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The NGO Major Group Urban Thematic Cluster (the “Urban Cluster”), in recognition that the majority of the world’s population lives in places that extend from urban to rural, addresses SDG #11 (“Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable”), its integration with the other 16 SDGs and the other global agreements from the civil society perspective. In particular, the Urban Cluster aligns with the New Urban Agenda and the documents developed for its localization, the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework.
SDG # 11 means ensuring access to safe and affordable housing, and upgrading slum settlements. It also involves investment in public transport, creating green public spaces, protecting natural and cultural heritage, reducing adverse effects of natural disasters and adverse environmental impacts of cities while improving urban planning and management in a way that is both participatory and inclusive of gender, age, and ability.” The Urban Cluster holds that balanced territorial development should guide national, regional and local policies in fulfillment of SDG 11 and other relevant targets and insists on broad and inclusive stakeholder participation in the formulation, implementation, and monitoring of such policies.
