(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Naivasha, 14 February 2017 - UN-Habitat's first technical meeting on human settlements indicators for SDGs opened today with more than 50 participants from the Kenya national government, national statistics agency, the private sector, academic institutions, non-profit organizations and other UN agencies. It is projected that by 2030, 6 in 10 people will be urban dwellers. If well implemented, urbanization can help the world overcome some of its major global challenges including poverty, inequality, environmental degradation, climate change, fragility and conflict. In September 2015, the international...
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