Presentation December 6 2018

1. Panuku Place Making
Happening Follow-up
The New Urban Agenda
and the 2030 Agenda
Professor Dory Reeves
dory.reeves@xtra.co.nz
Thursday December 6th 4-6pm
Room 619 26 Symonds Street

2. The brief from Frith
• Reminder overview of the SDGs
and NUA
• My journey with the SDGs and
NUA and why I think it’s
important to spend some time
tracking them and addressing
them in our day to day work
• Where NZ is at (compared to the
rest of the world) Frith Walker - Manager Place Making

4. My journey: being informed,
informing others
• 2006-7 - started to get involved in UN-Habitat activities.
• 2008 - went to first World Urban Forum 4 in 2008 in Nanjing.
• 2010 - With Vice Chancellor’s Award took a delegation to Rio in 2010 to WUF 5.
• 2012 - WUF 6 in Naples during research leave
• 2016 Habitat III in Quito WUF9
• 2018 WUF9 Kuala Lumpur – first WUF following Habitat III
• I Co-Chair of the Research and Academic Partner Constituent Group of GAPS – the
General Assembly of Partners set up prior to Habitat III to mobilise non government
sectors.

5. New Urban AgendaNew Urban Agenda: Action Framework for the S
DGs and SDG11

6. The New Urban Agenda – Principles
1. Leave no-one behind, by ending
poverty in all its forms and
dimensions.
2. Ensure sustainable and inclusive
urban economies by leveraging the
agglomeration benefits of well-
planned urbanisation.
3. Ensure environmental
sustainability by promoting clean
energy and sustainable use of land
and resources (NUA, 2016, para 14
a, b, c,).

7. Rethinking The Urban Agenda
Embracing
urbanization at
all levels for
growth and
development
Strengthening
equity and
resilience in
the local
development
agenda
Fostering
planning for
urban growth
(planned city
extensions)
Strengthening
institutional
arrangements

8. • The right to adequate housing and an adequate
standard of living
• Universal access to safe and affordable drinking
water and sanitation
• Equal access to public goods
• Civic engagement
• Safe inclusive, accessible green and quality public
spaces that are friendly for families
Values of the New Urban AgendaNew Urban Agenda:
Grounded in the Declaration of Human Rights

9. 3 years in into 2030 Agenda
• Awareness raising stage
• Localising
• Developing meaningful
indicators

10. Aotearoa New Zealand - 2015-2018
Dec 2015 NZ signed up to the Paris Agreement at COP21.
2015 NZ signed up to the SDGs.
2016 saw adoption the New Urban Agenda Habitat II in
Quito which New Zealand supported.
2017 and 2018 has seen a series of events which are about
raising awareness, developing indicators and localising the
SDGs.

11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=PRq8D_W1F84
• Community participation
• Local action
• Leadership
What is needed to
localise the SDGs
http://www.localizingthesdgs.org/

12. WUF9, theWhat are World
WUF ever
2018
Kuala
Lumpur,
Malaysia
Cities 2030,
Cities for All
23,000
9
University of Auckland participated in WUF 5 in Rio in 2010 and has been
Represented in all WUFs plus Habitat III, except Medellin in 2014
World Urban Forums:

13. Keeping track some useful
organisations and events
• High Level Political Forum (HLPF) Special Event annual
• Global Task Force Local Governments Network
• SDSN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
• HESI – Higher Education Sustainability Initiative
• Global Alliance for Urban Crises

14. 2018 High Level Political Forum
(HLPF) Special Event
The forum is co-organised by UNDESA, UN-Habitat, and the
Global TaskForce of Local and Regional Governments, in
collaboration with Local2030.
http://webtv.un.org/watch/local-and-regional-governments-forum-
2018-hlpf-special-event/5809994353001/
25mins in Executive Director UN-Habitat: UN‐Habitat Ms.
Maimunah Mohd Sharif (Malaysia) is the Executive Director of the
United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN‐Habitat),
2mins 40

15. Global Task Force
Local Governments Network
https://www.global-taskforce.org/index.php/about-us

16. UN Sustainable Development Solutions
Network (SDSN)
Second NZ Conference Auckland Sept 2019

17. Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI)
2018 HLPF Special Event: Global Event
11 Jul 2018 - Higher education
institutions showcased how the
2030 Agenda is being
integrated into sustainability
strategies, research, teaching,
pedagogy, and campus
practices.
http://webtv.un.org/meetings-events/human-rights-
council/www.ohchr.org/EN/watch/2018-hlpf-special-event-higher-
education-sustainability-initiative-hesi-global-
event/5808483279001/?term=&page=41

18. New Zealand
• At the CEDAW in July 2018 Jan Logie
stated that “the government is
absolutely committed to the 2030
Agenda and SDGs.
• Disclosure statements should mean
that all new legislation complies
with international obligations which
Aotearoa NZ has signed up to Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination Against Women

19. How do we find out how New Zealand
is doing?
• In the UN sustainable development goals website NZ is listed a reporting to the UN in 2019
o https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/memberstates
• The NZ government will present its report to the UN in June 2019
• The SDSN conference will be in Auckland Sep 2019 hosted by UoA and AUT
• Between June and Sep would be very useful for there to be a commentary on the Government report
produced from a range of perspectives

21. MFAT’s - Priorities for Policy Work
https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/peace-rights-and-security/work-with-the-un-and-other-
partners/new-zealand-and-the-sustainable-development-goals-sdgs/

22. How do we find out how New Zealand is doing?
https://www.socialprogress.org/?tab=2&code=NZL&compare=NZL&compare=IRL
Denmark closest to
achieving goals
NZ ranks 10 out of
146

23. June 2018

24. The Urban SDG Target 11.7
Goal 11: Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainabl
Targets Indicator
11.6 By 2030, reduce the adverse per
capita environmental impact of
cities, including by paying special
attention to air quality and municipal
and other waste management.
Percentage of urban solid waste regularly
collected and with adequate final discharge with
regards to the total waste generated by the city
Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (i.e.
PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted)
11.7 By 2030, provide universal access to
safe, inclusive and accessible, green
and public spaces, in particular for
women and children, older persons
and persons with disabilities.
Average share of the built-up area of cities that is
open space for public use for all, by sex, age and
persons with disabilities
Proportion of persons victim of physical or sexual
harassment, by sex, age, disability status and
place of occurrence, in the previous 12 months

25. Final take-aways
• Government reporting next June to UN on progress towards
the SDGs
• We have an SDSN conference next Sept in Auckland
• We have a lot of awareness raising to do; we should be able
to set our day to day work in the big picture, nationally and
internationally
• We have targets which are global but need localising – need
to be people’s targets