New Urban Agenda Adopted at Habitat III

The United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development held in Quito, Ecuador in October, 2016, with delegations adopting the New Urban Agenda – a new framework that lays out how cities should be planned and managed to best promote sustainable urbanization.

• That Agenda’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) recognized the power of cities and towns, which will constitute up to 70% of the world population by 2050, to be the engine for sustainable growth in the future, a concept further emphasized in the New Urban Agenda.
• Habitat III brought together mayors, local and regional authorities, civil society and community groups, ....