The City of Newcastle has joined a global movement to commit to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and build a better and brighter future for the Hunter Region.
The seventeen goals set out by the United Nations address complex global challenges from human rights and gender equality to clean energy and climate action.
Deputy Lord Mayor Declan Clausen says the goals will help guide local action and are a "wide-ranging roadmap of how we'd like the world to look in 2030".
Newcastle, the only United Nations city in Australia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a number of Hunter organisations, including Compass Housing, CIFAL at the University of Newcastle, Kumalie, Hunter Water, the Port of Newcastle, and Port Waratah Coal Services.
Cr Clausen says Newcastle is dedicated to achieving all of the goals within the next ten years and building on the city's current work in sustainability.
“City of Newcastle is already leading the local government sector on climate action, making great strides in the field over the past five years and becoming the first NSW Council to become powered by 100% renewable energy,” Cr Clausen said.
"Our 2025 Climate Action Plan, currently in development, will set our goals and priorities for the next five years to build on these achievements."
The City of Newcastle has also become the 11th city in the Oceania and Asia-Pacific Region to join the 2020 SDGs Cities Challenge - participating cities will work together with government, academic, and business experts in a 10-month action research project to identify the best approaches to implementing the UN goals.
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| Representatives of the Hunter Region SDG Memorandum of Understanding meet via Zoom. |
