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Scenario Exploration System that promotes collaboration for sustainable urban planning.

Statement by David Cooper, Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity on the occasion of the Soil Day - 5 December 2023

The World Urban Forum (WUF) has been established as a non-legislative technical forum through the UN General Assembly resolution 56/206 in 2001, is convened by the UN-Habitat (United...

Urbanisation is changing food systems globally, and in particular in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This transformation can affect rural livelihoods in multiple ways. Evidence on what enabling...

This workshop aims at discussing the potential uses of EO to achieve and monitor the Sustainable Development Goals in cities.

COVID-19 is the greatest global shock in decades. Hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost, and the world’s economy likely faces the worst recession since the 1930s. The resulting loss...

The 10 targets under SDG 11, "Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable", identified some key elements to be achieved and measured...

Cities are estimated to generate 80% of all economic growth. OECD studies showed that, for each doubling of population size, the productivity level of a city increases...

Smart-city developments should prioritise on healthy lifestyle of increasingly independent citizens. Policies to promote the spread of smart cities are needed to support the implementation of modern technologies...