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We’re packing up our X feed and moving to a new neighbourhood. 👋🏙️
From city solutions and ideas worth sharing, to stories from cities putting the #SDGs into action, SDG Cities is now on Instagram and LinkedIn.
Come with us to meet the cities and people behind the work, discover solutions from around the world, and connect with the SDG Cities Global Community - 300 cities across 85 countries. 🌍
📸 Follow us on Instagram → sdgcities
💼 Find us on LinkedIn → SDG Cities
🏘️ How can cities tackle housing pressures and demographic change together?
Incheon 🇰🇷 is doing just that with its One Dollar Housing Policy, a winner of the @Shanghai_Award.
👉 Play through this week’s #CitySolutions to see how it works.
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🏘️🌍 Happy #WorldHabitatDay!
For cities, housing is connected to almost everything: how neighbourhoods grow, how people access services and opportunities, how communities respond to climate risks, and the quality of life people experience every day.
🔗 loom.ly/tkrKUHA
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🌍 #UrbanOctober is here!
For 31 days, cities, communities, governments and partners around the world will come together to exchange ideas and take action for a better urban future.
Urban challenges are experienced locally. From access to adequate housing to climate change and growing inequalities, delivering sustainable development means translating global ambitions into solutions that respond to local realities and priorities.
This October, join the conversation: host an event, share a local solution or take part in activities happening around the world.
👉 Find out how to get involved: urbanoctober.unhabitat.org
#SDGLocalization #SDGCities #WorldHabitatDay #WorldCitiesDay @UNHABITAT
What are @u_ibrahim_altay, Mayor of Konya, and @AnacludiaRossb1, Executive Director of @UNHABITAT, meeting about? 🤝🇹🇷
A new partnership connecting data, people’s priorities & urban investment through Konya Urban Pulse: Smart and Resilient City. 🏙️
The programme brings together #SDGCities, the @TheQoLI Quality of Life Initiative & people-centred smart cities with @UNITACHamburg - connecting Konya’s existing work to planning and project pathways.
🌍 Konya will share its experience through the #SDGCities Global Community.
🌍 What have we learned from localizing the #SDGs and how can that evidence inform sustainable development beyond 2030?
Join @CCRECEMR & @Platforma4Dev to explore the role of territories in shaping what comes next.
📅 5 Oct | 11:00–13:00 CEST
💻 Online: loom.ly/iKqyVgg
A #VLR shouldn’t end when the report is published. So what happens next?
In Lautoka, Fiji 🇫🇯, the city’s first VLR is becoming part of a longer cycle of local planning and action.
👇 This week’s #VLROfTheWeek
@Ltkcitycouncil @UNHABITAT @UNHabitatROAP
Rather than a one-off exercise, Lautoka plans to conduct a VLR every five years ahead of each new Strategic Plan.
From review → planning → action.
🔗 Explore Lautoka’s VLR: loom.ly/FJQYPJQ
🌍 Could your city host the next #Innovate4Cities Conference?
The global conference connects science, policy & practice to advance locally tailored urban climate solutions.
Now, the search is on for the 2028 host city. 👀
Following Nairobi 🇰🇪 in 2026 @Mayors4Climate and @UNHABITAT have opened expressions of interest to host the 2028 #Innovate4Cities Conference
📅 Deadline: 21 October 2026 🔎 loom.ly/4rSm0xU
At the 5th Lusophone Cities Exchange Network meeting, cities & partners explored how to turn local priorities into viable projects, from improving access to finance to strengthening own-source revenues. 🤝🏿
@UNHABITAT @ONUHABITATBR @UNHabitatMoz @UNCaboVerde @UNGuinea_Bissau
Experiences from 🇵🇹🇧🇷🇨🇻🇬🇼🇲🇿🇸🇹 highlighted different pathways for bringing financing closer to cities & advancing #SDGLocalization.
The Network is an initiative of the #SDGCities Global Community.
🌐 Join: forms.gle/kQfxcT2b6cjiS5Ga9
🏘️ How are cities working on the right to adequate housing?
The UN Special Rapporteur is gathering local solutions, policies & experiences to inform a global report on localizing the right to housing.
📅 21 Sept
🔎 Contribute: loom.ly/_-S2K1Y
@UNHumanRights @uclg_org
🏘️🇫🇮 New #CitySolutions from @EspooEsbo, Finland!
How can cities respond to different housing needs while advancing inclusion & sustainability?
Espoo’s housing approach shows how the #SDGs can translate into practical choices that affect people’s everyday lives.
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Espoo’s efforts towards a more inclusive & sustainable city were recognized with the #ShanghaiAward in 2025. 🏆
And the learning continues through Finland’s growing VLR movement.
🔎 VLR resources: loom.ly/XeG0dtg @Kuntaliitto
💡 Share yours: loom.ly/xoikofs
💡 Did you know the SDG Cities Global Community is on WhatsApp?
🌍 300 cities in 80+ countries, connecting for peer learning, capacity building & city-to-city cooperation.
And it’s all just a WhatsApp message away📱
Join →forms.gle/kQfxcT2b6cjiS5Ga9
What happens when the #SDGs become part of how cities actually plan? 🏙️🇬🇼
In Buba & Gabú, local actors helped map their cities, develop a shared vision, identify priorities & select projects through participatory urban planning.
@UNHABITAT @UNGuinea_Bissau @EU_Commission
This is what #CitySolutions is about: sharing practical approaches so cities can learn from what others are already doing.
💡 Find more solutions by joining the #SDGCities Global Community: forms.gle/kQfxcT2b6cjiS5Ga9
📩 Share yours: loom.ly/xoikofs