Sustainable Cities and Communities

Cities addressing the UN SDGs or with significant sustainability activities 

• London https://www.olympic.org/news/london-2012-s-sustainability-legacy-lives-on

• Los Angeles Revising National SDG Targets for LA

• NYC Aligns 2050 Plan with SDGs https://sdg.iisd.org/news/new-york-city-aligns-2050-strategy-with-sdgs/

• Paris https://www.paris2024.org/en/

• Philadelphia SDG Campaign in Philadelphia https://globalphiladelphia.org/sdg

• Tokyo https://tokyo2020.org/en/games/sustainability/

Coalitions 

• C40 Cities https://www.c40.org/

• City2City https://city2city.network/ 

• Civitas https://civitas.eu/cities

• Compact of Mayors https://www.compactofmayors.org/  Check status 

• Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy https://www.globalcovenantofmayors.org/

• ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability https://www.iclei.org/en/Home.html

• IDB Cities Network https://www.iadb.org/en/urban-development-and-housing/idb-cities-network

• Rethinking the ecosystem of international city networks.Challenges and opportunities https://www.cidob.org/en/publications/publication_series/monographs/monographs/rethinking_the_ecosystem_of_international_city_networks_challenges_and_opportunities

• Sister Cities https://sistercities.org/ 

• The GDRC Guide to City Networks http://www.gdrc.org/uem/networks/networks.html

• UNESCO Learning Cities https://uil.unesco.org/lifelong-learning/learning-cities/learning-cities-drivers-inclusion-and-sustainability

General

• 12 US Cities Leading the Way

• Bloomberg https://www.bloomberg.org/program/environment/sustainable-cities/#overview

• Graham Sustainability Institute University of Michigan http://graham.umich.edu/about

• Maryland Sustainable Communities Program http://dhcd.maryland.gov/Communities/Pages/dn/default.aspx

• Seoul Declaration Sustainable Cities http://ens-newswire.com/2015/04/10/100-mayors-adopt-seoul-declaration-for-sustainable-cities/

• Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Sustainable Cities Initiative http://unsdsn.org/what-we-do/solution-initiatives/usa-sustainable-cities-initiative-usa-sci/

• WRI Sustainable Cities http://www.wrirosscities.org/

Housing 

• NBS Sustainable Housing https://www.thenbs.com/knowledge/sustainable-housing

Sustainable Communities 

• Audubon https://www.auduboninternational.org/sustainable-communities-program

• Binghampton University https://www.binghamton.edu/transdisciplinary-areas-of-excellence/sustainable-communities/index.html

• Institute for Sustainable Communities https://sustain.org/about/what-is-a-sustainable-community/

• Maryland Sustainable Communities https://dhcd.maryland.gov/Communities/pages/dn/default.aspx

• Nature Sustainable communities: we are the world https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-91952-7

• President's Council on Sustainable Development https://clintonwhitehouse2.archives.gov/PCSD/Publications/suscomm/ind_suscom.html

• Penn State Sustainable Communities Collaborative https://sustainability.psu.edu/programs/scc/

• Purdue Sustainable Communities https://research.purdue.edu/isf/research/research-areas/sustainable-communities.php

• SDG 11 Sustainble Cities and Communities  https://globalgoals.org/goals/11-sustainable-cities-and-communities/

• Smithsonian Sustainable Communities https://ssec.si.edu/sustainable-communities

• SMUD Sustainable Communities https://www.smud.org/Corporate/Landing/Sustainable-Communities

• Sustainable Communities Foundation https://scf.green/

• Sustainable Communities Journal https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rsco20

• Temple University Center for Sustainabfle Communities https://liberalarts.temple.edu/research/labs-centers-institutes-temple-university-college-liberal-arts/center-sustainable-communities

• USEPA Building Blocks for Sustainable Communities https://www.epa.gov/smartgrowth/building-blocks-sustainable-communities

U.S. Cities with Sustainability Activities