1. POSITIONING UN-HABITAT TO HELP MEET THE URBAN CHALLENGE
Anna Tibaijuka Executive Director UN-HABITAT Seville, October 2008

2. Sustainable Urbanisation
1996: Habitat Agenda and the Istanbul Declaration
2000: Millennium Declaration and slum improvement target
2001: Istanbul+5 and renewed commitment to Habitat Agenda
2002: “Sustainable Urbanisation” outcome of WUF I for WSSD Sanitation included as an IADG
2003/4: Flagship Reports show scale of slum growth, urban poverty and deprivation
2005: World Summit Outcome calls for slum prevention to complement slum improvement target
2005: Flagship Report on Financing Urban Shelter warns of systemic risks in over-extending housing finance
2006/7: UN-Habitat inputs to CSD show linkages between chaotic urbanisation, global warming & competing demands for land, water and energy
2008: Bali highlights sustainable urbanisation as important strategy for climate change mitigation
2008: Food, fuel and US sub-prime mortgage crises all linked to urban sustainability issues

3. Strengthening UN-Habitat
1996: Habitat II, Habitat Agenda and normative mandate
1997/8: UNCHS (Habitat) in crisis, several proposals for strengthening management and governance structure
1999: Re-vitalisation plan approved
GA re-instates ED position for UN-Habitat
2001: Istanbul+5 renewed commitment to Habitat Agenda
GA 56/206 elevates status of UN-Habitat and calls for its strengthening to fulfil its mandate
2002: ED of UN-Habitat becomes member of CEB
2004: Report of OIOS in-depth progammatic review calls for programme focus and alignment
2005: GC 20 calls for MTSIP
2006: UN-Habitat prepares comprehensive Plan
2007: GC endorses MTSIP, also calls for review of governance structure
CPR endorses MTSIP Action Plan
2008: Implementation of kick-start phase of Action Plan
Work Programme aligned with MTSIP

4. Horizoning: The Housing & Basic Services Challenge
of total
Urban Population 2003
3,043,935,000
48%
Estimated urban population 2030
4,944,680,000
60%
Additional urban population by 2030
1,900,744,000
People needing housing & urban services by 2030
2,824,730,000
Slum Population (2001)
Projected Slum Population (2030)
923,896,000
2,000,000,000
32%*
41%*
* % of total urban

5. Horizoning: The Cities & Climate Change Challenge
21 of 33 of the world’s largest cities are coastal
50% increase in extreme weather events affecting cities ( )
13% of world’s urban population lives in low elevation coastal zones
100 million people live less than 1 meter above sea level
Most vulnerable are slum dwellers and urban poor
Urban areas of the world’s energy
Urban areas of all waste including a large portion of Green House Gas emissions

6. MTSIP: Did we get it right?
Advocacy, monitoring & partnerships
Yes, with more emphasis on private sector and focused global campaign on sustainable urbanisation
Participatory urban planning, management & governance
Yes, with more emphasis on integrated and holistic urban planning
Pro-poor land and housing
Yes, with more emphasis on effective land use for all, and not just the poor
Environmentally sound urban infrastructure & services
Yes. Need operational partnership with UNEP and others to mainstream mitigation and adaptation in infra planning & services
Strengthening human settlements financing systems
Yes, with more emphasis on risk assessments and management, and on community organizations, cooperatives, etc
Excellence in management
Quick wins on track, must dos initiated, with more challenges ahead

7. What Next? Consolidate gains and focus on achievement of results
Further strengthen instruments for programme alignment & delivery
Implement new partnership strategy and resource mobilisation strategy
Set priorities for next phase of Delivering as One UN