UN-HABITAT

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September 27th, 2023

Manal Jirjawi, is a 44-year-old woman heading a family of 13 members living in Shajaiah area close to Gaza city. She signed on to a self-help rehabilitation process with UN-Habitat targeting her damaged house from the May 2021 escalations.

Diana Carillo Silva

Climate Change CoP Coordinator

Since 2021, the Climate Change and Urban Environment Community of Practice has hosted 16 sessions, bringing more than 400 colleagues together to discuss themes, events and initiatives like urban heat, urban biodiversity, IPCC reports, COPs, SURGe and I4C. Many of these sessions have been achieved in collaboration with other Communities of Practice and external partners like UNDP. Through one of the discussions, we gathered nature-based solutions case studies in more than 30 cities across the agency

UN-Habitat, in collaboration with the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, Eurocities and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) with funding from the Open Society Foundations, has launched the technical report: Human Rights in the Digital Era – Learnings on local governance from pilots in Europe with outcomes and tools developed as part of the Digital Rights Governance Project in Europe.

The project team worked with local governments in Brussels, Dublin, Sofia and Tirana, and focused on technical support to uphold people-centered digital transformation strategies, policies and projects anchored on the promotion and protection of human rights in the digital context of cities.

Digital transformation in cities and human settlements is complex and requires leadership, effective governance, capacity and a strong commitment to human rights, inclusion and sustainability. There are many opportunities to harness the potential of digital solutions for sustainable urban development; they have the potential to improve access to education, affordable housing, and critical government services. But there are also risks, challenges and unintended consequences if these technologies are not well governed.

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