Two people sharing an umbrella in heavy rain walk away from the camera down an alley in Duaripara, an informal settlement in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Habitat for Humanity at COP30

Nov. 6-21, 2025, in Belém, Brazil

Adequate housing in climate discussions at COP30

Habitat for Humanity participated in COP30 in Belém, Brazil, to shine a light on the acutely overlooked intersection between climate change and housing, particularly for those in informal settlements facing disproportionate risks.

The exclusion of adequate, resilient housing from climate strategies eliminates an essential pathway to protect communities from escalating climate impacts. Without systematically integrating adequate and affordable housing into climate strategies, climate action will remain incomplete and inequitable.

Globally, adequate housing remains a critically neglected and chronically underfunded component in climate mitigation and adaptation strategies. Launched during COP30, Habitat for Humanity’s white paper, Climate Action Through Housing and Informal Settlements [935KB, PDF], reveals a widespread gap in how Nationally Determined Contributions, or NDCs, and climate-related development finance address housing as a climate priority.

Key climate-related housing challenges

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World map of recipients of climate finance to housing, rank and percent of countries in each rank, 2014–23

Map of NDC housing commitment rank and percentage of countries in each rank

Bar and line chart showing average NDC keyword returns by region and total climate finance to housing (in millions of U.S. dollars) by region

Average NDC keyword returns by region and total climate finance to housing (in millions of U.S. dollars) by region 

Climate Action Through Housing and Informal Settlements

Analysis of NDCs and Development Finance Flows

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Including housing in climate strategies

Habitat for Humanity called on governments, donors and civil society to include housing in climate strategies and invest in resilient housing as a key component in building a sustainable future and addressing the needs of the most vulnerable.

Housing highlighted at COP30

At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, Habitat for Humanity highlighted the woefully overlooked intersection between climate change and housing — particularly in informal settlements — where the most vulnerable communities bear the greatest losses from disasters and face the slowest recovery.

Our engagements at Belém

See Habitat’s schedule of events at COP30.

View our agenda (PDF)

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