...ring of more than 57,000 participants - the largest in the history of the World Urban Forum - closed on Friday in Baku with an urgent call to rethink how the world houses its p...
Dense urban environments bring people together, enabling the exchange of ideas and the growth of new i...
Interview with Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director of UN-Habitat during ADS 2026
...ent need to strengthen water and sanitation systems in view of Africa's growing urban population. She calls for careful planning at both local and national government level to ...
...achi, home to over 21 million people as per the 2023 census, reflects a growing urban divide. Nearly 75% of its population lives in around 1,000 informal settlements, of which ...
...lities. Nearly 700 million people live in informal settlements, and over 65% of urban workers lack secure jobs and social protection, while climate and environmental pressures ...
Africa’s urban population is set to grow rapidly in the coming decades, creating both major opportunities...
...lion people will be added to African cities by 2050. Getting this unprecedented urban transition right is one of the defining development challenges of our time.
In this openi...
India is at an urban inflection point — and the decisions made this decade will shape its cities for generation...
...r opportunities — and the difficult reality many encounter upon arrival.
Rapid urbanization, inadequate housing, and weak infrastructure leave many residents living in conditi...
But New York City's super speeders don't seem to believe that
#nyc #stopsuperspeeders
Join us for an overview of the new WorldPop Global 2 dataset, which is now available in DHIS2. Global 2 provides high-resolution annual population estimates for 2015-2030 at 100x100m resolution wit...
Join us for an overview of the new WorldPop Global 2 dataset, which is now available in DHIS2. Global 2 provides high-resolution annual population estimates for 2015-2030 at 100x100m resolution wit...
Überbevölkerung ist kein Fakt, sondern ein Narrativ.
Ob Hunger, Migration oder Klimakrise – immer wieder wird „Überbevölkerung“ als Ursache für globale Herausforderungen genannt. 🌍
Aber stimmt da..
... to welcome 45 people from 15 countries in a Regional workshop on the degree of urbanization, organized by UNFPA Eastern Europe & Central Asia in partnership with the EU Jo...
...Stoyanov, former President of Bulgaria, speaks about the urgency of housing and urbanization at a time of global instability and conflict.
The thirteenth session of the World ...
🟠 Are there too many people on the planet?
🟠 Is the global population collapsing?
🟠 Should we be worried?
📽️ @UNFPA debunks 3 common myths about the world population ⤵️
#8BillionStrong
Our world is becoming increasingly urban. Cities are now home to 45 per cent of the global population of 8.2 billion, according to ...
With one of the fastest urbanization rates in Africa, Ethiopia is preparing to share its experience at the Second World ...