With the Paris Agreement coming into force, and the associated commitment of 197 nations around the world, including the European Union, to limit global warming to well below 2o C. Cities, supported by city networks, are rising to meet these challenges, and are making bold commitments to act, in many cases even more ambitious than
Race to Zero Campaign Accelerating Urban Action for Carbon Free World Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience Every October, UN-Habitat and partners organize a month of activities, events and discussions on urban sustainability. This year, Urban October theme is “Race to Zero Campaign”. Urban October Celebration will kick start with World Habitat Day on 4th October
In KP province, most of the school buildings and educational institutions do not comply with the required building standards published by the Pakistan Engineering Council. As a result, majority are poorly constructed and lack of preparedness and response plans for disasters. There is an agreement among experts that many schools collapse due to lack of
Reducing the impact of flooding and droughts is becoming one of the top priorities of the Government of Pakistan. The flood and drought impacts are often severe in urban areas, a national approach to address this situation in cities doesn’t exist in Pakistan. This is critical, considering that 36.4% of Pakistan’s population lives in urban
Activities going on in Dhok Mangtal, Rawalpindi to prevent spread of COVID-19
This document has been prepared with the technical assistance of the EU SWITCH-Asia programme (previous Regional Policy Support Component and current SCP Facility) in support to the Ministry of Climate Change. It is been produced in collaboration with UN-Habitat and NUST. Any statement, opinion or advice expressed in this Guideline is made in good faith
