UN Habitat Sri Lanka REBUILDING HOMES, TRANSFORMING LIVES – YouTube
The Indian Housing Project is a housing reconstruction project funded by the Government of India and implemented through a Memorandum of Understanding with…
Sheela Patel – The Federation Model of Community Organizing (Slum Dwellers International)
In the past two decades through a process called “Enumeration” through which the members collect at city level data about slums, Slum Dwellers International…
Unlocking Access to Energy Data; President’s Better Buildings Program
On January 29, as part of the President’s Better Buildings Program, the Administration announced: 18 utilities, serving more than 2.6 million commercial customers, will…
The 2016 Food+City Challenge, February 6 in Austin, Texas
Finalists in the Food+City Challenge will compete for US$50,000. Food Tank: The annual Food+City Challenge Prize encourages entrepreneurs throughout the system. And the requirement for ideas…
New Cities Alliance Joint Work Programme on Resilient Cities
The Cities Alliance is a global partnership for urban poverty reduction and the promotion of the role of cities in sustainable development. The Cities…
Finnish city Mäntsälä using data centres to heat its hot water
Data centres owned by Yandex in Mäntsälä, Southern Finland are being used to heat the city’s water supply. The initiative started functioning after the…
Season 3 of UN-Habitat Urban Lectures launches
UPCOMING URBAN LECTURE RELEASES: 29 January: Steffen Lehmann, architect and urban designer 12 February: Ana Falu, National University of Argentina, Cordoba 26 February:…
Bringing innovations in funding to government, developing world
USAID’s Global Development Lab is bringing private-sector investment strategies to developing countries. The USAID Global Development Lab, less than two years old, is bringing…
IRENA Report: Rapid switch to renewable energy can put Paris climate goals within reach
Increasing renewables to 36% of the global energy mix by 2030 would provide about half emissions reductions needed to hold warming to 2C, says…
INVITATION: International Design Competition For Kenya
UN-Habitat in collaboration with Ministry of Land, Housing & Urban Development: Urban Development Department, Kenya, is looking for creative planning and design ideas for…