How Much Progress Have We Made on Housing for All?
With the #UrbanOctober focus on the future of cities, our latest blog by our CEO David Ireland explores how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have impacted urban life around the world.
Find out more ▶️ bit.ly/4361BuI
🏘️As #UrbanOctober comes to a close a new IIED report shows that not only are forced evictions a handbrake on urban resilience by increasing vulnerabilities of communities, but they also undermine carbon reduction targets.
Find out more and download the research ▶️ bit.ly/47hozS4
At the #WorldCitiesDay global observance in Bogotá, leaders highlighted that technology alone doesn’t make cities smart — people do.
The event also celebrated the Global Award for Sustainable Development in Cities, showcasing innovation that leaves no one behind. #UrbanOctober
October 31 is #WorldCitiesDay! This year's theme celebrates people-centered smart cities, showcasing how data-driven decision making, technology, and AI can be used to improve urban life and recover from shocks and crises. 🏙️
#UrbanOctober #CitiesDay #UrbanSDG
From AI mapping to smart mobility, #WorldCitiesDay panelists showed how cities use tech to bridge housing, land & service gaps.
Smart cities work best when they put people first.
#UrbanOctober
Happy #WorldCitiesDay🏙️
As #UrbanOctober draws to a close, #WCD2025 focuses on people-centred #SmartCities, reminding us that cities should always serve citizens first🌐
📝Our #Capitals Working Group has released a #PolicyBrief on capitals as key agents in the #mobility transition.
🔗 buff.ly/8r48vBF
🌆 Join the conversation shaping our urban future!
This #WorldCitiesDay, leaders, innovators, and changemakers are coming together to explore how cities can harness digital transformation for the public good.
🔗 https://loom.ly/LO782OA
#UrbanOctober
As #WorldCitiesDay ends #UrbanOctober, a question stands out: what makes a city truly liveable? The answer may be in the small spaces we overlook.
👇 Tap through the cards for the lessons from our research in #Bangkok & explore our new feature: buff.ly/sy1HLfq
#UrbanPlanning #ResilientCities #SDG11
This year’s #UrbanOctober is about building people-centred smart cities.
♻️One key element? Smarter waste management, starting with biowaste! Our upcoming briefing calls for EU funds to help cities improve separate collection & invest in circular solutions. Stay tuned!
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On #WorldCitiesDay, @who.int launches "Taking a strategic approach to urban health", plus #UrbanHealth case studies, including our research on equitable mobility in Nairobi and Mombasa. 🇰🇪
Learn about the SEI project behind the case study: buff.ly/SyEAu8m
#UrbanMobility #UrbanOctober #HealthyCities
Mountains of #waste & rising emissions: our cities face a crisis.
But smart systems, community-led solutions, & inclusive policies can turn trash into opportunity: cleaner streets, & a sustainable future.🌱
Learn more: theigc.org/blogs/cleane...
#UrbanOctober @oliverjharman.bsky.social
Ikedichukwu Ayogu reflected on the impact of the urban health desk in Nigeria and how this can be used to strengthen the health system in urban areas in the country #UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
Dr Andrews Ayim, shares how Ghana is using regulatory networks, facility networks and service networks to facilitate linkages between providers in urban areas in the country. #UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
Subas Bastola provides an overview of the challenges in Nepal, while adding that 'private pharmacies are crucial for urban residents, however, we need to establish linkages through regulation, training, and data integration'
#UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
Reflecting on the experiences of Bangladesh, Dr Khaleda Islam shares that 'informal providers can really support the urban health system as first responders, with sufficient training and supervision' #UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
Prof. @h-elsey01.bsky.social, University of York, is chairing a panel discussion on how to address the plurality of providers working in urban contexts in low- and middle-income countries. #UrbanOctober #WorldCitiesDay
Read more: gh.bmj.com/content/4/3/...
Meet Public Works Studio (PWS) — a women-led NGO in Beirut awarded the UN-Habitat Scroll of Honour for advancing spatial justice. Its Housing Monitor helps residents report evictions, access support, and push for fairer housing policies.
🔗Learn more: https://loom.ly/Fah8AN8
#UrbanOctober
📅 Agenda Día Mundial de las Ciudades 2025
// Martes 28 //
Belem (Brasil) – 1:30 pm
Cali (Colombia) – Univ. del Valle, 3 pm
Lima (Perú) – San Andrés, 6:20 pm
// Jueves 30//
Bogotá (Colombia) – SCA, 5 pm
// Viernes 31//
World Cities Day – Bogotá, 3 pm
#WorldCitiesDay #UrbanOctober
As cities grow and evolve, free-roaming dogs and cats continue to share our streets and public spaces. Measuring their welfare could help guide more effective, humane urban planning. Join the conversation for #WorldCitiesDay: https://ow.ly/azx850Xikjp #UrbanOctober #UNHabitat #AnimalWelfare
Meet Adriana Soto, Bogotá's Secretary of Environment. In the lead-up to this year's #WorldCitiesDay, we're spotlighting public health people behind the work, celebrating those who are helping make cities safer, healthier and more equitable for all. #Cities4Health #UrbanOctober
This #UrbanOctober and #WorldHomelessDay we are clear;
🔊 Homelessness is not an individual failing, it is a structural issue.
Find out more about primary prevention 📖 bit.ly/3WdQYlA
#HousingIsAHumanRight #SystemChange
To mark #UrbanOctober & #WorldCitiesDay, join us for a virtual panel event with policymakers on strengthening #urbanhealth systems through provider partnerships and collaborations - & how we can move from fragmentation to harmonisation.
Register here: tinyurl.com/3tdsk83m
@herdintl.bsky.social
🏠 Join Grace Chikumo-Mtonga, HIC President, at #UNGA80: “Land & the Right to Adequate Housing”
📅 TODAY Oct 16 | 🕙 10–11:30 AM EDT | 🌍 Hybrid
HIC will bring a call for land policies from below—driven by CSOs social and feminist movements
💻 us06web.zoom.us/j/83179583143
#UrbanOctober
On this 🍲 #WorldFoodDay & during 🏙️ #UrbanOctober, ICLEI Africa launches the African City Food Centre - a regional Centre of Excellence supporting cities to build sustainable, inclusive urban food systems that create better lives.
🔗 Learn more: africa.iclei.org/centres-afri...
Overflowing bins 🗑️ and burning plastic tell a story about city leadership.
Our Cities that Work blog & new synthesis paper explore how better waste management can build trust, boost public services, and create cleaner, healthier cities 📊
www.theigc.org/blogs/politi...
#UrbanOctober #EconSky
Cities from Cairo to Chennai face the same challenge: too little green for too many people 🌆🚨
Our research in #Bangkok explores the #PocketPark rollout that aims to bring nature within a 15-minute walk for all. 🌳🚶♀️
Dive in 👉 buff.ly/AsXuMlM
#UrbanOctober #SustainableCities #GreenGap
🗑️♻️ How does a #DigitalTwin improve waste management in South Africa? Join the ISCN GLOBAL MIXER at #UrbanOctober.
🗓 Oct 22, 13:00 CEST (WebEx)
👉 www.smart-city-dialog.de/en/latest/ev...
#SmartCities #WasteManagement
