Communitas Coalition for Sustainable Cities and Regions in the new UN Development Agenda

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Posted on: 21 November 2013
By: mackene
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Communitas, a coalition generating technical expertise on urban sustainability, has mobilised work groups coalescing around the emerging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In partnership with ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability), the Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (nrg4SD), UN Habitat, the Tellus Institute and the Ford Foundation, these six work groups are charged with the task of providing ambitious targets for Member States to consider in their negotiations next year:

1.Integrated urban design and planning for inclusive public space, and city-region connectivity and efficiency

2.Participatory democracy, poverty and inequalities reduction

3.Growth, prosperity and jobs for all within planetary boundaries, with a focus on youth and women

4.Universal access to affordable and quality social services and public utilities, including housing, water and sanitation, transport and energy

5.Linkages with rural development, including food security and resources provision

6.Resilience through risk prevention and management, and environmental sustainability

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