Human Settlements and Urban Issues
الأنهار الجليدية: وقائعذوبان معلن:زاوية كبرى
Notre invitée: Selva Almada :« J’écris à partir de ce que j’entends, de ce que je vois dans la rue, mais aussi de souvenirs ou de lectures »
Dans un pays où la scène littéraire se concentre dans la capitale, l’écrivaine Selva Almada revendique son appartenance à l’Argentine « de l’intérieur », celle de la province où elle a grandi. Finaliste du prestigieux Booker Prize en 2024, elle est l’une des voix les plus puissantes de la littérature argentine, traduite dans de nombreuses langues, et l’une des intellectuelles féministes les plus influentes de la région.
灵长类动物：非洲 森林不可或缺的居民
非洲森林是生物多样性的庇护所，是世界上灵长类动物种类最丰富的地方。但这些聪明的社会性动物正面临着毁林和盗猎带来的严重威胁。因此，我们必须加大保护力度，全力保护这些自然的瑰宝—森林和具有代表性的森林居民。
Chine : la technologie au chevet des glaciers
Dans la course contre la fonte des glaciers, la Chine a recours à des solutions innovantes comme l’utilisation de nanomatériaux ou la production de neige artificielle pour ralentir le processus.
الرئيسيّات،سكّان ضروريّونللغابات الأفريقية
تأوي الغابات الأفريقية، باعتبارها محميّّات للتنوّّع البيولوجي، أكبر قدر من تنوّّع الرئيسيّّات في العالم. غير أن هذه المخلوقات الذّّكية والاجتماعية أصبحت اليوم مهدّّدة بشدّّة جرّّاء إزالة الغابات والصّّيد العشوائي. لذا، يتع نيّن عاجلا تعزيز جهود المحافظة لحماية هذه الكنوز الطبيعية التي تتمثّّل في الغابات وسكّّانها.
消退的冰川：揭示 冰封的历史
随着冰川消退，数千年前的古迹遗物有时会显露出来，这是令考古学家们倍感欣喜的礼物。来自远古的遗迹承载着前所未有的史前人生活信息。在这些文 物消失之前将它们收集起来，却是一场与时间的赛跑。
الأنهار الجليدية تحت المراقبة التصيع ة
مع تزايد كلفة استقطاع العيّّنات وذوبان الجليد، لجأ العلماء إلى الأقمار الصناعية، والغوّّاصات الآلية، والحفّّارات بالماء الساخن، والطّّائرات بدون طيّاّر، لفحص الغلاف الجليدي.
Les traditions bousculées par le réchauffement
La fonte des glaciers n’inquiète pas seulement les scientifiques, elle affecte aussi la vie culturelle et spirituelle des populations autochtones des montagnes.
La tecnología al servicio de los glaciares en China
En la carrera contra el deshielo de los glaciares, China recurre a soluciones innovadoras para desacelerar el proceso tales como la utilización de nanomateriales o la producción de nieve artificial.
道格拉斯· 哈迪：“无论从审美角度还是 从科学观点来看，乞 力马扎罗山都是令人神 往的地方”
尽管20 世纪曾有多位科学家做过悲观的预测，但坦桑尼亚乞力马扎罗山上的冰川至今依然存在。不过与1912 年对冰川进行首次全面勘测时相比，目前的冰川表面积已经减少了91%。美国马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校的冰川和气候问题专家道格拉斯·哈迪（DouglasHardy） 认为，乞力马扎罗冰川的消失已是在所难免。
观点：珍·古道尔 :“我们把火 箭送上了火星，可我们 未必算得上聪明”
珍·古道尔（Jane Goodall） 博士是享誉世界的英国动物行为学家和人类学家，因其对人类与动物，特别是人与黑猩猩之间的关系进行开创性研究而闻名于世。2024 年10 月19 日，这位极具影响力的环保活动家在联合国教科文组织巴黎总部发表演讲。联合国教科文组织《信使》摘录了古道尔博士此次演讲的部分内容。在这部分内容中，她讲述了多年来为保护野生 动物付出的努力，同时表达了促进和平与传播希望的信念。
Les primates, indispensables habitants de la forêt africaine
Sanctuaires de biodiversité, les forêts africaines abritent la plus grande diversité de primates au monde. Mais ces créatures intelligentes et sociales sont aujourd’hui fortement menacées par la déforestation et le braconnage. Il est donc urgent d’accroître les efforts de conservation pour préserver ces trésors naturels que sont les forêts et leurs habitants emblématiques.
In depth: Indigenous cultures: At the heart of diversity
Indigenous peoples, who make up just about 5 per cent of the global population yet own, occupy and use more than a quarter of the world’s land area, are essential for cultural diversity but face increasing threats. It is estimated that half of the world’s approximately 7,000 languages will disappear by 2100. Most of these are Indigenous languages. UNESCO has been at the forefront of efforts and initiatives to protect Indigenous communities and their unique knowledge since the last century.
Central Asia, a region of high priority
In Kyrgyzstan, as in the rest of the region, the melting glaciers are having a substantial impact on mountain populations facing water scarcity.
嘉宾：塞尔瓦·阿尔马达：“我听到的，我在街上 看到的，我的记忆和我 读过的书，都在影响着 我的写作”
阿根廷文学界主要集中在这个国家的首都，可作家塞尔瓦·阿尔马达（Selva Almada） 却自称是“内陆”人，她是在外省长大的。2024 年，阿尔马达入围了著名的布克奖提名。她是阿根廷文坛上最有影响力的作家之一，作品被译成多种语言。她还是南美地区最有影响力的女权主义知识分子。
Décryptage: Les cultures autochtones au cœur de la diversité
Les peuples autochtones, qui ne représentent que 5 % environ de la population mondiale, détiennent, occupent et font usage de plus d’un quart des terres émergées de la planète. Essentiels à la diversité culturelle, ils sont pourtant de plus en plus menacés. On estime que la moitié des quelque 7 000 langues du monde auront disparu d’ici 2100. La plupart d’entre elles sont des langues autochtones. Depuis le siècle dernier, l’UNESCO est à l’avant-garde des mesures et des initiatives visant à protéger les populations autochtones et leurs savoirs uniques.
L’Asie centrale en première ligne
Au Kirghizistan, comme dans toute la région, la fonte des glaciers a des conséquences très concrètes sur les populations des montagnes confrontées au manque d’eau.
Traditions shaken by global warming
Scientists are not the only ones concerned by the melting of the glaciers. The cultural and spiritual life of indigenous mountain populations is also impacted.
¿Ver el glaciar islandés Vatnajökull y luego morir?
El turismo de Islandia se enfrenta a un futuro incierto a medida que sus glaciares se van fundiendo. La isla nórdica se afana en buscar un equilibrio saludable entre preservación y beneficio, en plena era del “turismo de última oportunidad”.
扎里亚·福尔曼：“我希望画出极地冰 的壮美与脆弱”
美国艺术家扎里亚·福尔曼（Zaria Forman）曾跟随美国国家航空航天局（NASA）执行任务，记录地球极地冰川的变化。她的大幅粉彩画为科学家的观测提供了补充，将冰川景观的脆弱之美展现得栩栩如生。
Zoom: Jesse Marlow : l’inattendu est au coin de la rue
Anything Can Happen and Probably Will (Tout peut arriver, et c’est probablement ce qui se passera) : le titre de la série du photographe australien Jesse Marlow ne pourrait mieux qualifier les clichés glanés au gré de ses déambulations à Melbourne et à Sydney. Chacune des images est en effet le début d’une histoire, un récit esquissé dont la suite est laissée à l’imagination du spectateur. Un passant distrait, quelques feuilles échouées sur le trottoir ou une silhouette courbée par le vent font de la ville une scène éphémère où l’incongru le dispute au poétique.
Primates, indispensable inhabitants of the African forest
Sanctuaries of biodiversity, the African forests are home to the greatest diversity of primates in the world. But these intelligent, social creatures are under serious threat from deforestation and poaching. Therefore, we must step up conservation efforts to protect these natural treasures – forests and their emblematic inhabitants.
Glaciers under close surveillance
Scientists are increasingly turning to satellites, robot submarines, hot water drills, and drones to monitor the cryosphere since collecting samples is becoming more costly and dangerous.
Les glaciers, témoins fragiles du changement climatique
Les glaciers fondent à une vitesse alarmante. Et c’est tout sauf une bonne nouvelle pour la planète. L’afflux d’eau issu des glaciers provoque notamment un dérèglement du cycle de l’eau et une élévation du niveau de la mer qui menace les zones côtières. L’Année internationale de la préservation des glaciers, décrétée par les Nations Unies pour 2025, est l’occasion d’analyser les conséquences de ce phénomène majeur qui ne pourra être jugulé efficacement que par une baisse significative des émissions de gaz à effet de serre.
Douglas Hardy: “El Kilimanjaro es fascinante tanto estética como científicamente”
En contra de lo que vaticinaron muchos especialistas durante el siglo XX, los glaciares del Kilimanjaro, en Tanzania, siguen existiendo. Sin embargo, desde que fueron cartografiados por primera vez en 1912, han perdido el 91% de su superficie. Para Douglas Hardy, especialista en glaciares y clima de la Universidad de Massachusetts Amherst, en Estados Unidos,, su desaparición es inevitable.
Ideas: Jane Goodall: “Hemos enviado un cohete a Marte, pero no somos inteligentes”
La etóloga y antropóloga británica Dra. Jane Goodall es mundialmente conocida por sus investigaciones pioneras sobre las relaciones entre humanos y animales, particularmente chimpancés. El 19 de octubre de 2024, la destacada activista medioambiental habló en la sede de la UNESCO en París. El Correo reproduce unos extractos de su discurso, en el que explica su lucha por preservar la vida de los animales salvajes al tiempo que transmite un mensaje de paz y esperanza.
تقاليد الشعوب الأصلية تهتزّ تحت تأثيرالاحتباس الحراري
إن ذوبان الأنهار الجليدية لا يثير قلق العلماء فحسب، بل يؤثّّر أيضًًا على الحياة الثقافية والرّّوحية لسكان الجبال الأصليين.
Guidelines for the Formalization of Informal Constructions
This publication is a brief, practical and easy-to-read guide, explaining how to structure a programme for the formalization of informal constructions. It shows how to do this in an affordable, reliable, inclusive and timely manner so that governments can meet the Sustainable development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and implement the New Urban Agenda. The focus is on the formalization process itself, but there are also descriptions of the preparatory work needed to analyze problem magnitude, as well as how to find political acceptance, identify post-formalization factors, and identify the root problems that cause future informality. The causes of informal development include rapid urbanization, lack of affordable housing, poverty, internal migration, conflicts, marginalization, natural disasters, cumbersome authorization processes, serious weaknesses in the private sector, and corruption. Sometimes society’s most vulnerable groups use it “move-up” from poverty, sometimes people desiring better housing use extra-legal processes to avoid flaws in existing land-market legal systems. These factors often lead to more inspections, bureaucracy, penalties, fees and sometimes even imprisonment. When the causes are systemic, these measures are more likely to exacerbate than resolve the problem. This guide will assist in all aspects of the informal construction formalization process, to the benefit of inhabitants, governments and stake holders.
Guidelines on Evidence-based Policies and Decision-making for Sustainable Housing and Urban Development
The Guidelines are a practical reference document on approaches to evidence-based policy-making for policy-makers involved in development and implementation of policies on housing and urban development at all levels of governance. The Guidelines can be used at all stages of the policy making – from agenda setting and policy formulation to the implementation/review and evaluation. Application of these Guidelines is an important resource for the analysis of the approaches to review the progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), especially SDG 11.
Guidelines on the Management and Ownership of Condominium Housing
Effective and efficient housing management is important to support the implementation of key UN agreements, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the New Urban Agenda and the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing. Efficient housing management results in economic benefits and decent housing conditions for inhabitants of condominiums. Housing management, through housing refurbishment programmes, protects the environment and contributes to decrease in greenhouse gas emissions, which supports the efforts of governments and stakeholders to address climate change.
Advantage or Paradox? The Challenge for Children and Young People of Growing Up Urban
This report by UNICEF reveals that not all children in cities benefit from the so-called ‘urban advantage’—the notion that higher incomes, better infrastructure, and proximity to services grant urban children advantages over rural children. In fact, urban inequality and exclusion among children in cities can make many of the most disadvantaged children in urban areas worse off than children in rural areas. Hence, the ‘urban paradox.’
Guidance on Land-Use Planning, the Siting of Hazardous Activities and Related Safety Aspects
The guidance aims to assist Parties in more effectively mitigating the effects of possible industrial accidents and the consequences on human health, the environment and cultural heritage within countries and across borders. The general guidance (Part A) does this by sharing examples and pointing to good practices of countries’ efforts in the UNECE region to integrate industrial safety considerations into environmental assessment and land-use planning processes. It also highlights the important interlinkages, synergies and complementarities between these and other instruments, including the UNECE Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention), aiming to assist competent authorities and practitioners in applying the provisions. This is supplemented by the technical guidance (Part B), which focuses on the risk aspects.
Document d’orientation sur l’aménagement du territoire, le choix des sites d’activités dangereuses et les aspects de sécurité s’y rapportant
Le document d’orientation vise à aider les Parties à atténuer plus efficacement les effets d’éventuels accidents industriels et leurs conséquences sur la santé humaine, l’environnement et le patrimoine culturel au sein de ces pays et au-delà de leurs frontières. Pour ce faire, le document d’orientation général (Partie A) partage des exemples et en soulignant les bonnes pratiques des pays de la région de la CEE afin d’intégrer les considérations de sécurité industrielle dans leur processus d’évaluation environnementale et de planification de l’aménagement du territoire. Il souligne également les interconnexions, synergies et complémentarités importantes entre ces instruments et d’autres, notamment la Convention CEE sur l’accès à l’information, la participation du public au processus décisionnel et l’accès à la justice en matière environnementale (Convention d’Aarhus) dans l’application des dispositions. Ceci est complété par des conseils techniques (partie B), qui mettent l’accent sur les aspects du risque.
Finance for City Leaders Handbook
Cities are a driving force of the 21st century. Through bringing large numbers of people into close proximity, they spark economic growth, foster innovation, and generate prosperity. But they face the pressing challenges of creating a livable environment for their residents, enabling economic activity that benefits all citizens, and fostering urban development that is environmentally sustainable, equitable, and resilient to disruptive forces. Finance for City Leaders presents an up-to-date, comprehensive, and in-depth analysis of the challenges posed by rapid urbanization and the various financing tools municipalities have at their disposal. By providing city leaders with a wide array of financing solutions that emphasize sustainability, inclusion, and financial autonomy, this publication contributes to the growing conversation on how cities can look inward to finance major capital expenditures, infrastructure maintenance and operation, and public services.
САМОВОЛЬНО ВОЗВЕДЕННЫЕ ГОРОДА
Поиск долгосрочных решений проблемы неформальных поселений в регионе Европейской экономической комиссии Организации Объединенных Наций
Руководство по устойчивой городской мобильности и территориальному планированию
Содействие активной мобильности
This publication has been designed to assist member States in integrating transport, health, quality of life and environmental objectives into urban and spatial planning policies. It provides many references to case studies, good practices and examples from cities across the Euro-Asian region (and beyond) covering a wide array of thematic areas, including: the future of sustainable urban mobility; spatial planning in function of sustainable urban mobility and accessibility; public transport planning as a cornerstone of sustainable urban mobility; active mobility and how it promotes health and the environment; and the potential of Intelligent Transport Systems in an urban context. The publication puts forward a methodology for sustainable urban transport planning and introduces a concise set of key messages and recommendations as an input to the Fifth High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment which takes place in Vienna from 26-27 November 2020.
Перепись Населения и Жилищного Фонда в Восточной Европе, Кавказе и Центральной Азии
Обзор Практики Переписи Раунда 2010 года
Sustainable Urbanization in the Information Age
تقرير التنمية البشرية 2014
المضي في التقدم: بناء المنعة لدرء المخاطر
World Cities Report 2016
Urbanization and Development - Emerging Futures
Country Profiles on Housing and Land Management
Belarus
The Country Profile of Belarus focuses on the nation’s housing sector, specifically on issues of housing provision and affordability, management and maintenance of the housing stock, energy efficiency in housing, housing finance, smart sustainable cities, and the legal and institutional framework. The Country Profiles on Housing and Land Management are intended to assist governments to improve the performance of their housing, urban development and land management sectors and, at the same time, to promote sustainable development.
¿Quién Cuida en la Ciudad?
Aportes para Políticas Urbanas de Igualdad
Ante los actuales desafíos que enfrenta América Latina, los instrumentos acordados en el marco de las Naciones Unidas ofrecen una base importante para la implementación de políticas públicas innovadoras. En la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible se reconocen la igualdad de género y la autonomía de las mujeres como factores fundamentales para avanzar hacia el desarrollo sostenible. De conformidad con la Nueva Agenda Urbana, se debe garantizar a las mujeres la igualdad de derechos en todas las dimensiones que afectan a las ciudades. Con este libro se procura indagar sobre quiénes cuidan en la ciudad y cómo esta puede planificarse y gestionarse para responder a las necesidades de las mujeres, a quienes tradicionalmente se han asignado las tareas de cuidado, de manera que puedan ejercer sus derechos y ampliar su autonomía económica. El objetivo, a partir de estudios sobre distintas ciudades latinoamericanas, es ampliar el debate y hacer aportes que contribuyan a que mujeres y hombres usen y disfruten del espacio y del tiempo en la ciudad en condiciones de igualdad. En el libro se plantea avanzar hacia una ciudad cuidadora, que propicie que las mujeres superen las barreras de inclusión que las afectan y se apropien del derecho a la ciudad.
The State of African Cities 2014
Re-Imagining Sustainable Urban Transitions
Country Profiles on Housing and Land Management
Republic of Armenia
This Country Profile is the second for the Republic of Armenia. It contains an in-depth analysis of its housing, urban development and land management sectors while focusing on specific challenges or achievements in these sectors. These include housing provision and affordability; management and maintenance of the housing stock; energy efficiency in housing; disaster risk mitigation; urbanization; housing finance; and the legal and institutional framework. This Country Profile also lays out a set of policy recommendations to help Armenia in meeting these challenges.
Country Profiles on the Housing Sector
Republic of Kazakhstan
The Country Profile of Kazakhstan, prepared at the request of the Government of Kazakhstan focuses on the housing sector, specifically on issues of housing provision and affordability, management and maintenance of the housing stock, energy efficiency in housing, housing finance, smart sustainable cities, and the legal and institutional framework. The Country Profiles on Housing and Land Management are intended to assist governments to improve the performance of their housing, urban development and land management sectors and, at the same time, to promote sustainable development.
Measuring Population and Housing in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
Review of Practices in the 2010 Round of Censuses
The population and housing census provides, at regular intervals, information on the number and characteristics of the population of a Country, and on its housing stock. It is an essential source of information for small-area, national, regional and International planning and development. This publication reviews the practices followed by countries in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia in the population and housing censuses of the 2010 round (taken between 2009 and 2014). The aim is to compare the different approaches and practices adopted among these countries as well as with those in other countries in Europe and North America. and to assess the compliance with the "Conference of European Statisticians recommendations for the 2010 censuses of population and housing". The publication reports that, in contrast to the diverging methodologies being adopted elsewhere throughout the UNECE region, the censuses carried in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia have continued to follow the long-standing approach of entire field enumeration. The publication reviews in detail how the different countries collected information on the various population and housing census topics, highlighting similarities and differences, and providing useful information for users of census data and planners of future censuses.
Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano 2014
Sostener el Progreso Humano - Reducir Vulnerabilidades y Construir Resiliencia
Tracking Progress Towards Inclusive, Safe, Resilient and Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements
SDG 11 Synthesis Report - High Level Political Forum 2018
This synthesis report acknowledges the many existing and cross-cutting opportunities to achieve development goals through the transformative force that urbanization represents. It also discusses the elaboration of targets, baselines and overall progress for selected indicators, placing special emphasis on partnership arrangement and opportunities for financing and scaling up activities and programmes. The report presents fresh data and new findings that help us understand our urban transitions and trends in these early years of the SDGs.
Country Profile on Housing and Land Management
Republic of Moldova
Guidelines on the Use of Registers and Administrative Data for Population and Housing Censuses
The main purpose of this publication is to provide the producers of population and housing censuses with guidance on the use of registers and administrative data for censuses, including operational, practical, technical and legal aspects. Although various United Nations recommendations on population and housing censuses include a brief description of how registers and administrative data can be used for censuses, this is the first publication entirely dedicated to this subject. The publication was prepared by a task force composed of leading census experts from national statistical offices. The publication primarily targets national statistical offices and other agencies responsible for census taking, and is also expected to be valuable for users of census results.
Policy Framework for Sustainable Real Estate Markets
The UNECE Real Estate Market Advisory Group (REM) is a group of real estate experts who advise the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management on sustainable real estate markets, working to identify specific measures to strengthen a country’s real estate market in a manner that would contribute to economic growth and sustainable development. In 2010, the REM Advisory Group published the “Policy Framework for Sustainable Real Estate Markets”, a tool that would help guide the member States to create sustainable real estate markets. However, the emergence of key international agreements, such as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing, the New Urban Agenda, the Paris Agreement, and the Basel III Agreement, have led to the establishment of new global and regional policy frameworks for future activities on sustainable urban development at all levels. In response to the request of the Committee to update the Policy Framework to reflect the emergence of such key agreements, the REM Advisory Group produced the current publication, which now also includes updates on the issues such as urbanization, migration and mobility flows, technology and innovation, the growth of emerging markets and asset competition, the change in housing demand oriented towards green buildings and new designs, energy consumption and climate change, and other relevant phenomena. Moreover, this version of the Policy Framework for Sustainable Real Estate Markets maintains that, contrary to the widespread belief that finance and real estate sectors have negative impact on sustainability, they can actually contribute to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals with the implementation of effective and compatible principles. In particular, this publication shows that these principles can be incorporated by national, local and municipal governments and applied to various forms of real estate.
International Migration, Internal Migration, Mobility and Urbanization
Towards More Integrated Approaches
This new publication in the IOM Migration Research Series explores migration as one of the most problematic of the population variables. While reviewing the various instruments to measure international and internal migration, the research questions the tendency to consider the diverse forms of mobility separately from one another. The publication argues that human mobility is best conceived as a system that integrates internal and international migration within a single framework and that gives due account to tourism and its significant linkages with migration.
Making Cities Resilient Report 2012
My City is Getting Ready! A Global Snapshot of How Local Governments Reduce Disaster Risk
Estado de la Población Mundial 2007
Liberar el Potencial del Crecimiento Urbano
La urbanización—el aumento de la proporción de población que reside en ciudades en relación a la población total—es inevitable. Sin embargo, afirman los autores de este informe, esto podría considerarse como “un hecho positivo”. El informe Estado de la Población Mundial 2007 afirma que, si bien los nuevos residentes urbanos serán, en su mayoría, pobres, estos pueden ser parte de la solución. Al ayudar a los residentes urbanos a satisfacer sus necesidades—de vivienda, servicios de salud y educación, y empleo—también podría liberarse su potencial de impulso al crecimiento económico.
État de la Population Mondiale 2007
Libérer le Potentiel de la Croissance Urbaine
Ce rapport s’efforce d’appréhender les conséquences du doublement imminent de la population urbaine du monde en développement et analyse les mesures à prendre pour se préparer à cette croissance massive. En effet, en 2008, pour la première fois de son histoire, plus de la moitié de la population du globe, soit 3,3 milliards d’habitants, vivra en milieu urbain. Il étudie de plus près les processus démographiques qui sous-tendent la croissance urbaine dans les régions en développement et leurs implications politiques. Il se penche tout particulièrement sur les conséquences de l’urbanisation pour la réduction de la pauvreté et la viabilité. Au-delà des problèmes actuels, ce rapport lance un appel à l’action.
Breaking the Impasse
Reducing Protracted Internal Displacement as a Collective Outcome
The global number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) has reached an all-time high, as an increasing number of IDPs remain displaced for years or even decades. Tens of millions of IDPs are dependent on humanitarian assistance or live far below the poverty line in substandard housing without security of tenure, and with no or only limited access to basic services, education and health care. With durable solutions out of reach and facing barriers to leading self-sufficient lives, they are “left behind” despite the promises of the Sustainable Development Goals. In light of these alarming trends and the need for more effective response strategies, this OCHA-commissioned study offers a better understanding of protracted internal displacement and related challenges. The study finds that addressing protracted internal displacement is not a purely humanitarian concern, but rather a key development and political challenge, with humanitarian and, depending on the context, human rights, peace and security, and disaster risk reduction actors at all levels each having a distinct role to play. The study recommends that stakeholders focus on clear and measurable collective outcomes and the reduction of vulnerabilities of IDPs and host communities over time. This approach implicitly recognizes that IDPs should not have to wait until a conflict is fully resolved or all impacts of a disaster have ceased before they can begin rebuilding their lives and move towards self-sufficiency. Through this new approach, millions of IDPs and host communities could secure better access to livelihood opportunities, adequate housing with security of tenure and basic services. The study features five case studies: Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Philippines, Somalia and Ukraine.
Self-made cities
In search of sustainable solutions for informal settlements in the united nations economic commission for europe region
Shaping Urbanization for Children
A Handbook on Child-Responsive Urban Planning
This publication calls all urban stakeholders to invest in child-responsive urban planning, recognizing that cities are not only drivers of prosperity, but also of inequity. Through 10 Children’s Rights and Urban Planning principles, the handbook presents concepts, evidence, tools and promising practices to create thriving and equitable cities where children live in healthy, safe, inclusive, green and prosperous communities. By focusing on children, it provides guidance on the central role that urban planning should play in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, from a global perspective to a local context.
Руководство по вопросам управления и владения жильем в кондоминиумах
Effective and efficient housing management is important to support the implementation of key UN agreements, including the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the New Urban Agenda and the Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing. Efficient housing management results in economic benefits and decent housing conditions for inhabitants of condominiums. Housing management, through housing refurbishment programmes, protects the environment and contributes to decrease in greenhouse gas emissions, which supports the efforts of governments and stakeholders to address climate change.
Доклад о человеческом развитии 2020
Следующий рубеж – человеческое развитие и антропоцен
The 30th Anniversary 2020 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent and analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues, trends and policies. This report offers a thought-provoking, necessary alternative to paralysis in the face of alarming planetary change. Its release comes as the COVID-19 (coronarvirus) pandemic simultaneously offers a glimpse of what a ‘new normal’ could hold and opens up the opportunity for humanity to change course. The report also sets out new metrics of human development to guide us, including a new, experimental Planetary pressures-adjusted Human Development Index.
Rapport sur le développement humain 2014
Pérenniser le progrès humain - réduire les vulnérabilités et renforcer la résilience
World Cities Report 2020
The Value of Sustainable Urbanization
Rapport sur le développement humain 2020
La prochaine frontière – Le développement humain et l'Anthropocène
Human Development Report 2014
Sustaining Human Progress: Reducing Vulnerabilities and Building Resilience
Социально-умные устойчивые города
This publication advocates a “cities-based” approach to sustainable development, which recognizes the central and integrating role that cities and urban living play in developing sustainability. The publication highlights that, similarly to the financial crisis of 2008, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown how different cities have different capacities to cope with crises. Both the pandemic and the economic crisis caused by lockdown measures have disproportionally affected different cities as well as different groups of the population, with the most vulnerable groups of society suffering most. The pandemic has also demonstrated that cities need to develop innovative methods to confront infectious diseases without relying on drastic top-down measures such as lockdown restrictions. Instead, cities need to use innovative and sustainable measures, including within urban design and planning, to establish green public spaces and other nature-based solutions.
The Economic Costs of the Israeli Occupation for the Palestinian People
Arrested Development and Poverty in the West Bank
This publication sheds light on the impact of the Israeli restrictions on the economy of the West Bank and the socioeconomic conditions of its households for the period 1998-2019, with special focus on the impact of the restrictions imposed by occupation in the aftermath of the second Intifada. It provides an overview of the Israeli restrictions and measures during the second Intifada and the post Intifada period. It then considers a counterfactual (alternative) growth path for the West Bank from the year 2000 onwards, to give some indication of the range of the potential economic growth that could have been realized if the restrictions imposed upon the outbreak of the Intifada had not occurred -or the economic costs in terms of GDP loss. It applies the empirical best prediction (EBP) method of Molina, Rao and Datta (2015) to combine the strengths of household surveys and censuses in order to estimate the poverty headcount and other indicators, which in turn allows for an assessment of the impact of the second Intifada using poverty gap and depth indicators. Finally, the study provides a set of recommendations and conclusions for the occupying power, Palestinian policymakers, the international community, and development partners.
SDG Pulse 2020
UNCTAD Takes the Pulse of the SDGs
This second edition of the SDG Pulse illustrates in a very concrete way how UNCTAD is contributing to the 2030 Agenda. The report not only presents statistical updates and data-driven analysis for the indicators for which UNCTAD is a custodian or co-custodian, but it also presents a range of other complementary indicators that provide a wider context and more nuance to these complex topics. This report will every year, highlight a thematic issue of immediate relevance. This year’s theme addresses the many impacts of COVID-19 from a statistical perspective. In particular, the conceptual and organisational challenges being faced by national statistical offices around the world, and some of the implications for global official statistics. The report also discusses some of measurement challenges in producing new, comparable COVID-19 (coronavirus) statistics in the midst of a crisis.
The World’s Cities in 2018
Data Booklet
This data booklet highlights current and future trajectories of populations in cities around the globe, drawing on the population estimates and projections published in World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision.
The World’s Cities in 2016
In 2016, an estimated 54.5 per cent of the world’s population lived in urban settlements. By 2030, urban areas are projected to house 60 per cent of people globally and one in every three people will live in cities with at least half a million inhabitants. Understanding the key trends in urbanization likely to unfold over the coming years is crucial to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and for efforts to forge a new framework of urban development during the Habitat III conference scheduled to be held in Quito, Ecuador in October 2016. This data booklet highlights current and future trajectories of populations in cities around the globe, drawing on population estimates and projections published in World Urbanization Prospects: The 2014 Revision.
World urbanization prospects
The 2014 revision - highlights
Human Development Report 2021/2022
Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World
Continuing the thread of the 2019 and 2020 Human Development Reports (HDRs), the 2021/2022 HDR carries forward a conversation centered on inequalities while integrating other important themes related to uncertainties in the Anthropocene: societal-level transformations, mental health impacts, political polarization, but also, crucially, opportunity. The Report explores how uncertainty in the Anthropocene is changing, what is driving it, what it means for human development, and how we can thrive in spite of it. The Report argues that, in the end, doubling down on human development is central to a more prosperous future for all.
2020年人类发展报告
新前沿 – 人类发展与人类世
The 30th Anniversary 2020 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent and analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues, trends and policies. This report offers a thought-provoking, necessary alternative to paralysis in the face of alarming planetary change. Its release comes as the COVID-19 (coronarvirus) pandemic simultaneously offers a glimpse of what a ‘new normal’ could hold and opens up the opportunity for humanity to change course. The report also sets out new metrics of human development to guide us, including a new, experimental Planetary pressures-adjusted Human Development Index.
Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano 2020
La próxima frontera – El desarrollo humano y el Antropoceno
El Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano 2020 (que celebra su 30º aniversario) constituye la última edición de la serie de Informes sobre Desarrollo Humano publicados a escala mundial por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) desde 1990. Estos informes ofrecen una explicación independiente, analítica y basada en datos empíricos sobre los principales problemas, tendencias y políticas en el ámbito del desarrollo. Este informe ofrece una alternativa necesaria y que invita a la reflexión frente a la parálisis ante un alarmante cambio planetario. Su publicación se produce en el momento en que la pandemia de COVID-19 ofrece una visión de lo que pudiera ser una "nueva normalidad" al mismo tiempo que abre la oportunidad de que la humanidad cambie de rumbo. El informe también plantea un nuevo Índice de Desarrollo Humano, de carácter experimental, ajustado por las presiones planetarias.
#Жилье2030 Повышение ценовой доступности жилья в регионе ЕЭК ООН
The study explores housing affordability challenges and existing policy instruments for improving housing affordability in the regions covered by UNECE and presents examples of "good practices" in improving housing affordability among countries and cities. The study focuses on four topics, namely: housing governance and regulation; access to finance and funding; access and availability of land for housing construction; and Climate-neutral housing construction and renovation.
New Threats to Human Security in the Anthropocene
Demanding Greater Solidarity
New data and analysis in the report, New Threats to Human Security in the Anthropocene, shows that people’s sense of safety and security is at a low in almost every country, including the richest countries, despite years of upwards development success. Those benefiting from some of the highest levels of good health, wealth, and education outcomes are reporting even greater anxiety than 10 years ago. To tackle this disconnect between development and perceived security, the report calls for greater solidarity across borders and a new approach to development; one that allows people to live free from want, fear, anxiety and indignity. The imperative to act now has never been more clear, as new findings also show that global life expectancy at birth is falling for a second year because of COVID-19, and overall human development measures are also moving downward. Furthermore, climate change is likely to become a leading cause of death around the world. Even with moderate mitigation of emissions, some 40 million people might die because of changes in temperatures before the end of the century. The report examines a cluster of threats that have shifted to become more prominent in recent years including those from digital technologies, inequalities, conflicts, and the ability of healthcare systems to tackle new challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing these threats will require policy makers to consider protection, empowerment, and solidarity alongside one another so that human security, planetary considerations and human development all work together and not despite each other. This means that solutions for one problem shouldn’t exacerbate other problems. The report also notes the strong association between declining levels of trust and feelings of insecurity. People with higher levels of perceived human insecurity are three times less likely to find others trustworthy.
Rescuing SDG 11 for a Resilient Urban Planet
SDG 11 Synthesis Report - High Level Political Forum 2023
The current report shows that the world is off track in achieving SDG 11. Rescuing SDG 11 is urgent for the sake of present and future generations. The report points to the immense opportunities that exist and the innovations that are already underway. It was prepared by UN-Habitat as a lead coordinator, with inputs from several UN custodian agencies, other UN entities, civil society, academia, United Cities and Local Governments, and various other stakeholders and partners.
Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2020
COVID-19 Mortality Evidence and Scenarios
This publication uses national sources of data on deaths from civil registry offices and health information systems to analyse the impact of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on mortality in the countries of the region. In addition, by means of a simulation exercise based on different scenarios of COVID-19 prevalence rates, it estimates the impact of COVID-19-related deaths on life expectancy at birth for the 38 countries and territories of Latin America and the Caribbean. The information used to prepare this edition of the Demographic Observatory corresponds to official information on deaths and causes of death available at 31 October 2020, as well as population estimates and projections prepared by the United Nations.
التكاليف الاقتصادية للاحتلال الإسرائيلي على الشعب الفلسطيني
كبح التنمية وتفاقم الفقرڡى الضفة الغربية
This publication sheds light on the impact of the Israeli restrictions on the economy of the West Bank and the socioeconomic conditions of its households for the period 1998-2019, with special focus on the impact of the restrictions imposed by occupation in the aftermath of the second Intifada. It provides an overview of the Israeli restrictions and measures during the second Intifada and the post Intifada period. It then considers a counterfactual (alternative) growth path for the West Bank from the year 2000 onwards, to give some indication of the range of the potential economic growth that could have been realized if the restrictions imposed upon the outbreak of the Intifada had not occurred -or the economic costs in terms of GDP loss. It applies the empirical best prediction (EBP) method of Molina, Rao and Datta (2015) to combine the strengths of household surveys and censuses in order to estimate the poverty headcount and other indicators, which in turn allows for an assessment of the impact of the second Intifada using poverty gap and depth indicators. Finally, the study provides a set of recommendations and conclusions for the occupying power, Palestinian policymakers, the international community, and development partners.
COVID-19 Recovery Action Plan for Informal Settlements in the ECE Region
The COVID-19 Recovery Action Plan for Informal Settlements in the UNECE Region is dealing with both – the new challenges, created by COVID-19, and the pre-existing ones, while also addressing the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This Recovery Action Plan, targeted at national and local governments in the ECE region, provides an extensive list of goals, targets, and actions that can be advanced by governments, local authorities, residents, community leaders, non-governmental organizations, and other stakeholders to help mitigate and/or prevent the COVID-19 pandemic spread. It is also designed to help build back better to achieve greater resilience against future pandemic risks while simultaneously helping to achieve the Goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, with a particular focus on SDG 11 on sustainable cities and human settlements.
A Handbook on Sustainable Urban Mobility and Spatial Planning
Promoting Active Mobility
This publication has been designed to assist member States in integrating transport, health, quality of life and environmental objectives into urban and spatial planning policies. It provides many references to case studies, good practices and examples from cities across the Euro-Asian region (and beyond) covering a wide array of thematic areas, including: the future of sustainable urban mobility; spatial planning in function of sustainable urban mobility and accessibility; public transport planning as a cornerstone of sustainable urban mobility; active mobility and how it promotes health and the environment; and the potential of Intelligent Transport Systems in an urban context. The publication puts forward a methodology for sustainable urban transport planning and introduces a concise set of key messages and recommendations as an input to the Fifth High-level Meeting on Transport, Health and Environment which takes place in Vienna from 26-27 November 2020.
UNMAS Annual Report 2021
Perserverance Partnership Progress
For twenty-five years, the United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) has helped reduce the impact of explosive ordnance contamination on communities worldwide. The 2021 annual report highlights UNMAS activities, achievements, funding and expenditures. But in a larger sense, it tells the story of advancing fundamental building blocks of peace and security. Around the globe, mine action has opened roads, ensured more children can safely attend school and provided increased access to water sources, farmland, markets and health facilities. These efforts have also allowed more displaced civilians to return home free of the fear of explosive threats, facilitated the safe delivery of lifesaving humanitarian relief, and created a safer environment for peacekeepers. Despite this progress, needs continue to grow. In Afghanistan, vast tracts of contaminated land have only recently been made accessible to mine action teams. In Ethiopia and Myanmar, conflict is not only adding to contamination, but forcing fleeing civilians to navigate land littered with explosive remnants of war. The war in Ukraine has seen the use of enormous amounts of ordnance, including in populated urban areas, which will require mine action for decades to come. The increased use of Improvised Explosive Devices is also having greater impact on civilians and peacekeepers – as recognized by the Security Council and the General Assembly. As this report makes clear, mine action makes a real difference in the lives of people and communities.
Relatório do desenvolvimento humano 2020
A próxima fronteira – O desenvolvimento humano e o antropoceno
The 30th Anniversary 2020 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent and analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues, trends and policies. This report offers a thought-provoking, necessary alternative to paralysis in the face of alarming planetary change. Its release comes as the COVID-19 (coronarvirus) pandemic simultaneously offers a glimpse of what a ‘new normal’ could hold and opens up the opportunity for humanity to change course. The report also sets out new metrics of human development to guide us, including a new, experimental Planetary pressures-adjusted Human Development Index.
تقرير التنمية البشرية لعام 2020
أفق جديد – التنمية البشرية والأنثروبوسين
The 30th Anniversary 2020 Human Development Report is the latest in the series of global Human Development Reports published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) since 1990 as independent and analytically and empirically grounded discussions of major development issues, trends and policies. This report offers a thought-provoking, necessary alternative to paralysis in the face of alarming planetary change. Its release comes as the COVID-19 (coronarvirus) pandemic simultaneously offers a glimpse of what a ‘new normal’ could hold and opens up the opportunity for humanity to change course. The report also sets out new metrics of human development to guide us, including a new, experimental Planetary pressures-adjusted Human Development Index.
Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Urban Development in a Post-pandemic World
The report focuses on the contribution that STI practices make towards mitigating some of the most pressing sustainability challenges facing the urban socio-technical systems in a post-COVID-19 world. The report also assesses the urbanization trends and the impact of the pandemic on sustainable urban development. It identifies 12 key urban sustainability challenges: energy, circularity, water, mobility, economic prosperity and financial stability, housing, education, gender empowerment & equality, urban planning, healthcare, safety and security, and protection from natural disasters. For each category, a selection of practical STI solutions and innovative case studies worldwide are presented. Finally, the report calls for action at the national and international level to seize the innovation momentum from the COVID-19 pandemic and to use the transformative power of STI to deliver on the commitment to sustainable urban development. Governments should prioritize the STI solutions that ensure value for money and more efficient spending, focusing on activities that boost urban resilience. International cooperation efforts will be needed to further pool, formalize and transfer the available knowledge on effective STI solutions.
Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2015
Population Projections
Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2016
Population Projections
Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2018
International Migration
Observatorio Demográfico América Latina y el Caribe 2020
Mortalidad por COVID-19 evidencias y escenarios
Esta publicación utiliza fuentes nacionales de datos sobre defunciones de los registros civiles y los sistemas de información en salud para analizar el impacto de la enfermedad por coronavirus (COVID-19) en la mortalidad en los países de la región. Además, mediante un ejercicio de simulación basado en diferentes escenarios de tasas de prevalencia de COVID-19, estima el impacto de las muertes relacionadas con COVID-19 en la esperanza de vida al nacer para los 38 países y territorios de América Latina y el Caribe. La información utilizada para la elaboración de esta edición del Observatorio Demográfico corresponde a la información oficial sobre defunciones y causas de muerte disponible a 31 de octubre de 2020, así como a estimaciones y proyecciones de población elaboradas por Naciones Unidas.
Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2017
Life Tables
Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2019
Population Projections
This publication compiles selected indicators concerning population estimates and projections at the national level for 38 countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. The estimates and projections for the 20 Latin American countries were prepared by CELADE–Population Division of ECLAC, together with the United Nations Population Division (UNPD). The figures for the Caribbean countries were prepared by UNPD. In this edition, the customary analytical chapter looks at recent population trends in the region. The technical notes list the data sources consulted for each country.
Latin America and the Caribbean Demographic Observatory 2014
Population Projections
2022 تقرير التنمية الانسانية العربية للعام
تعظيم الفرص لتعافٍ يشمل الجميع ويعزز القدرة على مواجهة الأزمات في حقبة ما بعد كوفيد- 19
The Arab Human Development Report 2022 focuses on post-COVID recovery, assessing long standing development challenges across the spheres of governance, society, and economy—tackling aspects of gender; youth; education and health; multi-dimensional poverty; impacts on economic sectors, MSMEs and labour markets; displacement and migration; and nature and climate change challenges—to put the region on a resilient and sustainable human development path. The report also assesses adequacy and efficacy of response policies especially where the pandemic has led to widening inequalities and exacerbated existing challenges in such areas as public service provision, including social protection, care, education, healthcare and vaccine rollout. The report provides concrete recommendations on how to guide a resilient, sustainable, equitable, and inclusive recovery. It calls on Arab States to act quickly, decisively and at scale, to assess, evaluate, and strengthen capabilities and capacities and build effective and trustworthy institutional structures that can support a new social contract to better help societies cope with future shocks and disasters.
Urban Climate Action: The Urban Content of the NDCs - Global Review 2022
This report was prepared by United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) and the UNESCO Chair on Urban Resilience at the University of Southern Denmark. It offers a global analysis of the urban content of 193 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) before the 19th of June 2022. For this report, more than 200 indicators were used to analyse external data (e.g., Human Development Index and income categorisation) and data within the NDCs, including climate mitigation and adaptation challenges and responses, as well as specific sectors.
History Under Attack: Holocaust Denial and Distortion on Social Media
This publication by the United Nations and UNESCO with the support of the World Jewish Congress studies the extent and nature of Holocaust denial and distortion on Facebook, Instagram, Telegram, TikTok and Twitter in English, French, German and Spanish. It finds that Holocaust distortion and denial on social media remains a significant cause of concern across all platforms and based on the empirical findings, provides recommendations for policymakers, international organizations, civil society, academia, educators and social media platforms.