Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

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  • SDG Ziel 11: Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden
    SDG Ziel 12: Nachhaltige/r Konsum und Produktion
    Participants of the Don't Litter Initiative in front of the university campus
    Participants of the Don't Litter Initiative© private
    Participants of the Don't Litter Initiative © private

    How to make a university a clean place

    Humboldtian Professor Uchendu has launched a challenging project: She wants the University of Nigeria in Nsukka to become one of the neatest places in Nigeria.

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  • Sheep on the roof of WERK3 and the Frauenkirche in Munich in the background
    Sheep on the roof of the WERK3 in Munich© URKERN 2022 Ivana Bilz
    Sheep on the roof of the WERK3 in Munich © URKERN 2022 Ivana Bilz

    SDG 11 - A rooftop meadow

    The nature project of Munich’s creative quarter ‘WERK3’ consists of a 2,500 square metres big meadow that is home to sheep, hares and chickens.

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  • Scene from the film adaptation of the book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century": A lot of people standing very close together in a pool
    Scene from the film adaptation of the book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century"© STUDIOCANAL
    Scene from the film adaptation of the book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century" © STUDIOCANAL

    SDG 10 - A book about the development of inequality

    ‘Whosoever hath, to him shall be given’ – the best-selling book ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ shows that this is true.

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  • SDG Ziel 11: Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden
    Sara Fouad
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    © private

    Charity alone is not the solution

    Sara Fouad, Egyptian professor of architecture, who specialises in waterways regeneration, shares her view on the situation in Egypt and how COP27 could bring much needed change.

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  • SDG Ziel 11: Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden
    © DAAD/Jasmin Zwick
    © DAAD/Jasmin Zwick

    Ideas for the urban environment of the future

    What is it that defines social, sustainable and smart urban environments – and how can they become a reality? A symposium for DAAD alumni in Leipzig revealed stimulating approaches.

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  • SDG Ziel 11: Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden
    Cyclist in the city
    © Getty Images/aldomurillo
    © Getty Images/aldomurillo

    Initiative for liveable cities

    The Humboldt cities: research, practice, cases initiative links academic research and practical implementation in the contemporary fields of urban and regional planning. It focuses on issues relating to sustainability.

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  • SDG Ziel 11: Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden
    SDG Ziel 13: Maßnahmen zum Klimaschutz
    SDG Ziel 4: Hochwertige Bildung
    wood sustainability
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    © Getty Images/conceptualmotion

    Why reclaiming a sustainable world is not a pipe-dream

    The COVID-19 pandemic struck us when the world entered the last decade of action to attain global sustainable development goals. There is a setback, but there is hope to get back on track. We must invest in the youth as they can be change-makers with their natural inclination towards diversity, inclusion and justice.

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  • Agenda 2030
    SDG Ziel 11: Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden
    Green city technology icons set against a backdrop of a big city in a green setting
    © Getty Images/August Karlsson
    © Getty Images/August Karlsson

    Goal 11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities

    1014 spoke with Jack McQuibban, Cities Programme Coordinator at Zero Waste Europe about the Zero Waste Cities approach and his work for the organization. Jack’s role is to build knowledge and provide tools to help local communities and cities play a leading role in turning the circular economy into reality for Europe.

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  • SDG Ziel 11: Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden
    SDG Ziel 4: Hochwertige Bildung
    In front of a piece of the Berlin Wall: Participants of the German-South African Research Training Group Wits-TUB Urban Lab
    © Wits-TUB Urban Lab
    © Wits-TUB Urban Lab

    SDG Graduate Schools: Shared knowledge for the cities of tomorrow

    Population growth, air pollution, congested roads – the challenges are increasing in the cities of sub-Saharan Africa. A South African-German graduate school is now promoting young experts to help them make cities more sustainable.

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“We can be the first generation that ends poverty and the last that avoids the worst effects of climate change.”

Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General from 2007 to 2016

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