Photo: United-Nations-Sustainable-Development-Summit-2015
UN adopts Sustainable Development Goals pledging to transform global cities
28 September 2015
by Tom Teodorczuk
Photo: United-Nations-Sustainable-Development-Summit-2015
28 September 2015
by Tom Teodorczuk
World leaders at the three-day United Nations special summit in New York ratified the Sustainable Development Goals which pledge to end poverty, reduce inequality and address climate change with cities at the heart of the bold 15-year global plan of action.
One hundred and ninety-three UN member states embraced "Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" with the SDGs coming into effect on 1 January 2016. They replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which arose out of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro.
While the MDGs contained no goal dedicated to cities, one of the SDGs- Goal 11– directly addresses cities, pledging to “make cities and human settleme...
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