Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
- Our Framework
- Melbourne Model
- Focus Areas
- SDG Targets
- 1. No Poverty
- 2. Zero Hunger
- 3. Good Health and Well-being
- 4. Quality Education
- 5. Gender Equality
- 6. Clear Water and Sanitation
- 7. Affordable and Clean Energy
- 8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
- 9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
- 10. Reduce Inequalities
- 11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
- 12. Responsible Consumption and Production
- 13. Climate Action
- 14. Life Below Water
- 15. Life on Land
- 16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- 17. Partnerships for the Goals
TARGETS
- By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
- By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons
- By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries
- Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage
- By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations
- By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management
- By 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities
- Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning
- By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels
- Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials
Resources
- Urban Governance in Asia Pacific
- Leading City Rotorua – Sustainable Living Strategy
- Maringá Leading Level City Report 2015-16
- Balancing the macro with the micro in Soweto – Orlando East and the challenges of building a local economy
- Social-Economic Development Peñalolén, Chile
- Micro-business, economic development and equity – Querétaro, Mexico
- Turkey striving for sustainability through ‘Women Friendly Cities’
- Food Security and Transformation – Medellin, Colombia
- Guide to the Global Compact for Local Governments
- Sustainable Futures – Cape Town, South Africa
- The Universal Forum of Cultures – Barcelona, Spain
- Not just a house – participatory approaches to housing and capacity building in Chile
- Quito – a sustainable proposal from the middle of the world
- Connecting technology, ethics and transparency in Pula
- A comprehensive approach to urban agriculture in Pinhais
- Social action for food and nutrition security in Paraná
- Environmental management of the Municipality of Nuremberg
- From innovation to sustainability in Milwaukee and Melbourne – urban aquaponics
- Planning for biodiversity on the urban fringe – re-imagining the suburb
- Revitalizing urban life and cultural heritage in Paola and Valletta
- WaterCampus Leeuwarden – connecting water technology in Europe
- Innovating and city building in Jamshedpur
- Urban agriculture systems – transforming the lives of people in informal settlements
- Cape Town and its path to sustainability
- Bogotá – mitigating and adapting to climate change
- From Innovation to Sustainability: surviving five years as an urban aquaponics social enterprise
- Guía del Pacto Mundial para Gobiernos Locales
- Utility Debt Spiral Project Report
Actions
- Puerto Rico: El Caño Martín Peña leadership
- GC Network Brazil’s call to action for ‘Less Waste, More Water’
- Warnings about Australia’s housing crisis
- New livelihoods for the community of Vila Santa Teresinha
- Water, Electricity and Citizenship for Vila Santo André
- Public-private partnerships to address extreme heat
- International Gathering for Resilience in Barcelona
- The road to Habitat III: Toluca Regional Meeting, Informal Meeting NY and the GAP
- Maringá – Leading-level Brazilian city engages citizens and civil society
- Social Inclusion Project for Vila Chocolatão
- El Cinturón Verde Metropolitano – Medellin
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Aliança Paraná Sustentável
- Porto Alegre reviews its Sustainability and Citizenship Networks
- Utility Debt Spiral Project
- Special Circumstances Infringement Project
- Preventing Corruption and Unethical Behaviour by Working Together
- Berlin as a Health Care Centre
- Sustainable Tourism
- Jinan Traffic Safety Project
- Business Council on Climate Change (BC3)
- Aliança Mato Grosso
- Rosslyn Strategic Development Project
- City Rallies and Action for Climate
- Rotorua racing towards sustainability
- Children’s Rights and Business Principles in the face of rapid urbanisation and migration
- A transformative vision for a better world – the new 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
- Our ‘Cities for the Future’
- Australian launch of the ‘Guide to the Global Compact for Local Government’
- New Mayor of Quito Commits to the Global Compact and to Address Climate Change
- Four Santa Catarina cities collectively commit to the Global Compact
- The call to unite on an Urban Sustainable Development Goal
- Growth in the Middle East with Dubai committing to the Compact
- Partnering with the Pan American Federation of Architects Associations
- Medellín here we come!
- Critical Issue of Sustainable Heritage Management – Malta Conference
- The Future We Want, The City We Need
- Cities – have your leadership recognized
- World Urban Forum 7
- Medellin, ‘World’s Most Innovative City’ joins fast growing number of the Cities Programme’s Latin American cities
- Planning Partnerships for Sustainability- New Delhi 2013
- Global Compact Leaders Summit 2013, New York
- More movement in Brazilian Paraná: Antonina commits as Aliança Paraná Sustentável grows
- Colombia’s capital, Bogotá; new Global Compact City and Reporting on its Sustainability
- Developing Model Cities in India
- The City of Maringa Brazil Becomes the Latest Global Compact City
- San Francisco’s BC3 Director, Katherine Michonski Attends 2012 World Economic Forum
- The Cities Programme And Metropolis Work Together In India
- Campo Mourão – Expansion in Brazil
- Milwaukee’s Discovery World Recognised as an Innovating Centre.
- The Transformation of Chocolatão