The United Nations Secretary-General has launched the UN Comprehensive Response to COVID-19 to save lives, protect societies, and recover better. As part of the response, the UN Secretary-General is issuing policy briefs to provide ideas to governments on how to address the consequences of this crisis. The newly launched policy brief titled COVID-19 in an urbanizing world is part of this series.
Please find the brief attached and available through this hyperlink.
The Policy Brief describes how cities can manage the pandemic and emerge as the hubs of energy, resilience and innovation that make them such vibrant and appealing places for many to live. It also looks at how the pandemic has exposed deep inequalities in how people live in cities, and how cities serve their residents, with the most vulnerable suffering the most. The Policy Brief calls for conscious policy choices, particularly with respect to inequalities, local capacities and a green, inclusive recovery.
The Policy Brief is also available through the WHO European Healthy Cities Network COVID-19 webpage, which includes relevant WHO/UN guidance for cities in relation to COVID-19.
Best wishes,
WHO European Healthy Cities Network Secretariat