Maimunah Mohd Sharif is Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat).
It’s All about Cities: We Mustn’t Flip the Coin on Sustainable Investment
The world must invest in its urban future, and this will require innovative financing instruments and new, diversified funding sources.
Connecting Innovation and Culture for Cities of Opportunity
Ultimately, the Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum will be an important milestone event in the lead-up to 2030. We intend to establish as its most lasting legacy the opportunity to transform advocates into participants and policy into practice.
Promoting Sustainable Human Settlements: Its Relevance to the 2030 Agenda
UN-Habitat supports the achievement of SDGs in urban areas. The road map for doing so, the New Urban Agenda—UN-Habitat's framework for the realization of the transformative role of cities in sustainable development—was adopted at the Habitat III Conference in Quito, Ecuador, in 2016.