Local Action for Global Impact” at WUF11 consolidates the crucial involvement of Local and Regional Governments and its commitment towards SDG Localization during this milestone event held in Katowice, Poland in June 2022. This document summarizes the key outcomes of the sessions organized and supported by the SDG Localization and Local Governments and the SDG Cities teams.

The intention of the initiative is to identify lessons on how to strengthen urban finance, building on a range of city case studies from countries selected to represent different levels of urbanisation and structural transformation, examples, and discussions with key stakeholders.

This report showcases and analyses state-of-the-art knowledge about NUP in 162 countries, highlighting how governments across the world use NUP to address the challenges that COVID-19 has now spotlighted and amplified. This edition reveals the remarkable progress since 2018 in mainstreaming environmental objectives, the SDGs and other global agendas into NUP. The report also identifies remaining challenges where action is needed, included in addressing policy silos, and data and capacity gaps.

This report studies the process that led to the four Swedish VLRs, emphasising the role that social engagement and local democracy had on the outcome. The Swedish experience is analysed in relation to other cases of VLRs in different countries worldwide.

The present report provides an overview of the activities carried out since 2014, including refinements for several methodologies connected to global monitoring of the urban related sustainable development goals which are available as part of a synthesis report on Sustainable Development Goal 11.

Contribution to the first assessment of Sustainable Development Goal 11 and to the First Forum of Local and Regional Governments at the 2018 High Level Political Forum (New York) The report is the result of the Sustainable Cities Dialogue that took place in Strasbourg (France) on May 24 - 25th 2018 in the framework of the UCLG Executive Bureau.

This document is meant for elected Indian Urban Local Bodies (ULB) representatives and functionaries to use as a ready reference. It provides information on the SDGs directly related to ULBs and can be the priority focus in planning the local actions to achieve these goals and targets, as well as the support base and resources that can be mobilized.

This report summarises the proceedings of the EGM, highlighting case studies, best practices, and recommendations from experts and participants. The NUFs are a valuable platform for formulating, implementing, and reviewing the implementation of national urban policies, as well as communicating about policy outcomes and progress on priority areas. At the same time, NUFs link with global development agendas and are critical for accelerating implementation of the NUA and SDGs.

Final report of the global Expert Group Meeting “Towards a new generation of Voluntary Local Reviews: Connecting VLRs and VNRs” held 23 and 24 February 2021, organized by UN-Habitat, UCLG and the support of Madrid City Council (Spain).