Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
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 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 |
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Youth and European Social Work |
YES Forum | 2002 | Stuttgart | Germany | F | |
Youth Express Network |
Y-E-N | 1993 | Strasbourg | France | F | |
Youth for Habitat International Network |
YFHIN | 1995 | Istanbul | Türkiye | F | |
Youth For Public Transport |
Y4PT | 2009 | Sint-Jans-Molenbeek | Belgium | F | |
Youth for Road Safety |
YOURS | 2010 | Culemborg | Netherlands | E | |
Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action |
YUVA | 1984 | Mumbai | India | G | |
Zeitz Foundation for Intercultural Ecosphere Safety |
Zeitz Foundation | 2008 | Nairobi | Kenya | F | f |
Zentrum für Europäische Integrationsforschung |
ZEI | 1995 | Bonn | Germany | G | |
Zentrum für Wissenschaftliche Kommunikation mit Ibero-America |
Tübingen | Germany | G | |||
Zero Energy Mass Custom Home Network |
ZEMCH | 2010 | E | |||
Zero Waste International Alliance |
ZWIA | 2003 | J | |||
Zircon Industry Association |
ZIA | London | UK | C | t | |
Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia |
1983 | Mosman NSW | Australia | D |