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

Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing

AMLaP 1995 S c

Arctic Athabaskan Council

AAC 2000 Whitehorse YT Canada G g

Arctic Health

AH Oulu Finland G

Ariadne - European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights

Ariadne 2009 London UK F

ARISE

2015 E

Ark Foundation of Africa

AFA 1986 Washington DC USA G f

Armenian General Benevolent Union

AGBU 1906 New York NY USA F v

Arogya World

G

Arrangement for the Application of the European Agreement of 17 October 1980 Concerning the Provision of Medical Care to Persons During Temporary Residence

1988 Strasbourg France T g

Art Cities in Europe

1994 Konstanz Germany G

Art Nouveau European Route

ANER 2000 Barcelona Spain F y

Art Restoration for Cultural Heritage Foundation

ARCH Foundation 1991 Salzburg Austria N f

Artemis Society International

ASI 1994 Plano TX USA N

Arts for Global Development

2002 G

ARZENU - International Federation of Reform and Progressive Religious Zionists

ARZENU 1980 Jerusalem Israel D

ASEAN Agreement on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

1985 T g

ASEAN Automotive Federation

AAF 1976 Jakarta Indonesia D

ASEAN Framework Agreement on Multimodal Transport

2005 T g

ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit

1998 Jakarta Indonesia T g

ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Inter-state Transport

1998 T g

ASEAN Handicraft Promotion and Development Association

AHPADA Kuching Malaysia E

ASEAN Institutes for Strategic and International Studies

ASEAN-ISIS 1988 Jakarta Indonesia E jy

ASEAN Occupational Safety and Health Network

ASEAN-OSHNET 1996 F

ASEAN Promotion Centre on Trade, Investment and Tourism

ASEAN-JAPAN CENTRE 1981 Tokyo Japan E gt

ASEAN Regional Forum

ARF 1994 Jakarta Indonesia F g

ASEAN Tourism Association

ASEANTA 1971 Putrajaya Malaysia E

ASEAN Tourism Research Association

ATRA 2013 Subang Jaya Malaysia D

ASEAN Troika

2000 Jakarta Indonesia F g

ASEAN-China Centre

ACC Beijing China E g

Asia and the Pacific Policy Society

J

Asia Cruise Terminal Association

ACTA 2011 Singapore Singapore D

Asia Democracy Network

ADN 2013 Seoul Korea Rep D

Asia Disability Institute

ADI 1990 Hachioji Japan G j

Asia for Safe Handling of Cytotoxic Drugs Interest Group

2004 Singapore Singapore D

Asia Foundation

1954 San Francisco CA USA G

Asia Institute of Urban Environment

AIUE Fukuoka Japan G

Asia Marketing Federation

AMF 1991 Tokyo Japan D

Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bioresources

ANSAB 1992 Kathmandu Nepal F

Asia Oceania Geosciences Society

AOGS 2003 Singapore Singapore D

Asia Pacific Association of Educators in Agriculture and Environment

APEAEN 1997 Los Baños Philippines D

Asia Pacific Biosafety Association

A-PBA 2005 Singapore Singapore D

Asia Pacific Blood Network

APBN 2006 Osborne Park WA Australia F

Asia Pacific Cities Summit

APCS S c

Asia Pacific Ecotourism Society

APES 2009 J

Asia Pacific Forum for Graduate Students' Research in Tourism

APF S c

Asia Pacific Geoparks Network

APGN Beijing China F

Asia Pacific Occupational Safety and Health Organization

APOSHO Mulgrave VIC Australia D

Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities

APPA 1992 Victoria BC Canada D

Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network

APRRN 2008 Bangkok Thailand F

Asia Pacific Sociological Association

APSA 1997 Sydney NSW Australia D

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