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elderly, youth, persons with achieve sustainable urban included in the identified
disabilities, etc.) then it development is significant to interventions (UNEP n.d.).
will not only support and ensure there is participatory Combining SDGs 11& 13, there
sustain the urban economies, engagement while developing is thus a special emphasis on
but additionally, promote and implementing policies. improving the environment
inclusion in technology of cities and recognizing the
upgradation, research and Within the global goals, the need for urban infrastructure
innovation, and enhance SDG 13 focuses on taking to be low-emission, resource-
quality of life for all. urgent action to combat efficient, and resilient.
climate change and its
The Sustainable Development impacts. To align with the To align with and achieve the
Goals (SDGs), adopted by all SDG targets 13.2 (“Integrate principles and targets of the
UN Member States in 2015, climate change measures New Urban Agenda and the
as part of the 2030 Agenda into policies and planning”) SDGs, the National Urban
for Sustainable Development, and 13.3 (“Build knowledge Policy (NUP) Framework
are a “universal call to action and capacity to meet climate developed by the UN-
to end poverty, protect the change”), there is a necessity Habitat can be utilized by
planet and improve the lives to enhance institutional governments as a guiding
and prospects of everyone, capacities, increase tool for cities. The NUP
everywhere” (United Nations sensitization and awareness- Framework can be considered
2019).To achieve these goals, raising trainings, and improve as a “tool for governments
the UN Secretary-General education to implement that seek to manage and direct
has implored communities climate change mitigation rapid urbanization, and to tap
to mobilize for a “decade of and adaptation strategies, and into urbanization’s positive
action” at three levels: global integrate the strategies into effects while accommodating
action, to promote global national-level policies and its inevitable stresses”(UN-
partnerships and networks planning. Additionally, SDG Habitat 2015).It consists of a
and secure greater leadership 11 focuses on identifying key “three-pronged approach”
along with useful resources infrastructure and services, with three key thematic areas
and innovative solutions; local such as affordable housing or “operational enablers”:
action, to support and embed and accessible transportation urban legislation, urban
transitions in the policy and systems, that contribute economy, and urban planning
regulatory frameworks and towards making cities more and design. Within each
budgets prepared by local sustainable, inclusive, safe, area, the NUP Framework
governments; and people and resilient. The SDG targets is categorized into broad
action, to propel the needed 11.5 and 11.B emphasize phases (feasibility, diagnosis,
transformations in cities by the need for increased formulation, implementation
the youth, civil society, the investment for developing and monitoring, and
media, the private sector, and implementing climate evaluation) and mentions
academia and other relevant resilience strategies, policies, key considerations for
stakeholders (United Nations and interventions, which each phase, along with the
2019). Leveraging and utilizing can be supported by target suggested toolkits that can
the quadruple helix model 11.3 (“Inclusive urbanisation aid in undertaking each phase
of stakeholders - industry, and participatory, integrated successfully. The NUP process
government, academia, planning”)to ensure that the has been illustrated in Figure
and users/civil society – to vulnerable communities are 1.
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