Localizing the SDGs

"Sustainable urbanization is the key to the wellbeing of our citizens" Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda​.

"Cities and other urban areas should be taken into account when setting future development goals" Angelino Garzon, Vice-president of Colombia.

"Urbanization cannot be seen as a demographic phenomenon, but as a transformative force shaping societies" Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN Habitat.

"Sustainable urbanization is the key to the wellbeing of our citizens" Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda​.

"Cities and other urban areas should be taken into account when setting future development goals" Angelino Garzon, Vice-president of Colombia.

"Urbanization cannot be seen as a demographic phenomenon, but as a transformative force shaping societies" Joan Clos, Executive Director of UN Habitat.

Members of the Global Taskforce gathered at the UN Headquarters in New York for the Integration Segment of ECOSOC 2014 have released their joint messages "Towards achieving Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements and localizing the Post-2015 Agenda", on the eve of the debates with Member States.

Members of the Global Taskforce gathered at the UN Headquarters in New York for the Integration Segment of ECOSOC 2014 have released their joint messages "Towards achieving Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements and localizing the Post-2015 Agenda", on the eve of the debates with Member States.

The latest edition of the Open Working Group, session 10, took place during the first week of April (31 March-4 April) in the UN headquarters in New York. The debates focused on the second version of the Focus Areas document released on 19 March.

Joint Statements on the Focus Areas

Mayor of Rio de Janeiro and new Chair of the C40, Eduardo Paes,  reaffirmed the support of this organisation to a stand-alone urban goal to be adopted in the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals currently in discussion at the United Nations.

The C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group was holding its biennal meeting from 4-6 February 2014 in Johannesburg, South Africa.