SDG CITIES GLOBAL CONFERENCE

SDG CITIES GLOBAL CONFERENCE

29TH - 31ST OCTOBER 2021

The virtual Conference, jointly hosted by UN-Habitat and the Municipality of Shanghai, with the Global Sustainability Index Institute, aligns with World Cities Day (WCD) WCD is themed Adapting Cities for Climate Resilience and provides urban contributions to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) that immediately follows.

The Conference links climate change, pandemic recovery and SDG acceleration in cities, and will introduce the Global Urban Monitoring Framework as well as the City Investment Facility. It reflects on progress in urban monitoring and local reporting and brings into focus transformative actions by cities to accelerate SDG impacts.

The SDG Cities complements and supports the efforts of cities worldwide to advance the achievement of SDGs by promoting collaborative action and providing an array of digital tools and expert backstopping.

Gareth Presch, CEO World Health Innovation Summit, will moderate the session ‘Health, wellbeing and resilience to pandemic in Cities’ on Sunday 31st October. The session will explore new models of health and wellbeing in cities that create value based on prevention, early intervention and the use of digital empowerment, with the aim to enable people and communities to thrive and improve their health and wellbeing, support existing health services, create new and meaningful jobs while supporting the implementation of the 17 sustainable development goals in cities around the world.

CITIES WORLDWIDE HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ROLE TO PLAY IN ACHIEVING GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT...

• 55% of the world’s population live in urban areas and an additional 2.5 billion urban residents expected in the next 30 years

• 65% of SDG targets are relevant to cities