Nigeria is a Federal Republic with 36 states, a Federal Capital Territory, 774 Local Government Areas, and an estimated population of 206 million. This makes it the most populous country in Africa and the 7th in the world. Nigeria is rapidly urbanizing, with a current urbanization rate of 56%, which is almost six times higher than in 1950. This urbanization has brought about challenges such as housing deficit, slum proliferation, inadequate infrastructure, pollution, and climate change effects. Nigeria is committed to promoting sustainable human settlements by adopting relevant laws, policies, and programs and is a signatory to global development agendas such as Agenda 2030, Paris Climate Agenda, AU Agenda 2030, New Urban Agenda, and Sendai Disaster Risk Reduction Action Plan. Nigeria believes that implementing the New Urban Agenda will contribute to the implementation and localization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and targets, including Goal 11 of making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. The focus of the report is to measure progress towards achieving the various SDGs and targets against the 2015 baseline and relate the progress to the 2030 SDG targets and the 2036 NUA. The report was prepared by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in consultation with representatives of the government, civil society organizations, private sector, academia, parliamentarians, and other sectors across the country, using relevant data collected from national statistics and line ministries dealing with urbanization and human settlements.

Jordan has adopted several global agreements and frameworks including the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Reduction, the Paris Climate Agreement, and the New Urban Agenda to achieve sustainable urban prosperity.

Jordan 2025 is a long-term strategy that aims to achieve sustainable urban development by focusing on legislative and institutional reforms, human capital development, technological development, and economic diversification of competitive sectors that provide decent jobs for citizens. The government has launched several initiatives to promote sustainable urban development, improve housing planning, infrastructure and public utilities, transportation and communication, energy consumption, clean energy production, waste recycling, and stimulate the green economy and smart cities. Jordan is paying great attention to developing the mass transit system, public transport, smart transport, railways, and all kinds of ports. Additionally, Jordan has launched a number of strategies to provide social protection, health care, and education programs for marginalized and poor groups, including women, children, the elderly, and disabled people. The government implemented several housing programs and launched the National Program for Housing and the development of housing policies to ensure sustainability by enabling the private sector to implement housing projects directed at middle and low-income groups.

The government has also developed a plan to curb the phenomenon of unplanned and informal settlements in the next few years. The state has paid great attention to developing the renewable energy sector to diversify energy sources and stimulate sustainable economic growth through energy-intensive sectors, particularly manufacturing, transportation, construction, and agriculture. Climate change repercussions are considered one of the most important challenges facing Jordan, and the National Energy Strategy (2020-2030) has highlighted measures to provide appropriate and necessary conditions for the development of renewable energy.

Lebanon public institutions are part of what is called the Lebanese State, a unitary parliamentarian republic form of government. However, it is also ruled by a set of informal understandings between dominant communitarian political factions under what some researchers call a consociationalist regime. This brings a layer of informal rules of government that are politically recognized but also continuously contested in the everyday life of public institutions. Different political factions dominating different ministries tend to develop sectorial policies and strategies with little concern for inter-sectorial governmental coordination. At time of writing this report, the cumulative effects of the "economic meltdown" crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic and the aftermath of the Beirut port blast on August 4, 2020 catastrophe have driven more people into poverty, vulnerability and harm's way. Moreover, beyond the growing scope of the demand, these crises raise new types of threats that require different expertise to address. Additionally, these crises that – for now - seem lasting erupted in a moment of deep political crisis at the regional geopolitical and national levels. More directly related to government engagement, these crises have considerably weakened the Lebanese Government legitimacy.