{"id":1955682,"date":"2026-05-26T12:12:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1955682"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:12:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T09:12:54","slug":"african-cities-sound-alarm-on-climate-and-housing-at-baku-urban-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1955682","title":{"rendered":"African cities sound alarm on climate and housing at Baku urban forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/77\/17\/75\/1200x675_cmsv2_084a7013-4a44-53a7-afd8-a05a6eb2db39-9771775.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2896732-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2896732\" data-cid=\"9773011\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2896732-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" 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loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"South Korean firefighters and rescue team try to search at the overpass collapsed while it was being dismantled in Seoul\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    No Comment<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    South Korea overpass collapse kills three in Seoul\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2889413-pos2-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--has-video\" data-nid=\"2889413\" data-cid=\"9737961\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2889413-label-pos2-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/73\/79\/61\/189x106_cmsv2_f58ab844-b661-5dd5-a2c3-f1082b366f0f-9737961.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"A living craft \u2013 how silk is made from cocoon to cloth\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Silk Road Adventures<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    How craftsmanship and production keep silk-making alive today\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__quote\">In partnership with <strong>Center for the Production of Content for Mass Media under the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2896733-pos3-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2\" data-nid=\"2896733\" data-cid=\"9773013\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2896733-label-pos3-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/77\/30\/13\/189x106_cmsv2_338e8de2-f7ce-5376-b714-ecbafd28c6c7-9773013.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"FILE - A BP fuel sign is seen, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023, in Marietta, Ga. \" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Business<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    BP sacks chairman Manifold in fresh blow to troubled energy giant\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"abe-2896706-pos4-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2\" data-nid=\"2896706\" data-cid=\"9772982\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2896706-label-pos4-c-latest-stories-sidebar\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/77\/28\/88\/189x106_cmsv2_d24212ac-11ba-5948-aabd-0cb0d1ebe217-9772888.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Judge&apos;s gavel in court\" height=\"9\" width=\"16\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__content\">\n                    Europe News<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-media-object__title  \">\n<p>    Two French boys abandoned in Portugal to be returned to France\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"helper-site-row o-article-newsy\">\n<div class=\"helper-site-container o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Business<\/p>\n<p>                          Business<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            African cities sound alarm on climate and housing at Baku urban forum<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/77\/17\/75\/1536x864_cmsv2_084a7013-4a44-53a7-afd8-a05a6eb2db39-9771775.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"wuf13\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              wuf13<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">WUF13 Azerbaijan operations company<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div 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alt=\"threads\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Threads<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-threads.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"threads\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"u-display-flex u-gap-1 u-show-for-mobile-only\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"whatsapp\" loading=\"lazy\"><span>Whatsapp<\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/vector\/social-icons\/article-redesign-whatsapp.svg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"whatsapp\" class=\"u-show-for-desktop\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"c-article-summary\">\n        From flooding in Addis Ababa to housing deficits in Luanda, African officials at the World Urban Forum in Baku say climate change and rapid urbanisation are outpacing their ability to respond \u2014 and the money to fix it is not there.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content c-article-content--business js-article-content\">\n<p>African cities are running out of time. Climate change, rapid urbanisation and chronic housing shortages are converging on a continent where governments lack the finances to respond at scale \u2014 and officials gathering at the World Urban Forum in Baku say the old funding models are no longer enough.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 13th edition of the forum, WUF13, brought together African policymakers who are increasingly treating housing not as a welfare issue but as a core economic and infrastructure challenge, bound up with climate adaptation, migration and post-conflict recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Angola&#8217;s Minister of Public Works, Urban Planning and Housing, Carlos Alberto Greg\u00f3rio dos Santos, said his country is directing around 7.5% of gross domestic product toward the residential sector \u2014 one of its largest areas of public investment. <\/p>\n<p>The Angolan state has built approximately 350,000 housing units in recent years to address a national housing deficit in cities growing faster than governments can build.<\/p>\n<p>Dos Santos said forums like WUF13 allow developing countries to compare models and exchange practical solutions on housing, transport and infrastructure. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Africa, Europe and Asia must work together,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<h2>Lessons from reconstruction<\/h2>\n<p>Azerbaijan&#8217;s own reconstruction experience became a recurring reference point for delegates from countries grappling with post-conflict recovery or crumbling infrastructure. <\/p>\n<p>Hamat Ngai Kumba Bah, Gambia&#8217;s Minister of Lands, Regional Government and Religious Affairs, said Baku offered important lessons in resilience and national coordination \u2014 and pointed to the decision to convert a sports arena into the summit venue as a model of adaptive urban development over costly new construction.<\/p>\n<p>On financing, Bah was blunt. &#8220;In this world today, nobody has enough finances,&#8221; he said, arguing that governments with limited budgets must move toward innovative financing mechanisms rather than relying on traditional multilateral funding alone.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Cities must plan for migration as permanent reality, experts say at World Urban Forum<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Housing crisis is a matter of governance and not funding, city leaders tell World Urban Forum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Trees versus floods<\/h2>\n<p>Climate resilience dominated much of the debate, particularly for cities already living with the consequences. <\/p>\n<p>Moges Tadesse, chief resilience officer for Addis Ababa, warned that seasonal flooding is destroying homes, damaging infrastructure and displacing residents from riverbanks and flood-prone zones \u2014 with cascading effects on public health and livelihoods.<\/p>\n<p>Ethiopia&#8217;s response has leaned heavily on nature-based solutions. <\/p>\n<p>Addis Ababa has planted more than 90 million trees over the last five years. Nationwide, Ethiopia has planted around 47 billion trees as part of a broader land restoration programme.<\/p>\n<p>Tadesse also pressed wealthy nations to do more. Countries contributing least to global carbon emissions, he argued, are bearing the greatest environmental and economic costs.<\/p>\n<p>For many delegates in Baku, the message was the same, namely that African cities cannot afford to treat housing, climate and economic development as separate problems. 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Climate change, rapid urbanisation and chronic housing shortages are converging on a continent where governments lack the finances to respond at scale \u2014 and officials gathering at the World Urban Forum in Baku say the old funding models are no longer enough.The 13th edition of the forum, WUF13, brought together African policymakers who are increasingly treating housing not as a welfare issue but as a core economic and infrastructure challenge, bound up with climate adaptation, migration and post-conflict recovery.Angola&#8217;s Minister of Public Works, Urban Planning and Housing, Carlos Alberto Greg\u00f3rio dos Santos, said his country is directing around 7.5% of gross domestic product toward the residential sector \u2014 one of its largest areas of public investment.The Angolan state has built approximately 350,000 housing units in recent years to address a national housing deficit in cities growing faster than governments can build.Dos Santos said forums like WUF13 allow developing countries to compare models and exchange practical solutions on housing, transport and infrastructure.&#8221;Africa, Europe and Asia must work together,&#8221; he said.Lessons from reconstructionAzerbaijan&#8217;s own reconstruction experience became a recurring reference point for delegates from countries grappling with post-conflict recovery or crumbling infrastructure.Hamat Ngai Kumba Bah, Gambia&#8217;s Minister of Lands, Regional Government and Religious Affairs, said Baku offered important lessons in resilience and national coordination \u2014 and pointed to the decision to convert a sports arena into the summit venue as a model of adaptive urban development over costly new construction.On financing, Bah was blunt. &#8220;In this world today, nobody has enough finances,&#8221; he said, arguing that governments with limited budgets must move toward innovative financing mechanisms rather than relying on traditional multilateral funding alone.Trees versus floodsClimate resilience dominated much of the debate, particularly for cities already living with the consequences.Moges Tadesse, chief resilience officer for Addis Ababa, warned that seasonal flooding is destroying homes, damaging infrastructure and displacing residents from riverbanks and flood-prone zones \u2014 with cascading effects on public health and livelihoods.Ethiopia&#8217;s response has leaned heavily on nature-based solutions.Addis Ababa has planted more than 90 million trees over the last five years. 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