Yangon, August 21, 2024— UN-Habitat organized a hybrid “Roundtable Discussion on Climate Action Communication,” with over 45 in-person attendees and 20 virtual participants. This event, part of the Myanmar Climate Change Alliance Programme (MCCA), funded by the European Union, aimed to enhance climate change communication strategies and engagement efforts in Myanmar. In her opening remarks, ...

In the bustling city of Yangon, water shortages and pollution are intensifying as people seek refuge from conflict-affected areas. In the city’s informal settlements, where only 6 percent of households have access to piped water, residents have long depended on unreliable and unsafe sources for their daily needs. These informal settlements, often situated in flood-prone ...

UN-Habitat Myanmar, in collaboration with numerous local and international partners, has successfully concluded the Myanmar Climate Action Week (MCAW) 2024! MCAW is an initiative of UN-Habitat under the EU-funded Myanmar Climate Change Alliance 2 (MCCA2) programme, with co-financing this year from CDE/University of Bern. This week-long event, themed “Building Resilience in a Polycrisis,” brought together ...

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 ...

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 ...

A hybrid COP28 debriefing and ‘What does it mean to Myanmar?’ was held on March 29, 2024, in Yangon, with the aim of discussing a comprehensive summary of the main results, agreements, and conversations that took place during COP28 in Dubai in 2023 and its implications for Myanmar. The event was organised by UN-Habitat as ...

Written by Alden Translated by UN-Habitat Myanmar 02 May 2023 An unusual scene was observed one morning in early April at a local mohinga (rice noodles in fish soup), stall in Kalaw Township in southern Shan State. Instead of plastic bags, people were seen buying food in steel tiffin carriers. A nice aroma coming from ...

By Htun Lin Aung 02, May 2023 As soon as you enter the tissue – banana plantations in Sankar Village, Waing Maw Township, Kachin State, you will see banana leaves covered with light blue plastic. Banana plants with large leaves are held up by plastic ropes. If banana plants have a lot of large leaves, ...

World Environment Day 2023 provided an excellent opportunity to raise awareness about the detrimental effects of plastic pollution and promote sustainable practices. The #BeatPlasticPollution public awareness campaign organized by UN-Habitat, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), and City Mart Holding Co., Ltd. exemplifies the collaborative efforts needed to address this urgent environmental issue. The campaign took ...

Community clean-up campaigns are steadily gaining momentum as a proactive measure to address waste management issues, contributing to a clean and healthy environment for all. In line with the #BeatPlasticPollution campaign and as part of the World Environment Day activities, UN-Habitat organized community clean-up events in Dagon Seikkan and Thanlyin townships from 29 to 30 ...