UN Goal 11: Sustainable Cities & Communities
What Is SDG 11?
The United Nations has 17 Sustainable Development Goals — big global promises for the future. Goal 11 is about building cities that are safe, healthy, and able to function even when disaster strikes.
United Nations. Sustainable Development Goal 11. sdgs.un.org/goals/goal11
SDG 11
Sustainable Cities & Communities
Two targets matter most for our topic.
Reduce deaths and economic losses from disasters
Target 11.5 is about cutting down how many people get hurt — and how much money is lost — when disasters hit.
Build infrastructure that can withstand disasters
Target 11.b is about actually building infrastructure that can take a hit and keep working, instead of just rebuilding the same way every time.
Our engineering focus
Build a resilient, decentralized power grid so that critical infrastructure and communities can maintain electricity during and after a hurricane, rather than relying entirely on a centralized system vulnerable to total failure.
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