Sustainable cities and communities

By 2030, 60 per cent of the global population will reside in cities. As dense hubs of global activity, cities present some of the greatest challenges among the Sustainable Development Goals. From housing, public health, and employment, to natural resource consumption and transportation, achieving the SDGs will hinge on urban planning initiated now.

UNU research on sustainable urbanisation seeks to overcome the tendency to treat urban issues (such as governance, water, waste, health, economic development, or vulnerability to natural hazards) as discrete problems and instead find integrated, interdisciplinary solutions.

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Event

Sustainable Cities Discussion Forum

HELSINKI/ONLINE: UNU-WIDER and the City of Helsinki will host the third Sustainable Cities Discussion Forum series event, featuring SDG 13.

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Event

Second Sustainability Impulse at the Dresden World Trade Centre

DRESDEN: On 30 May, UNU-FLORES will co-organise a talk event during its Sustainability Week, as part of the German Action Days for Sustainability.

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Event

Unlocking Open Data

GUIMARÃES: UNU-EGOV will host a seminar on open data governance in the context of the digital transformation of the public sector.

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Seminar

Migration Seminar – Citizen X: A Transatlantic Ethnography of Undocumented Activism

ONLINE: UNU-MERIT will host a seminar with Dr Thomas Swerts on his forthcoming book “Citizen X: A transatlantic ethnography of undocumented activism”.

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News

Report Explores Digital Access as a Human Right

UNU-EGOV and the Digital Future Society present their latest joint report examining how universal digital access is a means of achieving SDG 11.

19 May 2023

Side Event

Urban Sustainability: How Can Cities Tackle Floods?

On 22 March, UNU-MERIT will co-organise a World Water Day event to discuss the drivers of urban flooding and how to build resilience.

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Side Event

Valuing Urban Water in Asia for Achieving Sustainable Development

On 18 March 2023 at 15:00 (JST), UNU-IAS will co-organise an online side event as part of the UN Water Conference 2023.

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Announcements

Applications Open: Global Leadership Training Programme for Sustainable Development in Africa

Applications are open until 2 December 2022 for the Global Leadership Training Programme for Sustainable Development in Africa.

07 Nov 2022