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Call for Case Studies: Urban Housing Climate Resilience in the Arab Region
UHPH-MENA is inviting submissions of innovative case studies for inclusion in an upcoming Issue Brief on Urban Housing and Climate Resilience in the Arab Region.
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Urban Thinkers Campus: Heat Stress Resilience – Translating Strategy into Urban Climate Action
UHPH-MENA, in collaboration with GIZ Egypt, RUPD Gbr, Cairo University, and TU-Berlin, co-organized this 2-day event that brought together over 100 experts from across the region to discuss urban heat stress.
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Workshop: Enhancing Urban Climate Resilience in Informal Settlements in Egypt & MENA
UHPH-MENA cooperated with Habitat for Humanity Egypt to co-host a workshop bringing together stakeholders in the field of adequate housing, to discuss approaches to enhancing climate resilience in unplanned/informal settlements, with a special focus on heat stress.
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Research project
Improving Resilience to Extreme Heat Vulnerabilities in Cairo
This study is a collaboration between Cardiff University, Cairo University, UDF, and UHPH-MENA. It will examine urban heat exposure in Cairo through satellite remote-sensing data and by delving into specific urban case-studies. Additionally, it will collect data on local heat-perceptions and socio-cultural practices related to living with heat.
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Issue BriefHeritage-based solutions for Climate Resilience in MENA Cities
This publication, published by Cities Alliance in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme, the Union for the Mediterranean, and Habitat for Humanity’s UHPH-MENA, explores how we can learn from traditional practices to address contemporary environmental challenges.
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Exposure visit
Enhancing Heat Stress Resilience in MENA’s Urban Settlements
In October 2023, UHPH-MENA organized an exposure visit for seven housing practitioners from different countries in the MENA region. The practitioners were hosted in Cairo, Egypt, and took part in a series of activities over four days, sharing their experiences with – and learning from – over 100 other urban experts who took part in the various activities.
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The MENA Housing Forum 2022
Reducing the Housing Sector’s Contribution to CO2 Emissions
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The MENA Housing Forum 2022
Towards a Resilient Housing Sector in MENA
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The MENA Housing Forum 2022
Housing and the Role of Climate Change – Takeaways from COP27
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The MENA Housing Forum 2022
The MENA Housing Forum is part of a global series of housing forums organized by Habitat for Humanity in collaboration with partner organizations in different regions of the world.
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Jordan Housing Forum
This national forum will bring together stakeholders and representatives from the public and private sectors, civil society, local and international NGOs and donor agencies contributing and influencing the housing sector in Jordan.
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Egypt Housing Forum
Within Egypt’s rapidly evolving housing ecosystem, the forum intends to uncover questions about housing availability for the poor and vulnerable.
Cairo Forum
