FOR A BETTER URBAN FUTURE

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1 FOR A BETTER URBAN FUTURE Rapid urbanization and its links with poverty, inequality, public health, migration, climate change and natural disasters to be one of the most pressing concerns of the United Nations ANTÓNIO GUTERRES Secretary-General of the United Nations UN-Habitat is the primary agency working on urban issues and promoting sustainable urban development. Our resilience work brings together local governments, humanitarian organizations, academia and all other stakeholders to protect and enhance people's lives, secure development gains, foster an investible environment and drive positive change.!

2 HOLISTIC AND GLOBAL APPROACH 40 YEARS NORMATIVE & OPERATIONAL GLOBAL CONTEXT Cities today occupy approximately only 2% of the total land, however: Economy (GDP) 70% Global energy consumption over 60% Greenhouse gas emissions 70% Global waste 70% 70 COUNTRIES AREAS OF ACTIVITY Urban Land, Legislation and Governance, Planning and Design, Economy, Basic Services, Housing and Slum Upgrading, Risk Reduction and Rehabilitation, Research and Capacity Building CLIMATE CHANGE PEACE AND SECURITY INEQUALITY World Urban Population 54.5% It is becoming more and more clear that achievements on sustainable development will depend on how we will manage and guide the urbanization

3 URBAN CHALLENGES AGENDA SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS Rapid Growth in Cities Climate Change Engagement Stakeholders Local Government Capacity NEW URBAN AGENDA PARIS AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

4 AGENDA 2030 FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE End poverty and hunger. Equality. PLANET Urgent action on climate change. Management of resources PROSPERITY Economic, social and technological progress PEACE Just and inclusive societies. Free of violence. PARTNERSHIP Spirit of strengthened global solidarity UNIVERSAL Global implementation

5 MAKE CITIES AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS INCLUSIVE, SAFE, RESILIENT AND SUSTAINABLE By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and a!ordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums. By 2030, provide access to safe, a!ordable, 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. By 2030, enhance inclusive and sustainable urbanization and capacity for participatory, integrated and sustainable human settlement planning and management in all countries. Strengthen e!orts to protect and safeguard the world s cultural and natural heritage. By 2030, signi"cantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people a!ected 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. 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. 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. Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, per-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning. By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource e#ciency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction , holistic disaster risk management at all levels. Support least developed countries, including through "nancial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials. AGENDA 2030 SDGs NEW URBAN AGENDA PARIS AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE

6 HABITAT I HABITAT II HABITAT III The United Nations General Assembly convened the Habitat I Conference in Vancouver in 1976, as governments began to recognize the need for sustainable human settlements and the consequences of rapid urbanization, especially in the developing world. At that time, urbanization and its impacts were barely considered by the international community, but the world was starting to witness the greatest and fastest migration of people into cities and towns in history as well as rising urban population through natural growth resulting from advances in medicine. Main outcomes: // Recognition that shelter and urbanization are global issues to be addressed collectively // Creation of the United Nations Center for Human Settlements (UNCHS-Habitat) The Vancouver commitments were recon"rmed twenty years later, at the Habitat II conference in Istanbul. World leaders adopted the Habitat Agenda as a global plan of action for adequate shelter for all, with the notion of sustainable human settlements driving development in an urbanizing world. Main outcomes: // Cities are the engines of global growth // Urbanization is an opportunity // Call for a stronger role of local authorities // Recognition of the power of participation Forty years later It is becoming more and more clear that achievements on sustainable development will depend on how we will manage and guide global urbanization: // Urbanization as an endogenous source of Development // New urban models are required to e!ectively address the challenge of Climate Change // Urbanization as a tool for Social Integration and Equity. In 2010, UN-Habitat reported that more than 827 million people were living in slumlike conditions. // Local and regional authorities in the global arena. WORLD URBAN POPULATION 37.9% WORLD URBAN POPULATION 45.1% "#$%&#!'&()*$+,-!$*!.$,&#!&/0!1-23$/&#!"$4-+/5-/6(!

7 THE NEW URBAN AGENDA It guides the e!orts around urbanization of a wide range of actors nation states, city and regional leaders, international development funders, UN programmes and civil society for the next 20 years 2 nd Assembly of Local and Regional Governments Local and regional leaders from around the world commit to playing their part in achieving the agenda in our cities and territories

8 ARTICULATION OF THE NEW URBAN AGENDA URBAN AGENDA FOR THE EU ACTION NATIONAL URBAN POLICIES LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION AREAS OF ACTION RULES AND REGULATION FINANCING URBANIZATION PLANNING AND DESIGN QUITO IMPLEMENTATION PLAN: Sustainable urban development for social inclusion and ending poverty Sustainable and inclusive urban prosperity and opportunities for all Environmentally sustainable and resilient urban development

9 AGENDA SDGs PARIS AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE The Agreement aims to respond to the global climate change threat by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue e!orts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius NEW URBAN AGENDA PARIS AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE LOCAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS AS KEY PLAYERS Adaptation is a global challenge faced by all with local, subnational, national, regional and international dimensions.

10 AGENDA SDGs GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES OUR WORK on urban resilience includes technical cooperation, advocacy and knowledge and aims to achieve a better urban future for all NEW URBAN AGENDA PARIS AGREEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNICAL COOPERATION WITH CITIES ADVOCACY KNOWLEDGE

11 WHAT IS URBAN RESILIENCE? Urban resilience is the measurable ability of any urban system, with its inhabitants, to maintain continuity through all shocks and stresses, while positively adapting and transforming toward sustainability. City Resilience Pro!ling Tool Engaging Stakeholders Fostering Communities of Practice Promoting Synergies ADVOCACY

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