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Image of the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro.
IIED at WUF12
… The World Urban Forum (WUF) is a global conference on sustainable urbanisation. It was established by the United Nations in … practices and local action in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the new urban agenda. This was a space for …
Event, 04 November 2024
Clothes hang on lines outside small poorly maintained houses
Introduction to building transformative urban resilience for all
… work of the Human Settlements research group as it seeks to achieve sustainable, inclusive, equitable, healthy, safe, resilient and … cities in the global South as well as the ability to influence global development policy processes.  Our team has worked with: Major … learned on pathways of achieving resilient and equitable urban development, in order to influence policy and practice.  We will enhance …
Article, 01 April 2022
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Creatively queer: a creative writing guidebook for anyone working, advocating or agitating in sustainable development
… writing guidebook for anyone working, advocating or agitating in sustainable development …
Publication, 03 June 2024
Four workshop participants are sitting at a table, discussing and writing things down on post-it notes.
Adequate housing for all: bridging the gap in Sierra Leone
… participants reflected on the following:   In Sierra Leone, rapid urbanisation and lack of capacity has led to the expansion of informal … housing has not been given the relevance it deserves in national development.” Little progress has been made on a housing policy that can … Leone, agreed to set up a technical working group to support the development of the country’s housing policy and take forward the …
News, 04 April 2025
An aerial view of dozens of shack housing in close proximity, with colourful roofs
Bridging the urban adaptation finance gap
… Uganda-based Young African Refugees for Integral Development (YARID) used crowdfunding to raise funds to support … growing understanding of the complex interdependencies between urban development processes and risks, and associated uncertainties. Research … It can also unpack how finance for urban climate mitigation and sustainable development initiatives influences both the context for …
Insight, 25 April 2022
Residents of an informal settlement in Pune, India, discuss the results of a survey and how best to upgrade their homes and settlement, guided by Mahila Milan, a grassroots network formed by savings groups of women slum and pavement dwellers (Photo: SPARC)
Wanted: Urban data revolution for post 2015 sustainable development goals
… about the way the list of indicators suggested for the post-2015 development goals fails to address the vast limitations in the existing … Wanted: Urban data revolution for post 2015 sustainable development goals …
Insight, 16 April 2014
Buildings destroyed after devastating floods in Pakistan.
Delivering low-cost, high quality sanitation – at scale
… Ghulam Kibriya from the federal government’s Appropriate Technology Development Cell (ATDC). He wanted to see me immediately. I told him I … to make it affordable, you have a number of projects that may not be sustainable. …
Insight, 02 September 2024
Image of sing on building, with people seen on the background. Sign reads 'Sistema Distrital de Cuidado'.
Advancing economies of equality and care: contributing to UCLG’s GOLD VII process
Project, 28 April 2025
Two people holding plants and discussing.
Cities are vulnerable to climate change and central to its solutions
Insight, 20 November 2024
A mask-wearing man stands behind a food stall
A framework for a transformative urban recovery
… budgets. Urban areas typically receive lower levels of international development and climate finance than rural areas, and these limited …
Project, 05 May 2021