18th Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS 2023)

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This year's forum will focus on strengthening synergies for accelerating the 1.5 degree climate goal and SDGs through green, fair and smart urban transformation. GFHS 2023 will deliberate on how to harness the historical opportunities in the era of carbon neutrality and the digital economy to accelerate green urban transformation and innovation and strengthen synergies to deal with multiple crises and challenges. The Forum will also deliver an urgent call for substantive actions by cities, industries and businesses to enhance the safety, livability, sustainability, resilience, individuality and vitality of cities, thereby accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals, Paris Agreement and the New Urban Agenda. GFHS 2023 is expected to produce the Dubai Declaration on Green, Fair and Smart Urban Transformation: Synergistically Accelerating 1.5°C Goal and SDGs.

Objectives

1. To facilitate productive conversation and build consensus GFHS 2023 aims to provide a valuable global platform for high-level dialogue with stakeholders on innovative approaches, technologies, tools and successful experience in promoting green, fair and smart urban transformation, and build consensus.
2. To generate recommendations for the improvement of policy-making: GFHS 2023 seeks to offer policy guide and practical solutions to how healthy, resilient, smart, nature-positive and carbon-neutral cities should be planned, designed, financed, developed, and managed, so as to enhance safety, resilience, inclusiveness, smartness and sustainability in diverse urban systems.
3. To produce synergies and maximize the impact of partnership for the SDGs: GFHS 2023 is designed to build synergies, to strengthen the capacity building of local governments and relevant stakeholders, to enhance public awareness and participation, to foster innovation and substantial actions, and to forge effective and long-lasting partnerships.
4. To scale up sustainable development actions at the local level: GFHS 2023 will recommend a batch of exemplary and replicable best practices to inspire and influence more cities, companies, organizations and individuals to follow suit, thereby scaling up sustainable development actions at the local level and synergistically speeding up the global race to achieve the SDGs and the climate goals.