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| Dr. Clos meets Senegal President |
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Dakar, 5 Dec 12
UN-Habitat Executive Director Dr. Joan Clos on Tuesday delivered a speech during the opening ceremony of Africities in Dakar, Senegal. Later Dr. Clos met the President of Senegal Macky Sall, during which the issue of flooding which recently affected most cities of Senegal including Dakar the Capital City, was the main topic. |
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| Shoring up against disaster |
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Islamabad, 28 Nov 12
The Pakistan Planning Commission and UN-Habitat Pakistan this week held a conference on Creative Cities and National Urban Policy aimed at helping the country’s cities shore up better against natural disasters which have taken a heavy toll in Pakistan in recent years. |
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| Pupils learn flood risk management in Kampala |
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Kampala, 23 Aug 12
Pupils at Outspan Primary School in Bwaise, a poor, flood-prone neighbourhood in Kampala, Uganda, are learning how to collect meteorological data – and, along the way, something about how climate change increasingly will affect their lives. Two times a day they measure the amount of rain that has fallen over the past several hours at their school grounds. They then jot down observations on the duration of the rainfall and its effect in terms of flooding of their school yard. |
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| Greening our cities |
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Rio de Janeiro, 20 Jun 12
UN-Habitat has produced a new series of ‘quick guides’ on Urban Patterns for a Green Economy, showing how cities andcity-regions can employ sustainable patterns for a green economy. These guidesaim to inspire city managers to think more broadly about the role of theircities, and collaborate with experts and interest groups across disciplines andsectors to promote both human and environmental prosperity. |
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| I'm a City Changer! |
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 19 Jun 12
UN-Habitat on Monday launched its global I'm a City Changer drive in a special event at Fort Copacabana , in Rio de Janeiro, to emphasise that greenhouse gas pollution can be cut back around the world with better public transport in cities so that fewer people have to use cars. |
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| A big youth lobby at Rio +20 |
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Rio de Janeiro, 18 Jun 12
Over 2,000 young people from 120 countries at the weekend joined hands for a big Youth Blast, to ensure the voices of young people and their concerns are brought as high as possible onto the agenda of Rio +20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. |
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| I'm a city changer exhibition opens in Nairobi |
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Nairobi, Kenya, 8 Jun 12
Art lovers, art critics, members of the public and a presidential aspirant all converged at a Nairobi lounge on Wednesday night to witness the official opening of a unique exhibition.
The exhibition by a talented Kenyan photographer Mutua Matheka aims at portraying the Kenyan capital in a positive light. He has taken artistic images of the major buildings forming the Nairobi skyline and he says he wants to inspire fellow Kenyans to appreciate the beauty of their city. |
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| Countdown to World Urban Forum |
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Nairobi, 24 May 12
As the clock ticks towards the opening of the sixth World Urban Forum in Naples, registration is ongoing and expectations are high that the turnout will be good. Organised jointly by UN-Habitat, the Government of Italy, the Campania Region and the City of Naples, the theme for this year's meeting is The Urban Future. Over 3,000 participants from 114 countries have already registered for the premier conference on cities and urban issues. |
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| Student led Water Quality Monitoring Progamme in Mangalore, India |
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Mangalore, India, 22 Mar 12
As part of the project "Promotion of Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Education and Water Quality Monitoring in Mangalore City, India", water quality testing laboratories were inaugurated in two nodal schools - Jilla Panchayath Higher Primary School, Katipalla, 5th block and Pejavar Aided Higher Primary School, Kalavar today to promote hands-on water education. Dr. Harmut Unger, President, BASF Social Foundation unveiled the water laboratories in the presence of senior officials of BASF, UN-Habitat, TERI, Management of the beneficiary schools and the students. |
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| Fourth AMCHUD meeting opens in Kenya |
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Nairobi, 21 Mar 12
The fourth African Ministerial Conference on Housing and Urban Development (AMCHUD) kicked off in Nairobi on Tuesday.
Under the theme, Territorial planning, basic services for all and the impacts and the impacts of climate change in Africa the conference brought together participants from all over the continent as well as those from partner institutions. |
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| A new vision for Kisumu |
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Kisumu, 24 Feb 12
Experts drawn from urban planning, local government, local organisations and private sector service providers are meeting in the West of Kenya to discuss a vision for the future of their city. |
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