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News
30th October 2020

COVID-19 and planetary urbanisation

Dennis Rodgers
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Events
30 April, 2020

REPLACING GDP BY 2030: Towards a common language for the well-being and sustainability community

Maison de la Paix
Centre for International Environmental Studies
Events
1 June, 2021

Lead Development in Times of Crisis!

Executive Education, Oliver Jütersonke and Alexandre Freire
Research
Research project in progress

Gangs, Gangsters, and Ganglands: Towards a Global Comparative Ethnography

Dennis Rodgers
News
11th December 2019

Villes sous tension ?

Dennis Rodgers
Events
28 April, 2022

International Organisations and Cities: An Accelerating relationship Reshaping Both?

Global Governance Centre and Gregoire Mallard
News
30th November 2023

Battery supply chains from South America to Europe and beyond: Issues of governance, sustainability and justice

Centre for International Environmental Studies and Marc Hufty
Events
12 May, 2022

Investigating the Trade-Offs and Synergies in Integrating Biodiversity Goals across the UN Systems

Centre for International Environmental Studies
News
2nd February 2021

New faculty member at CIES: Prof. Bill Adams, Claudio Segré Chair of Conservation and Development

Centre for International Environmental Studies
Events
27 February, 2019

Gangs Project Public Launch

Maison de la Paix
Dennis Rodgers and Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding
Publications
Report, 22 September, 2021

Climate Indicators and Sustainable Development: Demonstrating the Interconnections

Claire Ransom
News
28th March 2022

We Are the Nobodies: Youth, violence and drug dealing at the urban margins

Centre on Conflict, Development & Peacebuilding
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Goal 11 aims to improve urban planning and management which is needed to make the world’s urban spaces more inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. The UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform stresses that “rapid urbanization has brought enormous challenges, including growing numbers of slum dwellers, increased air pollution, inadequate basic services and infrastructure, and unplanned urban sprawl, which also make cities more vulnerable to disasters”. Read more about Goal 11.

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Target 11.1

By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums

Target 11.2

By 2030, provide access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons

Target 11.3

By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries

Target 11.4

Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage

Target 11.5

By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations

Target 11.6

By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management

Target 11.7

By 2030, provide universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children, older persons and persons with disabilities

Target 11.a

Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning

Target 11.b

By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels

Target 11.c

Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials