Human Settlements & Population

activities related to urban development, policies regarding cities and their inhabitants

51guest articles

38policy briefs

11generation 2030

2730news

672events

news

UNDP, GEF Project to Advance SDGs, Climate Goals in Guinea Through Improved Monitoring
20 August 2019 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

UNDP, GEF Project to Advance SDGs, Climate Goals i...
20 August 2019 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

UNEP-FI, GCA Cite Adaptation as “Biggest Investment Opportunity of This Generation”
20 August 2019 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

UNEP-FI, GCA Cite Adaptation as “Biggest Investm...
20 August 2019 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

Diverging Views Delay Conclusion of Negotiations on Universal Health Coverage Declaration
13 August 2019 | Faye Leone, SDG Knowledge Hub

Diverging Views Delay Conclusion of Negotiations o...
13 August 2019 | Faye Leone, SDG Knowledge Hub

guest articles

International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem: Why and How We Need to Save Mangroves
23 July 2019 | Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff, FAO and Vera Agostini, FAO

Clean Water &am...

Water and Waste: Opportunity Knocks
23 July 2019 | Ignacio Deregibus, IWRA

2 SDGs

Sustainable Ci...

Life on Land

Trends.Earth: An Open Spatial Data Tool to Support Country Reporting Needs for SDGs 11 and 15
6 July 2019 | Brock Blevins, NASA and Elizabeth Hook, NASA

Asia and the Pacific: Ready for Takeoff Towards the Sustainable Development Goals?
25 June 2019 | Kaveh Zahedi, Deputy Executive Secretary, Sustainable Development, UNESCAP and Van Nguyen, UNESCAP

policy briefs

Why Biodiversity Matters: Mapping the Linkages between Biodiversity and the SDGs
16 July 2019 | Elsa Tsioumani, Ph.D., SDG Knowledge Hub

SDG Knowledge Weekly: Cities and Infrastructure
11 April 2019 | Adam Fishman, SDG Knowledge Hub

SDG Knowledge Weekly: Looking towards Humanitarian Efforts, Climate Impacts and Adaptation in 2019
8 January 2019 | Adam Fishman, SDG Knowledge Hub

SDG Knowledge Weekly: Connecting Climate Change to Food Security, Sustainability and Nutrition
11 December 2018 | Adam Fishman, SDG Knowledge Hub

Events

Dresden Nexus Conference 2020 (DNC2020)

3-5 June 2020

Dresden, Sachsen, Germany

Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10)

8-13 February 2020

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

1st African Protected Areas Congress (APAC)

18-23 November 2019

Nairobi, Kenya

6th UCLG Congress: World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders

11-15 November 2019

Durban, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

2nd Latin America Urban Forestry Meeting

5-8 November 2019

Bogota, Distrito Especial, Colombia

World Cities Day 2019

31 October 2019

worldwide

Human Settlements & Population

activities related to urban development, policies regarding cities and their inhabitants

news

UNDP, GEF Project to Advance SDGs, Climate Goals in Guinea Through Improved Monitoring 20 August 2019 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

UNDP, GEF Project to Advance SDGs, Climate Goals i... 20 August 2019 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

UNEP-FI, GCA Cite Adaptation as “Biggest Investment Opportunity of This Generation” 20 August 2019 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

UNEP-FI, GCA Cite Adaptation as “Biggest Investm... 20 August 2019 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

Diverging Views Delay Conclusion of Negotiations on Universal Health Coverage Declaration 13 August 2019 | Faye Leone, SDG Knowledge Hub

Diverging Views Delay Conclusion of Negotiations o... 13 August 2019 | Faye Leone, SDG Knowledge Hub

guest articles

International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem: Why and How We Need to Save Mangroves 23 July 2019 | Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff, FAO and Vera Agostini, FAO

Water and Waste: Opportunity Knocks 23 July 2019 | Ignacio Deregibus, IWRA

Trends.Earth: An Open Spatial Data Tool to Support Country Reporting Needs for SDGs 11 and 15 6 July 2019 | Brock Blevins, NASA and Elizabeth Hook, NASA

Asia and the Pacific: Ready for Takeoff Towards the Sustainable Development Goals? 25 June 2019 | Kaveh Zahedi, Deputy Executive Secretary, Sustainable Development, UNESCAP and Van Nguyen, UNESCAP

policy briefs

Why Biodiversity Matters: Mapping the Linkages between Biodiversity and the SDGs 16 July 2019 | Elsa Tsioumani, Ph.D., SDG Knowledge Hub

SDG Knowledge Weekly: Cities and Infrastructure 11 April 2019 | Adam Fishman, SDG Knowledge Hub

SDG Knowledge Weekly: Looking towards Humanitarian Efforts, Climate Impacts and Adaptation in 2019 8 January 2019 | Adam Fishman, SDG Knowledge Hub

SDG Knowledge Weekly: Connecting Climate Change to Food Security, Sustainability and Nutrition 11 December 2018 | Adam Fishman, SDG Knowledge Hub

Events

Dresden Nexus Conference 2020 (DNC2020)

Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10)

1st African Protected Areas Congress (APAC)

6th UCLG Congress: World Summit of Local and Regional Leaders

2nd Latin America Urban Forestry Meeting

World Cities Day 2019

Newsletter

Welcome to IISD's SDG Knowledge Hub

UNDP, GEF Project to Advance SDGs, Climate Goals in Guinea Through Improved Monitoring
20 August 2019 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

UNDP, GEF Project to Advance SDGs, Climate Goals i...
20 August 2019 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

UNEP-FI, GCA Cite Adaptation as “Biggest Investment Opportunity of This Generation”
20 August 2019 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

UNEP-FI, GCA Cite Adaptation as “Biggest Investm...
20 August 2019 | Leila Mead, SDG Knowledge Hub

Diverging Views Delay Conclusion of Negotiations on Universal Health Coverage Declaration
13 August 2019 | Faye Leone, SDG Knowledge Hub

Diverging Views Delay Conclusion of Negotiations o...
13 August 2019 | Faye Leone, SDG Knowledge Hub

International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem: Why and How We Need to Save Mangroves
23 July 2019 | Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff, FAO and Vera Agostini, FAO

Water and Waste: Opportunity Knocks
23 July 2019 | Ignacio Deregibus, IWRA

Trends.Earth: An Open Spatial Data Tool to Support Country Reporting Needs for SDGs 11 and 15
6 July 2019 | Brock Blevins, NASA and Elizabeth Hook, NASA

Asia and the Pacific: Ready for Takeoff Towards the Sustainable Development Goals?
25 June 2019 | Kaveh Zahedi, Deputy Executive Secretary, Sustainable Development, UNESCAP and Van Nguyen, UNESCAP

Why Biodiversity Matters: Mapping the Linkages between Biodiversity and the SDGs
16 July 2019 | Elsa Tsioumani, Ph.D., SDG Knowledge Hub

SDG Knowledge Weekly: Cities and Infrastructure
11 April 2019 | Adam Fishman, SDG Knowledge Hub

SDG Knowledge Weekly: Looking towards Humanitarian Efforts, Climate Impacts and Adaptation in 2019
8 January 2019 | Adam Fishman, SDG Knowledge Hub

SDG Knowledge Weekly: Connecting Climate Change to Food Security, Sustainability and Nutrition
11 December 2018 | Adam Fishman, SDG Knowledge Hub