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International Day of Zero Waste (Art competition)

The United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) Pakistan is pleased to announce the opening of our first Art Competition to celebrate the International Day of Zero Waste 30 March 2023. International Day of Zero Waste The International Day of Zero Waste aims to promote sustainable consumption and production patterns, support the societal shift towards circularity

Celebration of World Habitat Day 2022

Celebration of World Habitat Day 2022 – Mind the Gap, leaving no one and no place behind UN-Habitat Pakistan organized a seminar to kick start celebration of  Urban October activities– World Habitat Day on 3rd October 2022 – on the theme‘ Mind the Gap. Leave No One and No Place Behind’ – putting spotlight on

Launch of Waste Wise Cities Tool in Pakistan for Clean and Healthy Cities and Oceans – Celebrating UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration

On World Environment Day, UN-Habitat for restoration of urban and marine ecosystem in Pakistan is launching  Waste Wise Cities Tool, in collaboration with Ministry of Climate Change, UN Environment, Sindh Environment Protection Agency and Directorate of urban policy and strategic unit, and NED University. The aim is to  analyze the challenges of solid waste management

Launching Ceremony of the State of Pakistani Cities (SCP) report

State of Pakistani Cities report and road map to achieve SDG 11-launched  Islamabad, 19 July 2018:  The State of Pakistani Cities (SPC) report launched today in Islamabad. The report presents the current state of development in the ten largest cities of Pakistan and throws light on the state of economy, social service delivery, planning and

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Retrofitting Guideline

The Guideline is based on the retrofit practices applied in twelve earthquake affected schools at two Districts Peshawar and Swat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province (KP). The Guideline will serve as a guiding tool to undertake the retrofitting of other hazard affected buildings in various schools throughout KP Province, or elsewhere in Pakistan; and to also