Who will win the Transformative Cities Award?
People around the world are taking collective action to solve global problems, but how would you know? Important initiatives changing the status quo, leaving corporate interest behind and creating better [...]
CoP27: Climate Justice amid Loss and Damage
Originally published on HLRN Website, by Joseph Schechla The recent CoP27 decision to establish a loss-and-damage is a monumental gain toward survival of the communities most-vulnerable to climate change and [...]
Save the date! Extraordinary General Assembly – HIC Institutional Review
Wednesday 14 December 2022, Online HIC Members, Friends and Allies are invited to join us for the HIC General Assembly 2022 to reflect on current challenges, debate strategies and priorities, [...]
Against the alliance signed by Airbnb Mexico, the Historic Center Authority, the Historic Center Trust and UNESCO to promote “respectful tourism”
51 organizations and 832 people support the following position against the alliance signed by Airbnb Mexico, the Historic Center Authority, the Historic Center Trust and UNESCO to promote "respectful tourism" [...]
BBC announces that Samuel Ikua is the Food Chain Global Youth Champion 2022
Samuel Ikua is a very active Member of HIC that works for Mazingira Institute, Sub-Saharan Africa Focal Point of our Coalition. We welcome this well-deserved recognition of Samuel’s work in [...]
A profound, human rights-based transformation of the global food system and economic model is urgently needed : Africa representation at the Committee on World Food Security
The dominant economic and food systems along with conflicts and wars are causing multiple crises evidenced by continuing, multi-layered food crises, catastrophic climate change, public health emergencies, and ever-rising levels [...]
Allan Cain, Director of Development Workshop Angola and HIC Member, awarded with honorary degree from the University of Guelph
Allan Cain is co-founder and head of Development Workshop, the oldest NGO in Angola. He has spent more than 40 years using his training as an architect, urban planner and [...]
The UCLG GOLD report on global urban equality calls for transformative action and real change
This blog post by Alexandre Apsan Frediani HIC Board Representative in Europe and reseracher in IIED and Camila Cociña (researcher in IIED’s Human Settlements research group) has been originally published [...]
Transformative Cities People’s Choice Award: Vote now!
The vote for the finalists of the 2021-2022 edition of the Transformative Cities Award is now open. To select the awarded stories, the public (this means you!) will vote on the [...]
HIC joins the call from Abahlali baseMjondolo for accountability for the killings of human rights defenders in South Africa during the HRC51
On 3 October 2022, during the General Debate under Item 8 of the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council (12 September – 7 October 2022), the organisation Abahlali [...]
HIC Campaign for Political Action for Climate Justice during World Habitat Day, October, COP 27 and beyond
Demonstrators participate in a protest, as the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) takes place, in London [Henry Nicholls/Reuters] Rooting political action for climate justice - recognise and fulfill the human [...]
On the occasion of the G7 meeting for sustainable urban development tenant unions from around the globe demand the inclusion of urban society initiatives
Housing activists gathered in Crown heights to protest alleged tenant harassment and call on the state to cancel rent. Scott Heins/Getty Images On the occasion of the G7 meeting for [...]