Actions to achieve Sustainable Urban Development
Why actions matter in achieving the 2030 Agenda
We have less than seven years remaining to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. In 2020, the United Nations Secretary-General called upon a Decade of Action to accelerate and mobilise solutions at local and global levels and fully engage partners, people and communities across all sectors to leverage transformative changes. Therefore, it is crucial to collect and monitor committed actions and advance the progress and achievement of the Agenda 2030.
For more information: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/decade-of-action/
WUF 11 – The Katowice Declared Actions
The eleventh session of the World Urban Forum (WUF11) took place in Katowice, Poland, from 26 to 30 June 2022 under the theme Transforming our Cities for a Better Urban Future.
The theme’s relevance is stark as the world comes together to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, especially after the devastating effects of Covid-19 and the refugee situation due to the crisis in Ukraine.
The WUF11 concluded with the Katowice Declared Actions. These declared actions will carry the sustainable development agenda forward to the next World Urban Forum in Cairo, Egypt in January 2024, and beyond. They include recommendations and commitments that representatives of government, civil society and the private sector take back to their home cities for further discussion and implementation. WUF11 Katowice Declared Actions are voluntary actions and commitments that support the NUA implementation and accelerate the SDGs’ attainment.
WUF 10 - The Abu Dhabi Declared Actions
The Tenth Session of the World Urban Forum (WUF10) debated issues related to rapid urbanisation, building inclusive and resilient cities, and taking steps to accelerate their work towards the New Urban Agenda as an accelerator to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the Decade of Action. WUF10 began with a call to action and concluded with the Abu Dhabi Declared Actions committed by different partners and stakeholder groups.
The Abu Dhabi Declared Actions comprises actions committed on a voluntary basis by governments, partners, individuals, communities, and the business sector from cities and countries around the world to accelerate the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The Actions were produced in consultation with the WUF10 Advisory Group representatives from diverse urban development partners. The Actions are strategic level goals that will result from implementing new initiatives from various institutions and actors.
For more information on the Declared Actions, please visit here.
The first report on the implementation of the Abu Dhabi Declared Actions: one year of implementation was published in 2021. The report details successes and highlights actions partners are engaging in to fulfil their commitments.
Actions At-a-Glance
Actions
Commonwealth Sustainable Cities Initiative
Sustainable Cities in Turkmenistan: Integrated Green Urban Development in Ashgabat and Awaza
Disaster Response And Recovery Facility (DRRF) - Disaster Risk Management in Cox's Bazar Programme
Metropolitan Development Program of Guatemala City - PRODEME
Livelihoods Improvement of Urban Poor Communities Project
Green Technology Application for the Development of Low Carbon Cities (GTALCC)
Asunción Green City of the Americas – Pathways to Sustainability
World Blind Union (WBU) and City Space Architecture publication of a Special Issue of The Journal of Public Space with focus on universally accessible public spaces for all
Community engagement and inclusion
World Blind Union (WBU) & UN-Habitat implementation of 2020-2023 agreement to mainstream disability inclusion, universal design, and accessibility