​​Agenda to Action: Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Nine Cities Across the Globe​

​​“Agenda to Action: Implementation of the New Urban Agenda in Nine Cities Across the Globe” documents how cities in Cambodia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Lesotho, Morocco and the Philippines have translated global commitments into tangible local action. 

​The publication consolidates lessons from the inter-regional cooperation project (2020–2023), implemented by UN-Habitat and the UN Regional Economic Commissions. Using a structured analytical framework, it captures implementation pathways, policy coherence mechanisms, monitoring systems, and institutional mind-shifts that enabled progress across diverse contexts. 

​The report highlights how cities strengthened national–local alignment, developed Voluntary Local Reviews, integrated SDGs into spatial planning, improved urban data systems, and fostered cross-sector collaboration. It also identifies enabling conditions for scaling impact, including systems thinking, evidence-based decision-making, capacity development, and peer-to-peer exchange. 

​As the New Urban Agenda reaches its mid-term milestone, this publication serves both as a stocktaking exercise and as a forward-looking roadmap to accelerate inclusive, resilient and sustainable urban development towards 2030 and beyond.