Sustainable cities

and communities
Challenges Solutions
The RAPID and often PROMOTE SOUND
UNPLANNED URBANIZATION URBAN PLANNING,
witnessed worldwide has led to sustainable building,
INCREASED PRESSURE ON low-carbon transports,
THE ENVIRONMENT green spaces and
sustainable lifestyles

INVEST IN
Our cities account for up RENEWABLE
to 80% OF ENERGY ENERGY, waste
CONSUMPTION as well as management,
75% OF GLOBAL WASTE sustainable and green
AND CARBON EMISSIONS infrastructure

Due to the high concentration of

people, infrastructure, housing
and economic activities, CITIES
ARE PARTICULARLY PROTECT
VULNERABLE to climate CITIES - which are
change and natural disasters important social, cultural
and economic
centres - from
environmental and
climate threats