Nature-Based Solutions: Regional and National Experiences on Climate Action Climate change is happening now and affecting every country on every continent. People are experiencing the significant impacts of climate change, which include changing weather patterns, rising sea level, and more extreme weather events. The greenhouse gas emissions from human activities are driving climate change and ...

An estimated 400,000 persons live in Yangon’s informal settlements. High density, lack of access to water sanitation, poor hygiene practices, and inadequate housing increase the risk of mass COVID-19 transmission within Yangon’s informal settlements. Since the beginning of COVID-19, UN-Habitat has been actively engaged in the informal settlements areas of Yangon to provide COVID-19 prevention ...

Click Here: GROW MORE TREES Mangroves are important for the livelihoods of the community as well as for protection from strong winds and flooding. Mangroves can help the ecosystem and humans by protecting coastal areas, acting as a carbon sink, filtering water, providing recreation and culture, and producing fish. Raising awareness of the importance of ...

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World Habitat Day – 5 October 2020 (UN-Habitat Myanmar) ...

Myanmar is one of the countries most affected by extreme weather events. Recent events such as Cyclone Nargis in 2008, the extreme heatwaves of 2010, and flooding in 2015 have had disastrous impacts on Myanmar’s people, environment, and economy. Climate change threaten to compound the frequency and intensity of these events. But there are also ...

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Throughout 2016, UN-Habitat together with the Netherlands Creative Industries, launched five Urban Planing and Design projects in Tacloban, Philippines; Gaza, Palestine; Acra, Ghana, Mecixo City and Yangon, Myanmar. This was documented by Media HQ in seven compelling films that showcase the innovative approach of bringing a network of international expertise together in order to support ...

MRTV broadcasts about a handing over ceremony of a Multi-purposed Cyclone Shelter together with an overhead rain water harvesting tank and double unit toilet for Oo Yin Kone village of Labutta township took place on 10 June 2018. ...

MRTV broacasts about World Environmental Day celebrated in Nay Pyi Taw on 5 June 2018. This year theme is “Beat Plastic Pollution”. ...