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

Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Conservation Measures for the Slender-billed Curlew

1994 Bonn Germany T g

Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Conservation Measures for the West African Populations of the African Elephant - Loxodonta Africana

2005 Bonn Germany T g

Memorandum of Understanding Concerning Conservation, Restoration and Sustainable Use of the Saiga Antelope - Saiga Tatarica Tatarica

2005 Bonn Germany T g

Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Conservation of Migratory Birds of Prey in Africa and Eurasia

2008 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates T g

Memorandum of Understanding Concerning the Conservation of the Manatee and Small Cetaceans of Western Africa and Macaronesia

2008 Bonn Germany T g

Memorandum of Understanding for the Conservation of Cetaceans and Their Habitats in the Pacific Islands Region

2006 Bonn Germany T g

Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Dugongs - Dugong Dugon - and Their Habitats Throughout Their Range

UNEP/CMS Dugong MoU 2007 T g

Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of Marine Turtles and Their Habitats of the Indian Ocean and South-East Asia

2001 Bangkok Thailand T g

Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation and Management of the Middle-European Population of the Great Bustard - Otis Tarda

2000 Bonn Germany T g

Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of High Andean Flamingos and Their Habitats

2008 Bonn Germany T g

Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Southern South American Migratory Grassland Bird Species and Their Habitats

2007 Bonn Germany T g

Memorial Foundation of Latin America

1989 Sao Paulo Brazil G f

Memory of the World Programme

Memoria Mundi 1993 Paris France K g

Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change

MCC 2011 Potsdam Germany G j

Mercy Ships

1978 Stevenage UK F

Mershon Center for International Security Studies

1967 Columbus OH USA G

Microenergia - Micro Business Habitat

2001 Buenos Aires Argentina F

Microinsurance Network

2002 Luxembourg Luxembourg F y

Middle East Technical University

METU 1956 Ankara Türkiye G

Middle-East Nature Conservation Promotion Association

G

Milan Urban Food Policy Pact

MUFPP 2015 Milan Italy E

Ministers of Education and Those Responsible for Economic Planning in African Member States

MINEDAF 1961 S cg

Mirovni inštitut

1991 Ljubljana Slovenia G j

Mission d'aide au développement des économies rurales afghanes

MADERA 1988 Paris France E

Mission International Rescue Foundation

MIR Foundation 1990 West Palm Beach FL USA G f

Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette

La Salette Missionaries 1852 Rome Italy R

Mobile Air Climate Systems Association

MACS 1981 Lansdale PA USA G

Model T Ford Club International

MTFCI 1952 Battle Creek MI USA N

Modern Asian Architecture Network

mAAN 2001 F

Modern Building Alliance

Brussels Belgium D yt

More and Better

Rome Italy F y

More in Common

2017 Paris France F

Mothers Legacy Project

Portland OR USA G

Mountain Research Initiative

MRI 2001 Bern Switzerland F

Mouvement International d'Aide à l'Enfance

MIAE 1984 Paris France G

Mouvement pour une alternative non-violente

MAN 1974 Montreuil France G

Movement for a Better World

MBW 1952 Rome Italy F v

Movendi International

1851 Stockholm Sweden C

Movin'On Sustainable Mobility Fund

2018 Clermont-Ferrand France G

MOVING International Road Safety Association

MOVING Berlin Germany D

Multi-Sector Architectural Assistance in Developing Africa

MSAADA 1980 Minneapolis MN USA G

Multilateral Agreement on Commercial Rights of Non-scheduled Air Services among the Association of South-East Asian Nations

1971 T g

Multilateral Agreement on Commercial Rights of Non-scheduled Air Services in Europe

1956 Montréal QC Canada T g

Multilateral Agreement on Search and Rescue

SAR 1973 T g

Multilateral Treaty on Free Trade and Central American Economic Integration

1958 T g

Multinational Force and Observers

MFO 1981 Rome Italy F g

Mundo Maya Organization

1992 Tegucigalpa Honduras G

Mundus maris

2010 Brussels Belgium F

Municipal Waste Europe

MWE 2008 Brussels Belgium D

Museum With No Frontiers

MWNF 1995 Vienna Austria F

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