Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

Sustainable Cities & Communities


Goal 11 is about making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.

Cities represent the future of global living. The world’s population reached 8 billion on 2022 over half living in urban areas. This figure is only expected to rise, with 70 per cent of people expected to live in cities by 2050. Approximately 1.1 billion people currently live in slums or slum-like conditions in cities, with 2 billion more expected in the next 30 years.

However many of these cities are not ready for this rapid urbanisation, and it outpaces the development of housing, infrastructure and services, which led to a rise in slums or slum-like conditions.

Urban sprawl, air pollution and limited open public spaces persist in cities.

Good progress has been made since the implementation of the SDGs began in 2015, and now the number of countries with national and local disaster risk reduction strategies has doubled. But issues still remain and in 2022, only half of the urban population had convenient access to public transport.

Sustainable development cannot be achieved without significantly transforming the way urban spaces are built and managed.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

Convention for the Maintenance, Preservation and Reestablishment of Peace

 1936 T g

Convention for the Pacific Settlements of International Conflicts, 1899

 1899 T g

Convention for the Preservation of Wild Animals, Birds and Fish in Africa

 1900 T g

Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

 The Hague Convention, 1954 1954 Paris France T g

Convention for the Protection of the Architectural Heritage of Europe

 1985 Strasbourg France T g

Convention for the Regulation of Transit and Communications on the System of the Danube-Save-Adriatic Railway Company

 1923 T g

Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage

 2003 Paris France T g

Convention for the Suppression of the Circulation of and Traffic in Obscene Publications

 1923 T g

Convention for the Suppression of the Contraband Traffic in Alcoholic Liquors

 1925 T g

Convention for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs, 1936

 1936 T g

Convention for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs, 1946

 1946 T g

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others

 1949 T g

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children

 1947 T g

Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women of Full Age

 1947 T g

Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation

 1971 T g

Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation

 SUA 1988 London UK T g

Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to the Precautionary Attachment of Aircraft

 1933 T g

Convention Internationale sur la Responsabilité et L'indemnisation pour les Dommages Liés au Transport par Mer de Substances Nocives et Potentiellement Dangereuses

 Convention SNPD 1996 T g

Convention Internationale sur le Régime des Cabarets Flottants

 1887 T g

Convention of Independent Financial Advisors

 CIFA 2001 Geneva Switzerland G f

Convention on a Common Transit Procedure

 1987 T g

Convention on Conservation of Nature in the South Pacific

 1976 T g

Convention on Customs Treatment of Pool Containers Used in International Transport

 1994 T g

Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic

 FAL 1965 London UK T g

Convention on fisheries and the conservation of living marine resources in the Black Sea

 1993 J gp

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts

 Gdansk convention 1973 T g

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas

 1958 T g

Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere

 1940 T g

Convention on Nuclear Safety

 1994 T g

Convention on Road Traffic Concerning the Dimensions and Weights of Vehicles Permitted to Travel on Certain Roads

 1950 T g

Convention on Road Traffic, 1949

 1949 T g

Convention on Road Traffic, 1968

 1968 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean

 2001 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean

 2009 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean

 Pacific tuna convention 2000 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock in the Central Bering Sea

 1994 T g

Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

 CCAMLR 1980 Hobart TAS Australia T g

Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats

 Bern convention 1979 Strasbourg France T g

Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals

 Bonn Convention 1979 Bonn Germany T g

Convention on the Conservation of the Living Resources of the Southeast Atlantic

 1969 Rome Italy T g

Convention on the Establishment of a Security Control in the Field of Nuclear Energy

 1957 T g

Convention on the Facilitation of Border Crossing Procedures for Passengers, Luggage and Load-luggage Carried in International Traffic by Rail

 2019 T g

Convention on the Game Hunting Formalities Applicable to Tourists Entering Countries in the Conseil de L'entente

 1976 T g

Convention on the Law Applicable to Traffic Accidents

 1971 The Hague Netherlands T g

Convention on the Law Governing Transfer of Title in International Sales of Goods

 1958 The Hague Netherlands T g

Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property

 Paris, 1970 1970 Paris France T g

Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction

 Ottawa Convention 1997 T g

Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage

 2001 Paris France T g

Convention on the Regulation of Automotive Traffic

 1930 T g

Convention on the Regulation of Inter-American Automotive Traffic

 1943 Washington DC USA T g

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