NEW URBAN AGENDA FOR PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROSPERITY

The New Urban Agenda simplifies as a plan of action geared towards addressing the complex challenges of urbanization through identification of places of action and the responsible actors that can change and carry out the changes in the path towards urbanization. The NUA, operates on five key principles of i) National Urban Policy; ii) Rules and Regulations; iii) Urban Planning and Design; iv) Financing Urbanization; and v) the Local implementation of the NUA. The principles are in line with the SDGs human settlements related indicators making these two global frameworks complementary in nature as well as ease the monitoring and reporting on the global performance of both.

Cities around the world, as well as rural populations, witness growing disaster risks. Impacts of climate change on sustainable development are observable through slow-onset events (e.g. sea level rise, increasing temperatures, ocean acidification, glacial retreat and related impacts, salinization, land and forest degradation, loss of biodiversity and desertification) and extreme weather events. Cities are some of the most vulnerable areas to natural disasters. Unplanned urban development (e.g. informal settlements, overcrowding, inadequate infrastructures) exacerbates urban vulnerability to climate change impacts and hydro-meteorological and geological hazards. Better management of natural resources strengthens the resilience of the poor, by reducing the likelihood of natural hazardous events and offering resources to help cope with them.

Direct economic loss in relation to global GDP, damage to critical infrastructure and number of disruptions to basic services, attributed to disasters.

The long-term goals for CPI are to:

? Establish and manage a coherent monitoring framework for SDG 11 to inform the New Urban Agenda and the post -2015 period.

? Contribute to country progress through well-informed decision-making on cities based on synchronized, comprehensive, timely and accurate information.

? Assist member states with a monitoring guide for SDG 11 and other urban related targets.

? Assist in the development of strategies for training and capacity development as well as dissemination, including the development of portals online webpage and systems.