Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Sustainable Cities & Communities


Goal 11 is about making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Cities represent the future of global living. The world’s population reached 8 billion on 2022 over half living in urban areas. This figure is only expected to rise, with 70 per cent of people expected to live in cities by 2050. Approximately 1.1 billion people currently live in slums or slum-like conditions in cities, with 2 billion more expected in the next 30 years.

However many of these cities are not ready for this rapid urbanisation, and it outpaces the development of housing, infrastructure and services, which led to a rise in slums or slum-like conditions.

Urban sprawl, air pollution and limited open public spaces persist in cities.

Good progress has been made since the implementation of the SDGs began in 2015, and now the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies has doubled. But issues still remain and in 2022, only half of the urban population had convenient access to public transport.

Sustainable development cannot be achieved without significantly transforming the way urban spaces are built and managed.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

Alliance of Rail New Entrants

ALLRAIL 2017 Brussels Belgium D

Alliance pour la Préservation des Forêts

APF Paris France G

Allied Command Operations

ACO 1951 Shape Belgium E g

Allied Coordination Committee

ACC 1944 F

Alpine Ibex European Specialist Group

GSE-AIESG 1988 Turin Italy E

Alpine Tourist Commission

ATC 1954 D

alterNativa - Intercanvi amb Pobles Indigenes

1986 Barcelona Spain G

Alternativas Latinoamericanas de Desarrollo Humano y Estudios Antropológicos

ALDHEA 2005 Quito Ecuador J

Alternativas Sostenibles de Desarrollo

ASDE Barcelona Spain G

Alternative Action for African Development

1988 G

Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma

ALTSEAN Burma 1996 Bangkok Thailand G

Alternative Information and Development Centre

AIDC 1996 Cape Town South Africa G

Alternative Investment Management Association

AIMA 1990 London UK D

Alternative Missions

Ferndale WA USA N

Alternative Trade Mandate Alliance

ATM 2011 J ty

Alternatives - Action and Communication Network for International Development

Montréal QC Canada G y

Alternatives International

Alter-Inter Montréal QC Canada F

Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism in Southern Africa

ANSA 2003 Harare Zimbabwe D

Alternet

Brussels Belgium F y

Altrusa International

AI 1917 Chicago IL USA D v

Alvis Owners Club

1951 Bicester UK N

Amani Christian Missions International

ACMI Kansas City MO USA N

Amazon Conservation Association

ACA 1999 Washington DC USA G

Amazon Conservation Team

ACT Arlington VA USA G

Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization

ACTO 1998 Brasilia Brazil D g

Ambient Assisted Living Association

AAL Assocation 2007 Brussels Belgium D

Amend

2004 New York NY USA N

American Academy of Political and Social Science

1889 Philadelphia PA USA N

American Fisheries Society

AFS 1870 Bethesda MD USA G v

American Home Life International

1985 Lancaster PA USA N

American Institute of Architects - Continental European Chapter

AIA Continental European Chapter 1994 Paris France G jv

American International Automobile Dealers Association

AIADA 1970 Alexandria VA USA N

American Near East Refugee Aid

ANERA 1968 Washington DC USA G

American Relief Agency for the Horn of Africa

ARAHA 2000 Columbia Heights MN USA G

American Rescue Team International

ARTI 1985 San Francisco CA USA G

American Sightseeing International

ASI 1947 Toronto ON Canada N

American Society of Overseas Research

ASOR 1900 Alexandria VA USA G

Americas Society

AS 1966 New York NY USA G

amfori

1977 Brussels Belgium D

Amphibian Ark

AArk 2007 Apple Valley MN USA E y

Amplio

2007 Seattle WA USA G

Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems

AnaEE-ERIC 2022 Gif-sur-Yvette France E

Ananda Marga Gurukula

AMGK Network 1990 Anandanagar India F

Andean Center of Popular Action

1977 Quito Ecuador G

Andean Community

1996 Lima Peru F g

Andean Institute of Ecology and Development

Cusco Peru G j

Andean Labor Advisory Council

1998 Lima Peru K

Andean Presidential Council

1990 Lima Peru K g

Andean Subregional Integration Agreement

Cartagena Agreement 1969 T g

Andheri-Hilfe, Bonn

1967 Bonn Germany G

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