UNITED NATIONS

UNESCO

The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals, UNESCO Creative Cities Network & The UNESCO Cities Platform

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UNESCO believes that for cities to become truly liveable places, we need innovation in all spheres of human activity.

Innovation – whether it be social, cultural, educational or in science and technology – strengthens resilience and builds more cohesive societies.

City stakeholders are the engines of sustainable development at the local level, and can offer valuable success stories and experiences.

UNESCO, as a laboratory of ideas and a catalyst for international dialogue, brings these city stakeholders together to share good practices and strengthen action towards the sustainable development of cities.

Local Innovation, Global Impact

Fennigan's Farms, Sustainable Agricultural Design

17 Sustainable Development Goals

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Intercity Collaboration

Utilizing its mandate and proficiency across various domains including education, natural sciences, social and human sciences, culture, communication and information, as well as oceanic affairs, UNESCO consistently endeavors to execute initiatives aligned with the principle of inclusivity.

UNESCO actively helped to frame the Education 2030 agenda which is encapsulated in SDG 4. The Incheon Declaration, adopted at the World Education Forum in Korea in May 2015, entrusted UNESCO to lead and coordinate Education 2030 through guidance and technical support within the overall SDG agenda. 

The 2024 Sustainable Development Goals Report highlights the significant challenges the world is facing in making substantial strides towards achieving the SDGs based on the latest data and estimates. It features areas with setbacks while also showcasing where tangible progress has been made, for instance, in reducing global child mortality, preventing HIV infection, and access to energy and mobile broadband.

Creative Cities

What is a UNESCO Creative City?

Creativity & Cities:

A city placing creativity and cultural industries at the heart of its development plan at the local level and cooperating actively at the international level.

Today, cities are home to more than half of the world’s population and represent three quarters of its economic activity, including a large share of the creative economy.

UNESCO + Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals form a program of sustainable and universal development. A program of the people, by the people and for the people, conceived with the active participation of UNESCO.

The goals are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership. They recognize that ending poverty and other deprivations must go hand-in-hand with strategies that improve health and education, reduce inequality, and spur economic growth – all while tackling climate change and working to preserve our oceans and forests.