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The New Urban Agenda: What now?

06 February 2017

by Folkert Leffring

The New Urban Agenda was formally adopted by national governments during Habitat III, on 20 October 2016, in Quito, Ecuador. The agreement provides the roadmap for sustainable urban development in our cities over the next 20 years. So what is in the agreement and what happens next?

By Alice Charles, Lead, Urban Development Global Leadership Fellow, World Economic Forum*

What is in the New Urban Agenda?

The New Urban Agenda takes into account the synergies that exists with other global agreements namely the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the global climate agreement reached at COP21 in Paris, Addis Ababa Action Agenda, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, the Vien...

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