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POSITIONING UN-HABITAT TO HELP MEET THE URBAN CHALLENGE

POSITIONING UN-HABITAT TO HELP MEET THE URBAN CHALLENGE. Anna Tibaijuka Executive Director UN-HABITAT Seville, 15-16 October 2008. Sustainable Urbanisation. 1996: Habitat Agenda and the Istanbul Declaration 2000: Millennium Declaration and slum improvement target

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POSITIONING UN-HABITAT TO HELP MEET THE URBAN CHALLENGE

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  1. POSITIONING UN-HABITAT TO HELP MEET THE URBAN CHALLENGE Anna TibaijukaExecutive DirectorUN-HABITATSeville, 15-16 October 2008

  2. Sustainable Urbanisation • 1996: Habitat Agenda and the Istanbul Declaration • 2000: Millennium Declaration and slum improvement target • 2001: Istanbul+5 and renewed commitment to Habitat Agenda • 2002: “Sustainable Urbanisation” outcome of WUF I for WSSD Sanitation included as an IADG • 2003/4: Flagship Reports show scale of slum growth, urban poverty and deprivation • 2005: World Summit Outcome calls for slum prevention to complement slum improvement target • 2005: Flagship Report on Financing Urban Shelter warns of systemic risks in over-extending housing finance • 2006/7: UN-Habitat inputs to CSD show linkages between chaotic urbanisation, global warming & competing demands for land, water and energy • 2008: Bali highlights sustainable urbanisation as important strategy for climate change mitigation • 2008: Food, fuel and US sub-prime mortgage crises all linked to urban sustainability issues

  3. Strengthening UN-Habitat • 1996: Habitat II, Habitat Agenda and normative mandate • 1997/8: UNCHS (Habitat) in crisis, several proposals for strengthening management and governance structure • 1999: Re-vitalisation plan approved GA re-instates ED position for UN-Habitat • 2001: Istanbul+5 renewed commitment to Habitat Agenda GA 56/206 elevates status of UN-Habitat and calls for its strengthening to fulfil its mandate • 2002: ED of UN-Habitat becomes member of CEB • 2004: Report of OIOS in-depth progammatic review calls for programme focus and alignment • 2005: GC 20 calls for MTSIP • 2006: UN-Habitat prepares comprehensive Plan • 2007: GC endorses MTSIP, also calls for review of governance structure CPR endorses MTSIP Action Plan • 2008: Implementation of kick-start phase of Action Plan 2010-2011 Work Programme aligned with MTSIP

  4. Horizoning:The Housing & Basic Services Challenge * % of total urban

  5. Horizoning:The Cities & Climate Change Challenge • 21 of 33 of the world’s largest cities are coastal • 50% increase in extreme weather events affecting cities (1950-1990) • 13% of world’s urban population lives in low elevation coastal zones • 100 million people live less than 1 meter above sea level • Most vulnerable are slum dwellers and urban poor • Urban areas consume @75% of the world’s energy • Urban areas produce @75% of all waste including a large portion of Green House Gas emissions

  6. MTSIP: Did we get it right?

  7. What Next? • Consolidate gains and focus on achievement of results • Further strengthen instruments for programme alignment & delivery • Implement new partnership strategy and resource mobilisation strategy • Set priorities for next phase of Delivering as One UN

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