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UN: Half of future urban population growth will come from 7 countries

UN: Half of future urban population growth will come from 7 countries

Dimitris Avramopoulos

Former EU commissioner: Half of the world’s population lives in cities, and this figure is steadily increasing

Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Elshad Iskandarov

Elshad Iskandarov: Climate change and conflicts create new risks for urban development

IOM: When cities are inclusive, they can become spaces of coexistence

IOM: When cities are inclusive, they can become spaces of coexistence

Anna Soave, UN-Habitat Country Representative in Azerbaijan

UN-Habitat: More than 60% of people affected by conflicts seek refuge in cities

ziza Akmouch, Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

OECD official: Currently, nearly 1 billion people do not have official housing registration

Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijan State Water Resources Agency (ADSEA) Khayyam Mammadov

ADSEA: If Azerbaijan previously experienced 10–20 floods annually, this figure has now increased several times

Gulshan Rzayeva, Deputy Head of the Office of the State Committee for Urban Planning and Architecture

Karabakh reconstruction experience presented at WUF13 as a model for post-conflict countries

Azerbaijan’s Presidential Representative on Climate Issues Mukhtar Babayev

Mukhtar Babayev: The number of droughts and extremely hot days has increased sixfold

Byron-Cox Richard Anthony Beresford, advisor to the Prime Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Advisor: Colonialism in various forms prevented people from having decent housing

Muthoni Brian Ngiqi, Editor, Climate Affairs Bureau for Africa

African expert: I believe the discussions we are conducting will have successful outcomes

Hijran Huseynova, Chairperson of the Family, Women and Children Affairs Committee of the Milli Majlis

Hijran Huseynova: Parliament responds promptly to challenges on sustainable urban development

Umayra Taghiyeva, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources

Umayra Taghiyeva: Azerbaijan has made serious investments in the modernization of the meteorological system

Santosh Kumar Rungta, President of the World Blind Union

World Blind Union President: Needs of persons with disabilities were taken into account at WUF13

UN-Habitat Executive Director: 50 percent of Africans live in urban areas

UN-Habitat Executive Director: 50 percent of Africans live in urban areas

UN-Habitat goodwill ambassador: 60% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2030

UN-Habitat goodwill ambassador: 60% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2030

Jeffrey Sachs, President of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

President: Africa will not remain an agriculture-based continent after 25 years

Elchin Yusubov, Special Representative of the President in the city of Khankendi, and the Aghdara and Khojaly districts

Special Representative: Khankendi will become a city of 80,000 people

Margarita Greene, professor at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Professor: One of the main factors deepening the housing crisis is the change in family structures

President of Habitat International Coalition Grace Chikumo-Mtonga

Organization head: Non-commercial models should be supported to solve housing crisis

Vahid Hajiyev: Large-scale reconstruction works are underway for the return of internally displaced persons

Vahid Hajiyev: Large-scale reconstruction works are underway for the return of internally displaced persons

Koldo Casla, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing

Complaints over violations of housing rights can be submitted directly to the UN

Presidential special representative: Nearly 24,000 people live in Khankendi

Presidential special representative: Nearly 24,000 people live in Khankendi

Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)

SDSN: Elimination of slums and improvement of the urban environment are key priorities

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