Habitat Agenda’s influence on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 2000; Rio+20; SDGs
Q. Habitat Agenda’s influence can be seen on which of the following?
1) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of 2000
2) Rio+20
3) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)- Published on 13 Oct 16a. 1, 3
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 2
d. All of the above
ANSWER: All of the above
- Within the United Nations, the Habitat Agenda’s influence has been wide
- Its main provisions found mention into the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 2000 with a target of achieving “cities without slums”.
- The MDGs’ focus on eradicating poverty and ensuring environmental sustainability closely correlated with the Habitat Agenda.
- World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 and Rio+20 in 2012, have consistently reaffirmed the main tenets of the Habitat Agenda.
- Current discussions around the Post-2015 Development Agenda, also, draw on the principles of the Habitat Agenda.
- In Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the urban-focused SDG, Goal 11, can also be seen as an extension of an idea first set out by the Habitat Agenda.
