemic and the lessons for global metro cities
Across the world, cities are on the frontline of the unfolding COVID-19 crisis. Starting from metro cities with overwhelmed heath care systems, they are...
Building urban resilience in the face of COVID-19
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the UNECE region, local governments are on the front lines of addressing this unprecedented pandemic. With the ambition...
Technology is transforming urban mobility: New guidelines help cities make the change
The pace of technology has generated tremendous opportunity to rethink
how people get around cities.The growing use of electric scooters and
ride-hailing services is transforming how...
Changes in building and construction have great potential to slow global warming
Most of us spend a large chunk of our lives in one building or another, but
have you ever stopped to consider the greenhouse gases...
The new neighborhood: Creating new community around sustainability and social well-being
At the 2020 tenth World Urban Forum, the United Nations Environment
Programme (UNEP) presented its new guidelines for integrated approaches for
sustainable neighborhoods.
Cities today are responsible...
New toolkit to help countries switch to climate-smart urbanization
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change
secretariat, and the Commonwealth Secretariat, in collaboration with several United Nations entities,...
Global forum on cities highlights need for sustainable development
If cities like Delhi, Lagos, Sao Paolo and Tokyo seem populated today,
think what they’ll be like by 2050. The United Nations predicts that by...