UN Habitat for a better urban future annual report 2020

Abstract

UN-Habitat’s Annual Report 2020 is a chronicle of our time. A year after the declaration of a global pandemic, we reflect on the challenges and changes that have occurred so quickly in the world’s cities and in all our human settlements. While we have seen inequalities deepen and widen in some cases, we have also seen innovative and inclusive approaches to solutions and recovery in others. Circumstances forced us to understand change and adjust to it. This report reflects the achievements as well as the lessons we take forward in support of sustainable urbanization.