Lebanon is a nation of cities and almost 90% urban by population. UN-Habitat works to support the urban development of the country within the agency’s mandate of promoting socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities – at both national and local levels. UN-Habitat Lebanon supports local and national authorities in urban data gathering and analysis, urban upgrading, climate change adaptation, housing rehabilitation, city planning, municipal governance, public spaces, mobility, policy, planning, basic services, housing, land and property rights and much more. As part of the agency’s advocacy efforts, UN-Habitat Lebanon in partnership with ESCWA held the First National Urban Forum of Lebanon in 2022 – placing cities at the centre of the future development discourse of the country – in addition to several other streams of work. Established in 2006, the UN-Habitat Lebanon Country Programme has also supported Lebanon’s response and recovery efforts to several crises, including the 2006 July War, the Syrian displacement crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beirut Port explosion and the ongoing protracted socio-economic crisis with the ultimate aim of setting Lebanon on a path towards sustainable urban development.