{"id":97854320,"date":"2024-10-07T08:58:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T06:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundacion-biodiversidad.es\/actualidad_home\/world-habitat-day-engaging-youth-to-create-a-better-urban-future\/"},"modified":"2024-10-07T08:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T06:59:12","slug":"world-habitat-day-engaging-youth-to-create-a-better-urban-future","status":"publish","type":"actualidad_home","link":"https:\/\/fundacion-biodiversidad.es\/en\/actualidad_home\/world-habitat-day-engaging-youth-to-create-a-better-urban-future\/","title":{"rendered":"World Habitat Day: &#8220;Engaging Youth to Create a Better Urban Future&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first Monday of October is World <strong>Habitat Day<\/strong>, established by the United Nations in 1985.<br \/>\nThis day invites us to reflect on the state of cities and towns globally and to promote the right of each person to decent housing.<br \/>\nBy 2024, the theme &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/onu-habitat.org\/index.php\/octubre-urbano-2024\">Engaging Youth to Create a Better Urban Future<\/a>&#8221; focuses on the essential role <strong>youth<\/strong> play in designing and planning sustainable and resilient communities.<br \/>\nMore than 85% of the world&#8217;s youth population resides in developing countries, according to UN data, so it is essential to involve this new generation in the planning of sustainable cities.<br \/>\nToday, more than half of the world&#8217;s population lives in urban areas, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/es\/desa\/2018-world-urbanization-prospects#:~:text=Seg%C3%BAn%20el%20informe%2C%20el%20crecimiento,189%20millones%20de%20habitantes%20respectivamente.\">this figure is expected to rise to 70% by 2050<\/a>, with growth concentrated mainly in <strong>Latin America, Asia and Africa<\/strong>.<br \/>\nCities, which generate more than 80% of the world&#8217;s GDP, have enormous potential as engines of economic development.<br \/>\nHowever, this urban growth also presents significant challenges, particularly in the context of climate change and natural disasters, which disproportionately affect young populations.<br \/>\nIn 2021, for example, <strong>2.6 million people<\/strong> in Africa were affected by climate disasters, with young women bearing the brunt of it.<br \/>\nEvents such as the recent floods in Kenya, which affected <strong>more than 60 schools and 15,000 young people<\/strong>, reinforce the urgent need to develop resilient cities, where young people can be part of the solutions and contribute to creating a safer and more sustainable urban environment for all.<br \/>\nAlong these lines, the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (<strong>MITECO),<\/strong> through the <a href=\"https:\/\/generacioncop.fundacion-biodiversidad.es\/\">Climate Generation<\/a> initiative, seeks to promote the participation of Spanish youth in global climate action.<br \/>\nThis third edition aims to make visible the voice of the new generations at international climate summits, such as the upcoming Climate Summit (<strong>COP29<\/strong>) in Baku, Azerbaijan.<br \/>\nThe selected young people will contribute innovative proposals on topics such as biodiversity, <strong>eco-anxiety<\/strong>, traditional agricultural practices and the inclusion of rural youth in climate policies.<br \/>\nIn this way, Generation Climate <a href=\"https:\/\/cop29.az\/en\">COP29<\/a> aligns with the theme of World Habitat Day and highlights the crucial role of young people in creating <strong>a more just<\/strong>, equitable and resilient future in the face of climate change.              &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":97854319,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"palabras_clave":[],"class_list":["post-97854320","actualidad_home","type-actualidad_home","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World Habitat Day: &quot;Engaging Youth to Create a Better Urban Future&quot; - Fundaci\u00f3n Biodiversidad<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fundacion-biodiversidad.es\/en\/actualidad_home\/world-habitat-day-engaging-youth-to-create-a-better-urban-future\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"World Habitat Day: &quot;Engaging Youth to Create a Better Urban Future&quot; - Fundaci\u00f3n Biodiversidad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The first Monday of October is World Habitat Day, established by the United Nations in 1985. 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