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

ICOMOS - IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes

ISCCL 1970 Charlotte VT USA E v

ICOMOS International Committee for Vernacular Architecture

1976 Charenton-le-Pont France E

ICOMOS International Committee on Cultural Routes

1998 Chihuahua Mexico E v

ICOMOS International Committee on Earthen Architectural Heritage

1987 Cagliari Italy E v

ICOMOS International Committee on Economics of Conservation

1988 Naples Italy E v

ICOMOS International Committee on Historic Cities, Towns and Villages

ICOMOS CIVVIH 1982 Brussels Belgium E v

ICOMOS International Committee on Intangible Cultural Heritage

ICICH 2005 Delhi India E v

ICOMOS International Committee on Interpretation and Presentation

ICIP Port Melbourne VIC Australia E v

ICOMOS International Committee on the Underwater Cultural Heritage

1991 Buenos Aires Argentina E v

ICOMOS International Committee on Theory and Philosophy of Conservation and Restoration

TheoPhilos 2005 Warsaw Poland E v

ICOMOS International Committee on Twentieth Century Heritage

ISC20C 2005 Charenton-le-Pont France K v

ICOMOS International Cultural Tourism Committee

ICTC 1969 Chelsea QC Canada E v

ICOMOS International Polar Heritage Committee

IPHC 2000 Canberra ACT Australia E v

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for Stone

ISCS 1967 Charenton-le-Pont France E

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Stained Glass

ISCCSG 1984 E v

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Analysis and Restoration of Structures of Architectural Heritage

ISCARSAH 1996 Charenton-le-Pont France E v

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Archaeological Heritage Management

ICAHM 1985 Charenton-le-Pont France E v

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Education and Training

CIF 1984 Glasgow UK E v

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Fortifications and Military Heritage

ICOFORT 2005 Seoul Korea Rep E v

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Legal, Administrative and Financial Issues

1997 E v

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Mural Paintings

ISCMP 1994 Charenton-le-Pont France E v

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Risk Preparedness

ICORP 1997 Istanbul Türkiye E v

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Rock Art

ICOMOS-CAR 1980 Crawley WA Australia E v

ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Shared Built Heritage

SBH ISC 1998 Lisbon Portugal E v

ICOMOS International Wood Committee

IIWC 1975 Stockholm Sweden E v

IDEA WILD

1991 Fort Collins CO USA G

IEMANYA OCEANICA

Westlake Village CA USA G

IFLA Europe

1989 Brussels Belgium E f

IFOAM - Organics International

IFOAM 1972 Bonn Germany B

IFSW Europe

E

Igorot Global Organization

IGO 2000 Triangle VA USA N

IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

1957 Delft Netherlands E jv

IHG Owners Association

1956 Atlanta GA USA C e

IHRA Foundation for the Future

FFF 1989 Geneva Switzerland E f

Ihsan Foundation for West Africa

1996 Santa Clara CA USA G f

Ilopango Agreement Concerning Inspection Procedures with the Objective of Guaranteeing the Safety of Flight Operations in Central America, Panama and Belize

1995 T g

ImagineNations

Pasadena MD USA G

Imani Africa Communities Development Agency

2003 Kisumu Kenya G

IMISCOE Research Network

Liège Belgium F y

IMPACT Initiatives

2010 Geneva Switzerland J

IMPR Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center

IMPR HUMANITARIAN Ankara Türkiye G

Improving Outcomes in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence Conference

IOTOD 2012 S c

Include Network

London UK F

Inclusion Africa

IA Nairobi Kenya J

Independent Social Research Foundation

ISRF 2008 Amsterdam Netherlands F f

Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations

ICRIER 1981 Delhi India G

Indian Council of South America

1980 Geneva Switzerland D

Indigenous Peoples Survival Foundation

IPSF Salt Lake City UT USA G f

Indo-Pacific Conservation Alliance

IPCA 1998 Honolulu HI USA G

InFocus Programme on Safety and Health at Work and the Environment

SafeWork Geneva Switzerland K g

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