ShanghaiManua—2022 Annual Report A Guide for Sustainable UrbanDevelopment in the 21st Century
In our increasingly urbanized world, delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is now more critical than ever, yet cities are today faced with new emerging challenges and uncertainties that threaten their systems and communities. Issues such as growing inequalities, climate change, rising pollution and declining biodiversity, natural disasters, conflict and violence, exclusion and migration, as well as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have sought cities to rethink their fundamental systems and modalities. Intrinsically linked to the SDGs, cities are key to realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the local level whereby smart, innovative and bold urban action will be pivotal to fully realize their potential as facilitators of sustainable development. With a central theme of Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals, the Shanghai Manual: A Guide for Sustainable Urban Development in the 21st Century 2022 Annual Report reflects upon the existing challen