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Secretary-General’s Message for World Habitat Day 2024

7 October 2024 “Engaging youth to create a better urban future” On World Habitat Day, we reaffirm the basic right of shelter and reflect on the transformation of urban environments. This year’s theme highlights the vital role of young people in creating a better urban future. By 2030, 60 percent of urban residents will be

Building resilience in a polycrisis

Building resilience in a polycrisis 24 June 2024 The effects of climate change are currently exacerbating vulnerabilities in a context of intensified conflict, especially for the poorest and most at-risk groups, including the over 3 million internally displaced persons, in Myanmar. They not only have to face the dangers of the ongoing conflict, but also

WOMEN LEAD CLIMATE ACTIONS FOR RESILIENT COMMUNITIES IN MYANMAR

With EU support, Ma Khine, a woman leading a local organisation in Myanmar, has been able to strengthen her knowledge on climate change. She has used her newly acquired skills to educate communities by proposing collective actions and solutions to address these issues. Ma Khine leads a local civil society organisation (CSO) in a coastal

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Country Programme Overview 2024 – 2025 (UN-Habitat Myanmar)

Country Programme Overview 2024 – 2025 (UN-Habitat Myanmar) Myanmar is a country of vast diversity, beauty, and a wealth of natural resources, including oil, gas, mining, water, timber, land, and not least, a rich cultural heritage. Despite this, three years after the military takeover, the country experiences a severe multidimensional crisis, with conflict-related displacement and